# [A]{.underline}

AAAD Administrative Actions and Appeals Division

AACC American Association of Community Colleges

AACN American Association of Colleges of Nursing

AACRAO American Association of College Registrars and Administration
Officers

AACU Association of American Colleges and Universities

AAFS Access America For Students

AAHE American Association for Higher Education

AAI Adjusted Available Income

AAMC Association of American Medical Colleges

AAPC Accounting and Auditing Policy Committee

AART Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training

AASCU American Association of State Colleges and Universities

ABB Accounting Based Budget

ABC Activity Based Costing

ACA Administrative Cost Allowance

ACC Accounting Subsystem (Federal Family Education Loan Program System)

ACCET Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training

ACCSCT Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of
Technology

ACD Area Case Director for the Case Management Teams

ACE American Council on Education

ACES Access Certificates for Electronic Governments

ACSFA Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance

ACH Automated Clearinghouse

ACICS Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools

ACL Access Control List

ACN Audit Control Number

ACS ACS Government Solutions Group Inc.

ACSI American Customer Satisfaction Index

ACSO Application Computer Security Office

ACT American College Testing

ADA Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

ADC Aid to Dependent Children

ADEC American Distance Education Consortium

ADI Alternate Documentation of Income

ADL Anticipated Disbursement Listing

ADP Automated Data Processing

ADR Actual Disbursement Roster

ADS Automated Document System

AEA Administrative Expense Allowance

AES American Education Services

AFD Analysis and Forecasting Division

AFDC Aid to Families with Dependent Children

AFMS Accounting and Financial Management Service

AFSA AFSA Data Corporation

AGI Adjusted Gross Income

AI Available Income

AICPA American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

AIS Accounting Information System

ALAS Auxiliary Loan to Assist Students

ALAS Alternative Loans to Assist Students

ALX America\'s Learning Exchange

AMS Academic Management Services

ANN Announcement \"Dear Colleague\" Letters

AOS Application Ordering System

AP Accounts Payable

AP Advanced Placement

APA Asset Protection Allowance

APC Adjusted Parents\' Contribution

API Application Program Interface

APLE Assumption Program of Loans for Education

APLUS Automated PLUS Application Process

APPA Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers

APR Audit and Program Review

AR Accounts Receivable

ARB Audit Resolution Branch

ARMG Accounts Receivable Management Group

ARN Alien Registration Number

ART Accountability and Reconciliation Group

AS Associate of Science degree

ASA American Student Assistance

ASAC American Student Assistance Corporation

ASAP Automated Stafford Application Processing

ASC Atlanta Service Center

ASD Application Services Definition

ASP Active Server Pages

ATB Ability to Benefit

ATI Available Taxable Income

AVA American Vocational Association

AVLOS Automated Visa Lookout System

AVR Automated Voice Response

AWG Administrative Wage Garnishment

AY Academic Year

# [B]{.underline}

B&B Baccalaureate and Beyond

BAA Business Area Analysis

BARD Business Area Requirements Document

BBAY Borrower-Based Academic Year

BBS Bulletin Board System

BDAM Basic Direct Access Method

BDES Basic Data Entry Sheet

BEOG Basic Education Opportunity Grant

BEX Budget Data Extraction

BIA Bureau of Indian Affairs

BIL Billing Subsystem (Federal Family Education Loan Program System)

BOGG Board of Governors Grants

BPA Blanket Purchase Agreement

BPOS Bulk Publication Ordering System

BPS Beginning Postsecondary Student Longitudinal Study

BSD Budget Systems Division

BSI British Standards Institute

BSI Business System Implementation

# [C]{.underline}

CAIVRS Computer Activated Interactive Voice Response Program

CAM Client Account Manager

CAMP College Assistant Migrant Program

CAN Common Accounting Number

CAP Corrective Action Plan

CAPPS Consolidated American Payroll Processing System

CAR Cohort Action Report

CAR Collection Agency Reporting Subsystem (Federal Family Education Loan
Program System)

CAR Computed Applicant Record

CASE Council for Advancement and Support of Education

CASE Computer Aided Software Engineering

CB Credit Bureau

CB Prog Campus-Based Program System (Universal Automation Labs)

CBA Consumer Bankers Association

CBD Commerce Business Daily

CBFOB Campus Based Financial Operations Branch

CBO Congressional Budget Office

CBR Credit Bureau

CBS Campus-Based System

CBT Computer-Based Training

CC Communications Center

CCA Career College Association

CCA Cash Control Authority

CCB Configuration Control Board

CCD Common Core of Data

CCLC Career College Loan Company

CCLR Collection Claims Litigation Report

CCS Complaint Cherishing System

CCSSO Council of Chief State School Officers

CD Certificate of Deposit

CDR Cohort Default Rates

CDS Central Database System (Central Data Routing System -- Direct
Loans)

CDSI Computer Data Systems, INC.

