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NRS Abbreviations and Acronyms
January 2013
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|Title |NRS Abbreviations and Acronyms |
|Prepared By |Records Manager, December 2012 |
|Approved By |Head of Corporate Services Division and Deputy Keeper |
|Date of Approval |24 January 2013 |
|Version Number |1.0 |
|Review Frequency |Annually for the first 2 years, then every 2 years |
|Next Review Date |January 2014 |
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|Version |Date |Status |Prepared by |Reason for Amendment |
|1.0 |24 January 2013 |Final |Ava Wieclawska | |
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288 Medical Discharge from Forces
A
ABR Autumn Budget Review
AC Admiralty Court (Catalogue Ref)
ACA Aberdeen City Archives
ACD Automated Call Distribution
ACP Access Control Policy
AD Lord Advocate’s Department, Including Crown Office (Catalogue Ref)
ADA Argyll and Bute District Archives
ADLS Administrative Data Liaison Service
ADO Adoption
AER Approved Early Retirement
AF Armed Forces or The Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department (Catalogue Ref)
AfELG Archives for Education and Learning Group (now Archives for Learning and Education)
AHA Area Health Authority (England and Wales)
AHB Area Health Board
AHRC Arts & Humanities Research Council
AIP Archival Information Package
AKA Also Known As
ALES Archives for Learning and Education (formerly Archives for Education and Learning Group)
AMARC Association for Manuscripts and Archives in Research Collections
AO Accountable Officer
AP Assessors’ Portal
APU Assessor of Public Undertakings (Catalogue Ref)
ARA Archives & Records Association (formerly Society of Archivists)
ARoS The Association of Registrars of Scotland
AS Assistant Statistician or Alternative Sources branch or Archaeology Scotland
ASD Analytical Services Division
ASG Ancestral Steering Group
ASGRA The Association of Scottish Genealogists and Researchers in Archives
ASLAWG Archivists of Scottish Local Authorities Working Group (Archives & Records Association)
AST Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Arbitration Tribunal (Catalogue Ref)
AUL Aberdeen University Library
B
B Burgh Records (Catalogue Ref)
B2011 Beyond 2011
BAC Business Archives Council
BACS The Business Archives Council of Scotland
BAPLA British Association of Picture Libraries and Agencies
BB Budget Bill
BBC British Broadcasting Corporation
BCDR Business Continuity Disaster Recovery
BCLO Budgetary Centre Liaison Officer
BCP Business Continuity Plan
BCS British Computer Society or Business Classification Scheme
BESAC Built Environment Statistics Advisory Committee
BGP2 Block Grant Partnerships 2 (Arts & Humanities Research Council)
BGRUC British Genealogical Record Users Committee
BH Branch Head
BHPS British Household Panel Survey
BIA Business Impact Assessment
BIL Business Impact Level (see also IL)
BIO Business Improvement Objective
BL British Library
BM Budget Manager or British Museum
BMA British Medical Association
BMD Birth, Marriage, Death
BMN Budget Management Notice
BMU Business Management Unit
BOL Code Back Office Location Code
BoSC Book of Scottish Connections
BR British Rail, Scotland (Catalogue Ref)
BRA Borders Regional Archives or British Records Association
BSI British Standards Institute
BSPS British Society for Population Studies
BW British Waterways Board
C
C Chancery Records (Catalogue Ref)
CA Chartered Accountant or Citizen’s Account
CAA Civil Aviation Office in Scotland
CALM Catalogue for Archives, Libraries and Museums
CAS Citizen Account System
CASCOT Computer Assisted Structured Coding Tool
CAST Census Area Statistics Theme Tables
CAWS Counselling and Welfare Service
CB National Coal Board (Catalogue Ref)
CBT Computer Based Training
CC Crofters’ Commission or Commissary Court Records (Catalogue Ref)
CCG Clinical Commissioning Groups
CCH Community Charge Registers (Catalogue Ref)
CCN Cost Centre Number
CCS Countryside Commission for Scotland
C.diff Clostridium difficile
CDP Career Development Plan
CDPA Copyright, Designs and Patents Act
CE Communal Establishment or Customs and Excise (Catalogue Ref)
CEA Culture and External Affairs
CEC Central Ethical Committee
CESG The National Technical Authority for Information Assurance (formerly The Communications Electronics Security Group)
CFH Connecting for Health
CH Church Records (Catalogue Ref)
CHI Community Health Index
CHMA Centre for Housing Market Analysis
CIEC International Commission on Civil Status Commission (Commission Internationale de l'Etat Civil)
