June 2001 The Blue Book B-1

Acronyms

Access America for Students (pilot program)

Administrative Cost Allowance

Automated Clearinghouse/Electronic Funds Transfer

Audit Control Number

Anticipated Disbursement Listing

Actual Disbursement Roster

Account and Financial Management Service (in the U.S. Department of

Education)

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Accounts Receivable Management Group (in the U.S. Department of Education)

Automated Voice Response (touch-tone telephone)

Academic Year

Client Account Manager (Direct Loans)

Common Accounting Number

Corrective Action Plan

Chief Executive Officer

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Chief Fiscal/Financial Officer

Code of Federal Regulations

Cost of Attendance

Cash on Hand

B

Appendix

AAFS

ACA

ACH/EFT

ACN

ADL

ADR

AFMS

AICPA

ARMG

AVR

AY

CAM

CAN

CAP

CEO

CFDA

CFO

CFR

COA

COH
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Appendix B

Chief Operating Officer

Certified Public Accountant

Central Processing System

Credit

Community Service Job Location and Development [Program]

Community Service Learning [Program] (self-help employment)

Debit

Debt Collection Service (in the U.S. Department of Education)

Direct Loan School Account Statement

Direct Loan Servicing Center

Deposit Message Retrieval System

Data Release Number

Electronic Access Code

Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act

Easy Access for Students and Institutions

Eligibility and Certification Approval Report

U.S. Department of Education

Education Central Automated Processing System

Electronic Data Exchange

U.S. Department of Education General Administrative Regulations

Electronic Data Processing

Expected Family Contribution

Electronic Funds Transfer (see also ACH/EFT)

Employer Identification Number

Electronic Payment Information

Electronic Statement of Account

COO

CPA

CPS

CR

CS/JLD

CSL

DB

DCS

DLSAS

DLSC

DMRS

DRN

EAC

EADA

EASI

ECAR

ED

EDCAPS

EDE

EDGAR

EDP

EFC

EFT

EIN

EPI

ESOA
June 2001 The Blue Book B-3

Acronyms

Eastern Standard Time

Eastern Time

Financial Aid Administrator

Final Audit Determination Letter

Free Application for Federal Student Aid

Financial Aid Officer

Financial Accounting and Reporting Manual [for Higher Education]

Financial Accounting Standards Board

Financial Aid Transcript

Federal Capital Contribution

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

System or Federal Reserve Communications System (not a U.S. Treasury wire

transfer system )

Family Education Rights and Privacy Act

Federal Family Education Loan [Program]

Federal Fiscal Year

Fiscal Operations Report and Application to Participate

Fiscal Management Training

Federal Perkins Loan [Program]

Final Program Review Determination (letter)

Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Communications System

Final Report of Expenditures

Financial Services (in the U. S. Department of Education)

Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant [Program]

Federal Work-Study [Program]

Fiscal Year

EST

ET

FAA

FADL

FAFSA

FAO

FARM

FASB

FAT

FCC

FEDWIRE

FERPA

FFEL

FFY

FISAP

FMT

FPL

FPRD

FRB

FRCS

FROE

FS

FSEOG

FWS

FY
B- The Blue Book June 2001 4

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Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards

General Accounting Office

Grant Administration and Payment System

Government Auditing Standards

Governmental Accounting Standards Board

Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduates Program

Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Health Professions Student Loan [Program]

Institutional Capital Contribution

Information for Student Aid Professionals [Web Site]

Independent Public Auditor

Institutional Participation Oversight Service (in the U.S. Department of

Education)

Institutional Student Information Record

Internet Service Provider

Job Location and Development [Program]

Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership [Program]

Leave of Absence

Direct Loan Origination Center or Letter of Credit

Level of Expenditure (in the Federal Perkins Loan Program)

Limit, Suspend, or Terminate or Limitation, Suspension, or Termination

Master Promissory Note

Multiple Reporting Record

GAAP

GAGAS

GAO

GAPS

GAS

GASB

GEAR UP

HBCUs

HEA

HHS

HPSL

ICC

IFAP

IPA

IPOS

ISIR

ISP

JLD

LEAP

LOA

LOC

LOE

LS&T

MPN

MRR
June 2001 The Blue Book B-5

Acronyms

National Association of College and University Business Officers

National Association of Student Employment Administrators

National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators

National Center for Education Statistics (in the U.S. Department of Education)

National Direct Student Loan Program or National Defense Student Loan

Program

National Finance Center

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

Non-Sufficient Funds

National Student Loan Data System

Object Classification [Code]

Office of the Chief Financial Officer

Office of Inspector General (in the U.S. Department of Education)

Office of Management and Budget

Office of Postsecondary Education (in the U.S. Department of Education)

Office of Postsecondary Education Identifier

Performance and Accountability Improvement Branch (in the U.S. Department

of Education)

Payee Account Number

Performance Based Organization

Postsecondary Education Participation System

Personal Identification Number

Public Law

Potential Overpayment Project

Payment for Origination Services

Program Participation Agreement

NACUBO

NASEA

NASFAA

NCES

NDSL

NFC

NPRM

NSF

NSLDS

OC

OCFO

OIG

OMB

OPE

OPE-ID

PAIB

PAN

PBO

PEPS

PIN

P.L.

POP

POS

PPA
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Quality Assurance or Quality Analysis

Receivables and Cash Receipts Team (in the U.S. Department of Education)

Recipient Financial Management System (in the U.S. Department of Education)

Regional Inspector General for Audit

Student Aid Internet Gateway (successor to TIV WAN)

Satisfactory Academic Progress

Student Aid Report

Statement on Auditing Standards

Student Credit Management Collections (in the U.S. Department of Education)

Scheduled Cash Payment

Student Financial Aid

Special Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership [Program]

Student Right-to-Know [Act]

Student Status Confirmation Report

U.S. Treasury Financial Communications System

Treasury Financial Manual

Title IV Wide Area Network (replaced by the Student Aid Internet Gateway

[SAIG])

QA

RCRT

RFMS

RIGA

SAIG

SAP

SAR

SAS

SCMC

SCP

SFA

SLEAP

SRK

SSCR

TFCS

TFM

Title IV WAN or

TIV WAN