CED Compliance and Enforcement Division

CEEB College Entrance Examination Board

CEFA California Education Funding Authority

CEO Chief Executive Officer

CFAR Comprehensive Financial Aid Report

CFDA Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistants

CFMS Central Financial Management System

CFO Chief Financial Officer

CFR Code of Federal Regulations

CGI Common Gateway Interface

CGS Council of Graduate Schools

CHEA Council of Higher Education Accreditation

CIC Council of Independent Colleges

CICS Customer Information Control System

CICUP Council of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania

CIJE Current Index to Journals in Education

CIMS Computer Installation Management System

CIO Chief Information Officer

CLASS Consular Lookout and Support System

Clearinghouse National Student Loan Clearinghouse

CLEP College-Level Examination Program

CLM Federal Claims and Loan and Assignment

CM Configuration Management

CM Congressional Methodology

CMD Case Management Division

CMIA Cash Management Improvement Act of 1990

CMIS Common Management Information Services

CMIS Case Management Information System

CMM Capability Maturity Model

CMO Case Management and Oversight

CMT Case Management Team

CO Contracting Officer

COA Chart of Accounts

COA Cost of Attendance

COB Close of Business

COD Common Origination and Disbursement

COE Common Operating Environment

COFHE Consortium of Financing Higher Education

COHEAD Coalition of Higher Education Assistance

COL Collection Subsystem (Federal Family Education Loan Program System)

CONUS Continental United States

Control M/D Production Control and Report Distribution

Control SA Password Synchronization Software

COO Chief Operating Officer

COOL College Opportunities Online

COPA Council of Postsecondary Accreditation

CORPA Commission on Recognition of Postsecondary Education

COTR Contracting Officer\'s Technical Representative

COTS Commercial Off-the-Shelf

CP Capitol Place building: 555 New Jersey Avenue, NW Washington

CPA Certified Public Accountant

CPO Contracts and Purchasing Operations

CPS Central Processing System

CPSS Contracts and Purchasing Support System

CPU Central Processing Unit

CR Credit

CRAD Customer Requirements Allocation Document

CRC Credit Reform Code

CRL Certificate Revocation List

CRM Credit Reform Subsystem (Federal Family Education Loan Program
System)

CRM Customer Relationship Management

CRNAA Council of Recognized National Accrediting Agencies

CRS Central Registry System

CS/JLD Community Service Job Location and Development

CSAC California Student Aid Commission

CSB Contract Services Branch

CSC Customer Service Center

CSC Computer Services Corporation

CSPD Comprehensive System of Personal Development

CSL Community Service Learning Program

CSMR Closed School Monthly Report

CSO Computer Security Officer

CSR Customer Service Representative

CSRD Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration

CSS College Scholarship Service

CSSO Chief State School Officer

CST Customer Service Team

CSTF Customer Service Task Force

CSUAA Coalition of State University Aid Administrators

CTC Commission on Teacher Credentialing

CTI Contribution from Taxable Income

CTRLSSA1 Password Synchronization Software1

CTRLSSA2 Password Synchronization Software2

CWS College Work Study

# [D]{.underline}

D Denominator

DAA Designated Approving Authority

DAMS Direct Access Measurement System

DAPR Division of Audit and Program Review

DAS Data Acquisition System

DASD Direct Access Storage Device

DBA Database Administrator

DBI DB2 Charging Interface

DBMS Database Management System

DCL \"Dear Colleague\" Letter

DCL Direct Consolidation Loan

DCMDC Division of Credit Management and Debt Collection

DCMS Debt Collection Management Service

DCS Debt Collection Services

DCS Debt Collection System (Raytheon)

DCSIC Debt Collection Service Information Center

DCTAGP District of Colombia Tuition Assistance Grant Program

DDD Detail Design Document

DDW Dimensional Data Warehousing

DER Date Entered Repayment

DES Data Encryption Standard

DETC Distance Education and Training Council

DFP Data Facility Product

DGA Degree Granting Authority

DHTML Dynamic Hyper Text Markup Language

DIC Dependency and Indemnity Compensation

DIS Data Inquiry System

DL Direct Loan

DLB Direct Loan Branch

DLOC Direct Loan Origination Center

DLOS LC Direct Loan Origination System, Loan Collection

DLOS LO Direct Loan Origination System, Loan Origination

DLP Direct Loan Program

DLSAS Direct Loan School Account Statement

DLSC Direct Loan Servicing Center

DLSS Direct Loan Servicing System

DLTF Direct Loan Task Force

DMAD Data Management and Analysis Division of CMO

DMD Default Management Division

DMM Debt Management Module

DMR Design Modification Request

DMR Development Modification Request

DMRS Deposit Message Retrieval Request

DMS Default Management System

DNW Discretionary Net Worth

DO Domestic Operations

DOB Date of Birth

DOD U.S. Department of Defense

DOJ U.S. Department of Justice

DOL U.S. Department of Labor

DPES Division of Planning and Evaluations Services

DPOS Division of Program Operations and Systems

DPPD Division of Policy and Program Development

DR Debit

DRAP Default Reduction Assistance Program

DRC Default Rate Calculations

DRCC Document Receipt and Control Center

DRN Data Release Number

DS Digital Systems

DSG Decision Support Group

DTD Division of Training and Dissemination

DTS Dedicated Transmission Service

DUNS Data Universal Numbering System

DUNS Dun and Bradstreet

# [E]{.underline}

EA Employment Allowance

EA Local Educational Agencies

EAC Education Assistance Corporation

EAC Electronic Access Code

EAC Electronic Access Conference

EAGIR Electronic Access Group for Institutional Review

EAI Enterprise Application Integration

EAP Employee Assistance Program

EASCI Educational Assistance Service Company, Inc.