CIPHER Code relating to a Health Board or Health Authority
CJX The Criminal Justice eXtranet
CLA Copyright Licensing Agency or Carnegie Library, Ayr or Commissioner for Local Education in Scotland (Catalogue Ref)
CLG Communities and Local Government (see also DCLG)
CLP Court, Legal and Private Records branch
CMB Centrally Managed Budget or Central Midwives’ Board for Scotland (Catalogue Ref)
CMO Chief Medical Officer
CNP Cairngorms National Park
CO Crown Office or County Council Records (Catalogue Ref)
CoAs Chart of Accounts
COM Committees and Commissions (Catalogue Ref)
CON Change of Name
COP Close of Play or Code of Practice
COPI Scottish Court Service Criminal Records Database
COPII Scottish Court Service Criminal Records Database, version 2
COPFS Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
CoS Church of Scotland
COS Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (Catalogue Ref)
COSLA Convention of Scottish Local Authorities
CP Civil Partnership
CPB Census Programme Board
CPC Centre for Population Change
CPD Continuous Professional Development or Corporate Planning and Development branch
CR Central Register or Crown Estate Commissioners (Catalogue Ref)
CRA Central Regional Archives
CRE Scottish Council for Research in Education (Catalogue Ref)
CRISP Centre for Research into Information, Surveillance and Privacy
CRO Crofters’ Commission (Catalogue Ref)
CRS Central Register Scotland
CS Court of Session (Catalogue Ref)
CSA Common Services Agency
CSB Conservation Branch or Computer Service Branch
CSD Corporate Services Division
CSF Critical Success Factor
CSM Communication and Stakeholder Management Board
CT Council Tax or Council on Tribunals, Scottish Committee (Catalogue Ref)
CTA Council Tax Registers (Catalogue Ref)
D
DA Development Advisor or Development Appraisal
DAA Data Access Agreement
DAC Data Access and Communications branch or Dumfries Archive Centre
DASA Defence Analytical Services Agency
DAWG Demographic Analysis Working Group
DC District Council Records (Catalogue Ref)
DCC Digital Curation Centre
DCLG Department for Communities and Local Government (see also CLG)
DD The Scottish Office Environment Department (Catalogue Ref)
DDA Digital Data Archive or Dundee District Archive and Record Centre
DDRI Disclosure of Death Registration Information
DE District Examiner
DFM Deputy First Minister
DH Divisional Head
DI Diligence Registers (Catalogue Ref)
DIGROS Digital Imaging of the Genealogical Records of Scotland’s people
DIP Dissemination Information Package
DIU Digital Imaging Unit
DK Deputy Keeper
DLS Data Linkage Service
DMS Defence Medical Services
DNA Definitive National Address
DNB Dictionary of National Biography
DNC Do not confuse with
DOB Date of Birth
DOD Date of Death
DoE Date of Entry
DP Development Plan
DPA Data Protection Act
DPC Digital Preservation Coalition
DPG Departmental Planning Group (now Senior Management Team)
DPU Drugs Policy Unit
DRD Drug-Related Death
DRG Deputy Registrar General
DSE Display Screen Equipment
DSLS Data Sharing and Linkage Service
DSO Departmental Security Officer
DUL Dundee University Library
Dup Duplicate
DWNM Directors’ Weekly Network Meetings
DWP Department for Work and Pensions
DZ Data Zone
E
E Embark (see also EMB) or Exchequer and Treasury (Catalogue Ref)
EA Education Authority
EAG European Archives Group
EAP Employee Assistance Programme
EASEbuy Scottish Government’s online procurement system for processing purchase orders
EB Scottish Examination Board (Catalogue Ref)
ECA Edinburgh City Archives
ECDL European Computer Driving Licence
ECL Electricity Consultative Councils (Catalogue Ref)
ED The Scottish Office Education Department (Catalogue Ref)
EDRMS Electronic Document and Records Management System
EFQM European Foundation Quality Management
EG Enterprise Guide
eHR Electronic Human Resources system
EIA Environmental Impact Assessment
EIR Environmental Information Regulations
EMB Embark (see also E)
EOS Electronic Ordering System
EOYF End of Year Forecast
EP Department of Employment (Catalogue Ref)
ER Electoral Register
ERDM Scottish Government’s electronic document and records management system
eREG e-Registration
eRFC Electronic Request for Change
ERU Electronic Records Unit
ESDAR Extract Services
ESRC The Economic and Social Research Council
EU European Union
EURBICA European Branch of the International Council on Archives
EUROCLIO European Association of History Educators
EVS European Association of Registrars (Europaische Verband der Standesbeamtinnen und Standesbeamten e.V.)
