APPENDIX G - Postal Regulatory Commission



APPENDIX G

GLOSSARY OF POSTAL SERVICE ACRONYMS

ACDCS Air Contract Data Collection System

ADP Automatic Data Processing

ADPC Automatic Data Processing Center

AIC Account Identifier Code

AMC Air Mail Center

AMF Air Mail Facility

AO Autres Objects (Other Articles - International Mail)

APC All Purpose Container

ASC Accounting Service Center

BAM Business and Mixed

BBM Bulk Business Mail

BCR Bar Code Reader

BCS Bar Code Sorter

BMC Bulk Mail Center

BMC OTR Bulk Mail Center Over-the-Road

CCS Carrier Cost Survey

CAG Cost Ascertainment Grouping

CAT Curbline Access Test

CFS Computer Forwarding Systems

CFM Cubic-Foot-Mile

COD Collect on Delivery

COLA Cost-of-Living Allowance

CRA Cost and Revenue Analysis

CSBCS Customer Service Bar Code Sorter

CSRF Civil Service Retirement Fund

CTT Comprehensive Tracking and Tracing

CVS Covered Vehicle Storage

DBCS Delivery Bar Code Sorters

E&TS Engineering and Technical Support

EAS Executive and Administrative Schedule

EEO Equal Employment Opportunity

EMA Equipment Maintenance Allowance

EPCS Expanded Postmaster Criteria System

ERMC Eastern Region Mail Containers

FAT Foot Access Test

FEDSTRIP Federal Standard Requisition and Issue Procedure

FEGLI Federal Employees Group Life Insurance

FEHBP Federal Employees Health Benefit Program

FERS Federal Employees Retirement System

FICA Federal Insurance Contributions Act

FLSA Fair Labor Standards Act

FMSS Facilities Management Support Services

FRB Federal Reserve Bank

FSM Flats Sorting Machine

FY Fiscal Year

GSA General Services Administration

IBU International Business Unit

IES Industrial Engineering Survey

IOCS In-Office Cost System

IPP Irregular Parcels and Pieces

ISSC Information Systems Service Center

LC Lettres et Cartes (Letters and cards - International Mail)

LDC Labor Distribution Code

APPENDIX G

GLOSSARY OF POSTAL SERVICE ACRONYMS (Continued)

LSM Letter Sorting Machine

LTV Load Time Variability

MDR Multiple Delivery Residential

MES Mail Equipment Shop

MISD Management Information Systems Department

MODS Management Operating Data System

MOM Military Official Mail

MPBCS Mail Processing Bar Code Sorters

MPLSM Multiposition Letter Sorting Machine

MRU Mailbag Repair Unit

MSC Management Sectional Center

MTE Mail Transport Equipment

MTSC Maintenance Technical Support Center

MVS Motor Vehicle Service

NMICS National Maintenance Information and Control System

NMO Non-Machinable Object

NPO Non-Personnel Office

OBRA Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act

OCR Optical Character Reader

ODIS Origin-Destination Information System

OMMS Official Mail Messenger Service

OPM Office of Personnel Management

PAL Parcel Airlift Mail

PAT Parcel Access Test

PCES Postal Career Executive Service

PIRS Productivity Information Reporting System

PMPC Priority Mail Processing Center

POA Postal Operations Administrator

PPD Pieces Per Possible Delivery

PRC Postal Rate Commission

PSDS Postal Source Data System

PSM Parcel Sorting Machine

PUAS Postal Union of the Americas and Spain

P&DC Processing and Distribution Center

P&DF Processing and Distribution Facility

RBCS Remote Barcoding System

REC Remote Encoding Center

R&D Research and Development

RD&E Research, Development, and Engineering

RPW Revenue, Pieces, and Weight System

SAM Space Available Mail

SCF Sectional Center Facility

SDR Single Delivery Residential

SOA Statements of Account

SPBS Small Parcel and Bundle Sorter

SPLSM Single-Position Letter Sorting Machine

SSM Sack Sorting Machine

SSPC Self-Service Postal Center

STS Street Time Sampling

TEP Total Equivalent Pieces

TPH Total Piece Handling

TRACS Transportation Cost System

APPENDIX G

GLOSSARY OF POSTAL SERVICE ACRONYMS (Continued)

UPU Universal Postal Union

USPS United States Postal Service

VMF Vehicle Maintenance Facility

VSD Vehicle Service Driver

WSC Workload Service Credits

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