EASFAA Eastern Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators

EASI Easy Access for Students and Institutions

EBA ED Budget Analysis and Development

EBPP Electronic Bill Presentment and Payment

EBT Federal Electronic Benefits Transfer

ECAR Eligibility and Certification Approval Report

ECLS Early Childhood Longitudinal Study

ECMC Educational Credit Management Corporation

ED U.S. Department of Education

ED COTR ED Contracting Officer\'s Technical Representative

ED Pubs ED center for ordering information products

ED/PMS Department of Education Payment Management System

EDA Electronic Debit Account

EDA Enterprise Data Access

EDCAPS ED Consolidated Accounting and Payment System (ED/OCFO)

EDCAPS Department of Education Central Automated Processing System

EDE Electronic Data Exchange

EDE ED Express EDI Electronic Data Interchange

EDFIN Education Finance Statistics Center

EDGAR Education Department General Rules and Regulations

EDI Electronic Data Interchange

EDPMS Education Payment Management System

EDS Electronic Data Systems

EDSC Electronic Data Systems Corporation

EFA Estimated Financial Assistance

EFC Education Finance Council

EFC Expected Family Contribution

EFG Educational Finance Group

EFN Exceptional Financial Need Scholarships

EFSI Educational Funding Services Inc. (Brazos Group)

EFT Electronic Funds Transfer

EGOV Electronic Government

EIC Earned Income Credit

EID Electronic Identification

EIN Employee Identification Number

EIN Entity Identification Number

EITM

EL Educational Level

ELM Education Loan Management Resources

ELM Educational Loan Management

ELO Expanded Lending Option

EMC Education Management Corporation

eMPN (electronic) Master Promissory Note

ENC Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science
Education

EOC Educational Opportunity Center

EOC Electronic Online Correspondence

EOG Educational Opportunity Grant

EOPS Extended Opportunity Programs and Services

EPC Educational Planning Center

EPI Electronic Payment Information

EPPD Electronic Pell Payment Data

EPPPD Electronic Processed Pell Payment Voucher

EPPV Electronic Processed Payment Voucher

EPV Electronic Payment Voucher

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

ERM Electronic Record Management

EROD Education Resources Organization Directory

ERP Enterprise Resource Planning

ES Employee Satisfaction

ESAR Electronic Student Aid Report

ESC Editorial Services Contract

ESEA Elementary and Secondary Education Act 1965

E-SIGN Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act of 2000

ESL English as a Second Language

ESOA Electronic Statement of Account

EST Eastern Standard Time

ETS Educational Testing Service

EV Earned Value

EVA Electronic Value Added

Exec Sec Executive Secretariat

EZINE Electronic Magazine

# [F]{.underline}

FAA Financial Aid Administrator

FAADS Federal Assistance Awards Data System

FAD Final Audit Determination

FADHPS Financial Assistance for Disadvantaged Health Professions
Students

FADPC Foreign Affairs Data Processing Center

FAF Financial Aid Form

FAFNAR Financial Aid Form Need Analysis Report

FAFSA Free Application for Federal Student Aid

FAIR Federal Activities Inventory Reform

FAO Financial Aid Officer

FAOD Financial Analysis and Oversight Division

FAPS Financial Aid Processing System

FAQ Frequently Asked Questions

FAR Federal Acquisition Regulation

FARM Financial Accounting and Reporting Manual for Higher Education

FARS Financial Accounting and Reconciliation System (ACS)

FASAB Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board

FAT Financial Aid Transcript

FCC Federal Capital Contribution

FCC Federal Cash Contribution (Perkins Loan)

FCC Federal Communication Commission

FDDE Floppy Disk Data Exchange

FDL Federal Direct Loan (formerly Federal Direct Student Loan)

FDLP Federal Direct Loan Program (formerly Federal Direct Student Loan
Program)

FDP Federal Defaulter Program

FDSLP Federal Direct Student Loan Program

FE FAFSA Express

FEDIHEDI Financial Education Data Interchange for Higher Education
Institutions

FEDWIRE U.S. Treasury Financial Communication System/Deposit Message
Retrieval System

FERPA Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974

FFEL Federal Family Education Loan

FFELP Federal Family Education Loan Program

FFY Federal Fiscal Year

FI Field-Initiated

FIE Fund for the Improvement of Education

FINMAN Financial Management System

FIPE Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education

FIPS Federal Information Processing Standard

FIRG Financial Improvement and Receivables Group

FIRS Federal Information Relay Service

FIS Financial Information Subsystem (Federal Family Education Loan
System)

FISAP Fiscal Operations Report and Application to Participate

FISL Federally Insured Student Loan

FLD Final Letter of Determination

FM Federal Methodology

FMFIA Federal Managers\' Financial Integrity Act of 1982

FMPAPG Financial Management Policies and Administrative Programs Group

FMS Financial Management System

FMSS Financial Management System Software

FNAR Financial Need Analysis Report (CSS)

FNAS Financial Need Analysis System

FO Foreign Operations/ Fiscal Officer

FO Fiscal Officer

FOB Federal Office Building

FOB6 ED Headquarters; 400 Maryland Avenue, SW Washington

FOIA Freedom of Information Act of 1996

FOS Field Operations Service

FOTW FAFSA on the Web

FP Financial Partners

FPCMO Financial Payments and Cash Management Operations

FPL Federal Perkins Loan

FPLUS Federal PLUS (parent) Loan

FPRD Final Program Review Determination Letter

FRB Federal Reserve Bank

FRCS Federal Reserve Communications System

FRD Functional Requirements Document

FREE Federal Resources for Educational Excellence

FRFA Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis

FROE Final Report of Expenditures

FRSS Fats Response Survey System

FS Federal Stafford

FS Federal Services

FSA Federal Student Assistance

FSAIC Federal Student Aid Information Center

FSDIT Financial Systems Data Integrity Team

FSEOG Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant Program

FSLS Federal Supplemental Loans for Students

FT Full Time

FTB Franchise Tax Board

FTE Full Time Equivalents

FTP File Transfer Protocol

FTR Federal Travel Regulation

FTS Federal Telecommunications System

FWS Federal Work-Study Program

FY Fiscal Year

# [G]{.underline}

G Guaranty Agency \"Dear Colleague\" Letter

GA Guarantee Agency

GAANN Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need

GAAP Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

GAF Guaranty Agency Funds

GAO Government Accounting Office

GAPS Grant Administration and Payment System

GAQ Guaranty Agency Quarterly

GAS Government Auditing Standards

GASB Government Accounting Standards Board

GCI Grants and Contact Information

GCST Grants and Contracts Service Team

GEAR-UP Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs

GED General Education Development

GED General Equivalency Diploma

GEDC General Education Development Certificate

GEM Gateway to Educational Materials

GEN General \"Dear Colleague\" Letter

GES General Electronic Support

GF Graduate Fellowship

GISRA Government Information Security Reform Act of 2000

GITS Government Information Technology Services

GL General Ledger

GLC Graduate Loan Center (PHEAA)

GLELS Great Lakes Educational Loan Services

GLHEC Great Lakes Higher Education Corp.

GLOS Guarantor and Lender Oversight Staff

GOALS Government On-line Accounting Link System

GPA Grade Point Average

GPEA Government Paperwork Elimination Act of 1998

GPO Government Printing Office

GPOS Grants Policy and Oversight Staff

GPRA Government Performance and Results Act of 1993

GRE Graduate Record Examination

GSA General Services Administration

GSL Guaranteed Student Loan

GSP Guarantee Service Provider

GSS General Support System

GUI Graphical User Interface

GWM Gallup Workplace Management

# [H]{.underline}

HACU Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities

HBCUs Historically Black Colleges and Universities

HEA Higher Education Act of 1965

HEAL Health Education Assistance Loan

HEALP Health Education Assistance Loan Program

HEC Hispanic Education Coalition

HEP Higher Education Programs (Office of Postsecondary Education)

HEP High School Equivalency Program

HESC New York State Higher Education Services Corporation

HEWI Higher Education Washington Inc.

HHS U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

HICA HEMAR Insurance Corp of America (Sallie Mae)

HIS Hispanic Serving Institutions

HOH Head of Household

HOPE Hope and Opportunity for Postsecondary Education

HPSL Health Professions Student Loans

HPSLP Heath Professions Student Loan Program

HQ Headquarters

HRG Human Resources Group

HS&B High School and Beyond

HSEP High School Equivalency Program

HSF Hispanic Scholarship Fund

HTML Hyper Test Markup Language

HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol

HUD U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

# [I]{.underline}

IAA Inter-Agency Affairs

IADT Initial Active Duty Training

IAeCAPS Internal Audit Electronic Corrective Action Plan System

IAM Integrated Application Menu

IAM Institutional Assessment Model

IAS Institutional Access System

IASA Improving America\'s Schools Act of 1994

ICC Institutional Capital Contribution

ICI IMS/VS Charging Interface

ICL Income Contingent Loan

ICR Income Contingent Repayment

ICRP Income Contingent Repayment Plan

ICSA International Customer Service Association

ICW Investment Control Worksheet

ID Identification

IDCI IDMS Charging Interface

IDEA Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1995

IDMS Integrated Data Management System

IDP Individual Development Plan

IDPS Institutional Default Prevention System

IDS Institutional Data Systems

IFAP Information for Financial Aid Professionals

IFMD Institutional Financial Management Division

IG Inspector General

IHE Institution of Higher Education

IIS Institutional Improvement Specialist

IM Information Management

IM Institutional Methodology

IMD Institutional Monitoring Division

INAS Institutional Need Analysis System

INS Immigration and Naturalization Service

INT Interest Payments Subsystem (Federal Family Education Loan Program
System)

INV Loan Invoicing Subsystem (Federal Family Education Loan Program
System)

IP Internet Protocol

IP Interest Payment Subsystem

IP Internet Protocol

IPA Income Protection Allowance

IPB Initial Participation Branch

IPD Institutional Participation Division

IPEDS Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System

IPOS Institutional Program Oversight Staff

IPR In Process Review

IPS Interest Payment Subsystem

IPT Integrated Product Team

IQAP Institutional Quality Assurance Program

IQCU Independent Quality Control Unit

IR Incident Report

IRA Individual Retirement Account

IRB Investment Review Board

IRB Interest Receivable Balance

IRB Institutional Review Branch

IRC Information Resource Center

IRD Internal Review Division of CFO

IRFA Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis

IRIS Institutional Reviewer Implementation System

IRQF Information Request Form (Part 2 or SAR)

IRS Internal Review Service

IRS2 Federal Offset System (Federal Family Education Loan Program
System)

IRVF Information Review Form

IS Information Services

ISACA Information Systems Audit and Control Association

ISAMS Integrated Student Aid Management System

ISIR Institutional Student Information Report University

ISO International Standards Organization

ISP Information Strategy Plan

ISP Internet Service Provider

ISPF Interactive System Productivity Facility

ISS Integration Support Services

IT Information Technology

IT Integration Test

ITA Integrated Technical Architecture

ITF Information Technology Facility

ITIRB Information Technology Investment Review Board

IV&V Independent Verification and Validation

IVRU Integrated Voice Response Unit

IWG Internet Working Group

# [J]{.underline}

JAD Joint Application Development

JARS Job Accounting and Reporting System

JES Job Entry Subsystem

JFMIP Joint Financial Management Improvement Program

JIT Just in Time

JLD Job Location and Development

JRP Joint Requirements Planning

JSP Java Server Pages

JTPA Job Training Partnership Act of 1980

JWOD Javits, Wagner, O\'Day program for purchasing

## K

K St Office of Post Secondary Education; 1990 K Street, NW Washington

KPA Key Process Areas

KPI Key Performance Indicators

KPMG A contractor, working in partnership with Accenture

# [L]{.underline}

L FFEL Program \"Dear Colleague\" Letter for Lenders

LAAP Learning Anywhere Anytime Partnerships

LAL Law Access Loans

LAN Local Area Network

LC Loan Consolidation

LCC Loan Consolidation Center

LCS Loan Consolidation System (Direct Loans) (EDS)

LD Limited Distribution \"Dear Colleague\" Letter

LDA Last Day of Attendance

LDS Loans for Disadvantaged Students

LEA Local Education Agency

LEAP Leveraging Educational Assistance and Partnership

LEAPP Leveraging Educational Assistant Partnership Program

LEEP Law Enforcement Education Program

LEP Limited English Proficient

LEPD Law Enforcement Personal Dependents

LET Letters Subsystem (Federal Family Education Loan Program System)

LFMD Loan Financial Management Division

LLR Lender of Last Resort

LM Lender Memo

LO Loan Origination

LOA Leave of Absence

LOA Letter of Application

LOC Letter of Credit

LOC Loan Origination Center

LOE Level of Expenditure

LOR Loan Origination Record

LOS Loan Origination (Direct Loans) (EDS)

LPQ Lender Participant Questionnaire

LS Federal Direct Loan Servicing System

LST Limit, Suspend, and/or Terminate

LSAT Law School Admissions Test

LSC Loan Study Council

LSS Loan Servicing System (Direct Loans)

LVC Loan Verification Certificate

# [M]{.underline}

M&IE Meals and Incidental Expenses

MASFAA Midwest Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators

MB Mega Byte

MBIA Mortgage Bankers Insurance Association

MBNA MBNA America Bank N.A.

MCAT Medical College Admission Test

MDE Multiple Data Entry

MEERS Monthly Electronic Expenditure Reporting System

MEFA Massachusetts Education Finance Authority

MEP Migrant Education Program

MES Mary E. Switzer building; 330 C Street, SW Washington

MGOB-Reserve Montgomery GI Bill-Reserve

MHEAA Michigan Higher Education Assistance Authority

MHESLA Michigan Higher Education Student Loan Authority

MHESO Minnesota Higher Education Services Office

MHz Megahertz

MICS MVS Integrated Control System

MIME Multipurpose Internet Mailing Extensions

MIS Management Information System

MISAA Middle Income Student Assistance Act

MISPC Minimum Institute of Standards and Technology

MOD Modernization

MOHELA Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority

MPN Master Promissory Note

MRR Multiple Reporting Record

MS Microsoft

MVS/XA Multiple Virtual Storage/Extended Architecture

MYOB Mind Your Own Business

# [N]{.underline}

N Numerator

NA National Alumni Forum

NAACS National Association of Accredited Cosmetology Schools

NAAL National Assessments Of Accredited Cosmetology

NACAC National Association for College Admission Counseling

NACCAS National Accrediting Commission Of Cosmetology Arts and Sciences

NACHA National Automated Clearinghouse Association

NACUBO National Association of College and University Business Officers

NADE National Association for Developmental Education

NAEP National Assessment of Educational Progress

NAFEO National Association For Equal Opportunity in Higher Education

NAGB National Assessment Governing Board

NAGPS National Association for Graduate and Professional Students

NAICU National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities

NAS Need Analysis Servicer or Need Analysis System

NAS NetView Access Session Manager

NASFAA National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators

NASPA National Association of Student Personnel Administrators

NASSGAP National Association of State Student Grant and Aid Programs

NASULGC National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant
Colleges

NCAA National Collegiate Athletic Association

NCBE National Clearinghouse on Bilingual Education

NCES National Center for Education Statistics

NCHELP National Council of Higher Education Loan Programs

NCLC National Consumer Law Center

NCS National Computer Systems

NCS-Pearson A contracting technology firm

NDEA National Defense Education Act of 1958

NDN National Disbursement Network

NDNH National Directory of New Hires

NDSL National Defense Student Loan

NDSL National Direct Student Loan

NDSLP National Direct Student Loan Program

NEISP National Early Intervention Scholarship and Partnership Program

NELA Northwest Education Loan Assistance

NELS: 88 National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988

NEW New Debts Subsystem (Federal Family Education Loan Program System)

NFC National Finance Center

NFES National Forum on Education Statistics

NGA National Governor\'s Association

NHCA National HEP/CAMP Associations

NHES National Household Education Survey

NHHEAF New Hampshire Higher Education Assistance Foundation

NHHELCO New Hampshire Higher Education Loan Corporation

NHCS National Health Corps Scholarship

NIDRR National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
(Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services)

NIFL National Institute for Literacy

NIH National Institutes of Health

NJHESSA New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority

NLE National Library of Education

NLMA Nellie Mae

NMEAF New Mexico Education Assistance Foundation

NMSQT National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test

NPC National Payment Center

NPEC National Postsecondary Education Cooperative

NPIN National Parent Information Network

NPR National Partnership for Reinventing Government

NPRM Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

NPSAS National Postsecondary Student Aid Study

NPV Net Present Value

NRM Negotiated Rulemaking

NSCS National Society of Collegiate Scholars

NSEA National Student Employment Association

NSF Non-Sufficient Funds

NSL Nursing Student Loans

NSLC National Student Loan Clearinghouse

NSLDS National Student Loan Data System

NSLP National Student Loan Program

NSPOF National Study of Postsecondary Study

NSR Network Security Document

NSSP National Science Scholars Program

NYHESC New York Higher Education Services Corporation

# [O]{.underline}

OBEMLA Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs

OCC Object Classification Code

OCFO Office of Chief Financial Officer

OCIO Office of the Chief Information Officer

OCLA Office of Legislation and Congressional Affairs

OCR Office of Civil Rights (a principle office of U.S. Dept of
Education)

OCTS Ombudsman Case Tracking System

ODBC Open Database Connectivity

ODC Other Direct Costs

ODS Operational Data Store

ODS Office of the Deputy Secretary

ODS The Department of Education\'s Office of the Secretary

OERI Office of Educational Research and Improvement

OESE Office of Elementary and Secondary Education

OGC Office of the General Counsel

OGSLP Oklahoma Guaranteed Student Loan Program

OHA Office of Hearings and Appeals

OIG Office of the Inspector General

OIIA Office of Intergovernmental and Interagency Affairs

OIM Open Information Model

OLAP Online Analytical Processing

OLCA Office of Legislation and Congressional Affairs

OLE Object Linking and Embedding

OLTP Online Transaction Processing

OM Office of Management

OMB Office of Management and Budget

OMB/CFO Office of Management and Budget/Chief Financial Officer

OMR Operations Management Review

OO Object Orientation

OPA Office of Public Affairs (Office of the Secretary)

OPAC Online Payment and Collections

OPE Office of Postsecondary Education

OPM Office of Personnel Management

ORAD Office of Reform Assistance and Dissemination (Office of
Educational Research and Improvement)

OS Office of the Secretary

OS Operating System

OSCAR Overseas Case Activity Reporting System

OSEP Office of Special Education Programs

OSERS Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services

OSFA Office of Student Financial Assistance

OSHA Occupational and Safety Health Administration

OSI Open Systems Interconnect

OUS Office of the Under Secretary

OVAE Office of Vocational and Adult Education

# [P]{.underline}

P Federal Pell Grant \"Grant Colleague\" Letter

PA Participation Agreement

PA Personal Annuitant

PAD Postsecondary Analysis Division

PAD Program Development Division

PAN Payee Account Number

PAS Primary Accounting System

PATNC Parents as Teachers National Center

PB&J Peanut Butter and Jelly

PBO Performance-Based Organization

PBSC Performance Based Service Contracting

PC Paid in Consolidation

PC Parental Contribution

PC Personal Computer

PCA Parents\' Contribution from Assets

PCA Private Collection Agency

PCA/SPA Pre-Claims Assistance/Supplemental Pre-Claims Assistance

PCFAPS Personal Computer Financial Aid Processing System

PCT Partnership Council Team

PD Planning and Development

PDD Policy Development Division

PDF Portable Document Format

PDL Program Determination Letter

PDS Program Development Staff

PEPS Postsecondary Education Participation System

PEPS Postsecondary Education Planning System

PEQUIS Postsecondary Education Quick Information System

PES Planning and Evaluation Service (Office of the Undersecretary)

PESC Postsecondary Electronic Standards Council

PF Paid in Full

PF Program Function

PFIE Partnership for Family Involvement in Education

PGI Pell Grant Index

PGR Pell Grant Recipient

PGR/FMS Pell Grant Recipient and Financial Management System

PHEAA Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency

PIC Public Inquiry Contractor

PIN Personal Identification Number

PIPD Performance Improvement and Procedures Division

PIR Post Implementation Review

PIRG United States Public Interest Research Group

PJ Professional Judgment

PKI Public Key Infrastructure

PL Public Law

PLUS Parent Loans for Undergraduate Students

PMA Performance Management Activity

PMD Performance Measurement Division

PMM Payment Management Module

PMO Program Management Office

PMS Payment Management System

PNI Principal and Interest

P-NOTE Promissory Note

PO Principal Office

PO Purchasing Order

POC Point of Contact

POC Principle Operating Component

POP Potential Overaward Project

POV Privately Owned Vehicle

PP&O Program, Policy, and Operations Advisory Committee

PPA Participating Program Agreement

PPI Policy Planning and Innovation

PPPA Provisional Program Participation Agreement

PPS Project and Performance System

PPV Processed Payment Voucher

PR Public Relations

PRCN Program Review Control Number

PRD Program Review Determination

PRE Pre-Claims/Skip Trace/Mailing Subsystem (Federal Family Education
Loan System)

PRR Production Readiness Review

PS Post Script

PSAT/NMSQT Preliminary SAT/ National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test

PSG Public Strategies Group

PSS Personal for Side System

PSS Program Systems Service (Office of Postsecondary Education, SFA)

PT Part Time

PTAS Policy, Training, and Analysis Service

PV Payment Voucher

# [Q]{.underline}

QA Quality Assurance

QAP Quality Assurance Program

QC Quality Control

QIOPS Quality Improvement and Operations Planning Staff

QMF Query Management Facility

QSTP Qualified State Tuition Program

QUA Quality Control Subsystem (Federal Family Education Loan System
Program)

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RA Research Assistantship

RACF Resource Access Control Facility

RAD Renewal Application Data

RAM Random Access Memory

RAMC Regional Administrative Management Center

RCG Recent College Graduates Study

RCS Refund Cancellation Support

RDE Recipient Data Exchange

RD\'s Regional Directors

REA Reading Excellent Act of 1998

REPS Restored Entitlement Benefits for Survivors

RFA Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980

RFI Request for Information

RFMS Recipient Financial Management System

RFP Request for Proposal

RHB Rehabilitation Subsystem (Federal Family Education Loan Program
System)

RIE Resources in Education

RIGA Regional Inspector General for Audits

RM Resource Management

RMASFAA Rocky Mountain Association of Student Financial Aid
Administrators

RMDS Report Management and Distribution System

RMF Resource Management Facility

ROTC Reserve Officers\' Training Corps

RS Recipient System

RSA Rehabilitative Services Administration

RTM Requirements Traceability Matrix

RTS Requirements Tracking Summary

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S&P Standards and Procedures

S/MIME Secure MIME

SA Security Assessment

SAA

SADI Secretariat\'s Automated Document Inventory

SAE Standard Accounting Events

SAIG Student Aid Internet Gateway

SAL School and Lender Subsystem (Federal Family Education Loan Program
System)

SALTe Student Authorization of Loan Transactions Electronically

SAM Student Account Manager

SAM Single Account Manager

SAO Statement of Account

SAOT Student Aid Organization Team

SAP Satisfactory Academic Progress

SAP Software Acquisition Process

SAR Student Aid Report

SAS Statistical Analysis System

SAS Statement of Affiliation Status

SASFAA Southern Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators

SASS School and Staffing Survey

SAT Security Assessment Team

SAT System Acceptance Testing

SAY Scheduled Academic Year

SBA Small Business Administration

SBIR Small Business Innovative Research

SBL Subledger (Federal Family Education Loan Program System)

SC Student Contribution

SCA Student Contribution from Assets

SCP Scheduled Cash Payment

SDDB School District Data Book

SDFS Safe and Drug Free Schools (Office of Elementary and Secondary
Education)

SDLC Software Development Cycle

SDPP Software Development Project Plan

SDS Scholarship for Disadvantaged Students

SDSF System Display and Search Facility

SEA State Education Agency

SEOG Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant

SERVUS Servus Financial Corporation

SF Standard Form

SFA Student Financial Assistance

SFAP Student Financial Assistance Programs

SFATP Student Financial Aid Travel Policy

SFC Student Finance Corporation

SG State (LEAP) \"Dear Colleague\" Letter

SHEEO State Higher Education Executive Officers

SHTTP Secure Hypertext Transport Protocol

SI&T System Integration and Test

SIC Standard Industry Classification

SIC Student\'s Income Contribution

SIG Special Interest Groups

SIRS System Investigation Request

SIT System Integration Testing

SKP IRS Skip Trace Subsystem (Federal Family Education Loan Program
System)

SLA Service Level Agreement

SLA State Library Agencies

SLA Student Loan Agency

SLCSB State Liaison and Closed School Branch

SLEAP Special Leveraging Education Assistance Partnership Program

SLFC Student Loan Finance Corporation

SLMA Student Loan Marketing Association

SLMF SLM Financial

SLRA Student Loan Reform Act of 1993

SLS Supplemental Loans for Students (FFEL)

SLSC Student Loan Servicing Center (PHEAA)

SLSS Student Loan System Support

SM School Memo

SMF System Management Facility

SMP System Modification Program

SMS Secondary Market Services (USA Group)

SMSC Sallie Mae Servicing Corporation

SNT Simplified Needs Test

SOA Statement of Account

SOAP Student Opportunity and Access Program

SOW Statement of Work

SPCA Supplemental Pre-Claims Assistance

SPM Software Project Manager

SPRE State Postsecondary Review Entity

SPRP State Postsecondary Review Program

SPS Student Payment Summary

SQL Standard Query language

SQL Structured Query Language

SRR Secretary\'s Regional Representative

SSA Single Student Account

SSA Social Security Administration

SSCR Student Status Confirmation Report

SSD System Specification Document

SSH Secure Shell

SSI Supplemental Security Income

SSIG State Student Incentive Grant

SSL Secure Sockets Layer

SSN Social Security Number

SSO Single Sign-On

SSO System Security Officer

SSS Selective Service System

SSSC Southwest Student Services Corporation

STAN Student Authorization Network

STOR Small Task Order Request

STX State and Other Tax Allowance

SUG State University Grant

SWASFAA Southwestern Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators

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TA Teaching Assistant

TANF Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

TAPI Tuition Assistance Program Initiative

TAPIT Tuition Assistance Program Initiative for TANF

TBD To Be Determined

TC Total Contribution

TCP Transfer Control Protocol

TCP Transmission Control Protocol

TCP Team Certification Program

TD Treasury Department

TDC Training and Development Center

TDD Telecommunications Device for the Deaf

TERC Technical Education Resource Center

TERI The Education Resources Institute

TFC Total Family Contribution

TFCS U.S. Treasury Financial Communications System

TFM Treasury Financial Manual

TGA Transitional Guaranty Agency

TGSLC Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corp.

TI Total Income

TIN Tax Identification Number

TIV Title IV

TIVWAN Title IV Wide Area Network

TLA Three Letter Acronym

TMC Travel Management Center

TO Task Order

TOEFL Test of English as a Foreign Language

TOP Treasury Offset Process

TPID Training and Program Information Division

TPPS Third Party Payment System

TRIO HEA federal outreach programs for disadvantaged students:
Educational Opportunity Centers, Talent Search, Upward Bound, Upward
Bound Math/Science, Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement,
Training Program for Special Programs Staff and Leadership Personnel,
and Student Support Services

TRR Test Readiness Review

TSA Treasury-State Agreement

TSO Time Sharing Option

TSYS Total Systems Services, INC.

TTY Teletype writer for the deaf

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UAL Universal Automation Labs

UC Unit Cost

UCEA University Continuing Education Association

UETA Uniform Electronic Transactions Act of 1999

UHEAA Utah Higher Education Association

UM Uniform Methodology

UNCF United Negro College Fund

UPS Un-interruptible Power Supply

USC United States Code

USED Department of Education

USFA United Student Aid Funds

USGA United Student Aid Group

USLP Utah Student Loan Program

USSA United States Student Association

USSGL US Government Standard General Ledger

UTL Utility Subsystem, Federal Family Education Loan Program System

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VA Department of Veterans Affairs

VA Veterans Administration

VDC Virtual Data Center

VEAP Post-Vietnam Educational Assistance Program

VFA Voluntary Flexible Agreement

VISTA Volunteers in Service to America

VRU Voice Response Unit

VSA Volunteers in Service to America

VSAC Vermont Student Assistance Corporation

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W-2 Statement of Wages Earned

W-4 Tax Withholding Allowance

WAN Wide Area Network

WASC Western Association of Schools and Colleges

WASFAA Western Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators

WAVE Web Automated Verification of Enrollment

WBS Work Breakdown Structure

WDO Washington Development Office

WFAA Washington Financial Aid Administrators

WHMIS Warehouse Management Information System (Federal Family Education
Loan Program System)

WIA Workforce Investment Act of 1998

WIR Warehouse Inventory Reporting Subsystem (Federal Family Education
Loan Program System)

WWW World Wide Web

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YTD Year-to-Date

YY Year

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