E&W England and Wales
E/W English Welsh
EYR End Year Review
F
FAB Finance and Administration Branch
FAR Fixed Asset Register
FC Forestry Commission
FCO Foreign & Commonwealth Office
FDA First Division Association
FER Forward Electronic Register system
FHSA Family Health Service Authority
FM First Minister
FMQ First Minister’s Question
FMS Falkirk Museums Services
FOI Freedom of Information
FOIA Freedom of Information Act
FOISA Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act
FS Registrar of Friendly Societies (Catalogue Ref)
FSG Financial System Generated
FT Full Time
FTA (FO) Fixed Term Appointment (Fair and Open)
FTA (NFO) Fixed Term Appointment (Not Fair and Open)
FWH Flexible Working Hours
FY Financial Year
G
GB Great Britain or Scottish Gas Board (Catalogue Ref)
GBO General Business Objective
GCPH Glasgow Centre for Population Health
GD Gifts and Deposits
GEM Group for Education in Museums
GF Green Folder
GGHB Greater Glasgow Health Board Archives
GINTOPS Genealogical Internet Order Processing
GIS Geographical Information Systems
GL General Ledger
GMC General Medical Council, Scottish Branch (Catalogue Ref)
GNC General Nursing Council for Scotland (Catalogue Ref)
GPG Good Practice Guide
GPMS Government Protective Marking System
GR Gender Recognition
GRA Grampian Regional Archives
GRB Government Records Branch
GRH General Register House
GRO General Register Office, Scotland (Catalogue Ref)
GRO-EW General Register Office for England and Wales
GRO-NI General Register Office for Northern Ireland
GROS General Register Office for Scotland (now National Records of Scotland)
GRR Gender Recognition Register
GRU General Registration Unit
GSI Government Secure Intranet
GSS Government Statistical Service or Government Secure Suppliers
GSU Genealogical Society of Utah
GSX Government Secure eXtranet
GTN Government Telephone Network
GUA Glasgow University Archives
H
HA Health Authority
HAI Healthcare Associated Infection
HARG Household Analysis Review Group
HATII Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute
HB Health Board/NHS Board
HD Highland Destitution (Catalogue Ref)
HDB Highlands & Islands Development Board (Catalogue Ref)
HEF Heritage Education Forum
HEP Household Estimates and Projections branch
HESA Higher Education Statistics Agency
HH The Scottish Office Home and Health Department (Catalogue Ref)
HIB Herring Industry Board (Catalogue Ref) (later SFI)
HIDB Highlands & Islands Development Board
HIE Highlands and Islands Enterprise
HLF Heritage Lottery Fund
HM His/Her Majesty
HMG Her Majesty’s Government
HMIE Her Majesty’s Inspectorate for Education (now Education Scotland)
HMRC Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs
HMS His/Her Majesty’s Ship
HP Housing Plan
HPS Health Protection Scotland
HR Human Resources or Heritors’ Records (Catalogue Ref)
HRH His/Her Royal Highness
HRSSC Human Resources Shared Service Centre
H&S Health and Safety
HRA Highland Regional Archives
HS Historic Scotland or Homecoming Scotland
HSCIC Health and Social Care Information Centre
HSE Health and Safety Executive
HSR Historical Search Room
HSSG Homecoming Scotland Strategic Group (Event Scotland)
HTML Hypertext Markup Language
HTTP Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
HTTPS Hyper Text Transfer Protocol over Secure Socket Layer
HWU Heriot-Watt University Archives
I
IA Information Assurance
IAO Information Asset Owner
IAS Information Assurance and Security branch
ICA International Council on Archives
ICA-Req Principles and functional requirements for records in electronic office environments
ICCS International Commission on Civil Status
ICD International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems
ICD-10 International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision
ICO Information Commissioner’s Office
ICON Institute of Conservation
ICT Information and Communication Technology
IDS Industry Department for Scotland (now Scottish Government)
IE Internet Explorer
IES Index Enquiry System
IG Information Governance
IGI International Genealogical Index
IIAR Independent Information Assurance Review
IIP Investors in People
IL Business Impact Level (see also BIL)
IM Information Manager
IMM Immigrant
IMS Index Maintenance System
IoM Isle of Man
IPQ Inspired Parliamentary Question
IPS Identity and Passport Service
IPT Integrated Project Team
IRC National Industrial Relations Court (Catalogue Ref)
IRMS Information and Records Management Society
IRMSS Information and Records Management Society Scotland
IRMT International Records Management Trust
IRS Inland Revenue Scotland (Catalogue Ref)
IS Improvement Service
ISA Information Security Administrator
ISAD (G) International Standard for Archival Description (General)
ISB Information Systems Board
ISD Improvement Service Division or Information Services Division
ISEB Information Systems Executive Board
ISIS Information Services and Information Systems
ISO International Organization for Standardization
ISPG Information Systems Planning Group
ISWG Information Security Working Group
IT Information Technology or Industrial Tribunals Scotland (Catalogue Ref)
IT&I Registration IT & Imaging branch
ITDOC Information Technology Development Operations and Change
ITIG Information Technology Infrastructure Group
ITIL Information Technology Infrastructure Library
ITSG Information Technology Specialists Group
ITSM Information Technology Service Management
IYR In Year Review
J
JC High Court of Justiciary (Catalogue Ref)
JD Job Description
JFM Joint Feedback Meeting
JISC Joint Information Systems Committee of Higher Education Funding Councils
JP Justice of the Peace or Justice of the Peace Courts (Catalogue Ref)
K
KBO Key Business Objective
KC King’s Counsel
KPI Key Performance Indicator
KRS Keeper of the Records of Scotland
L
LA Local Authority
LARIMS Libraries, Archives, Records and Information Management Services
LAU Local Administrative Unit
LC Scottish Land Court (Catalogue Ref)
LCR Lord Clerk Register’s Room
LFHC Local Family History Centre
LH Ladywell House (see also LWH)
LL Lord Lieutenant
LLTNP Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park
LOU Local Organisation Unit
LS Law Society of Scotland (Catalogue Ref)
LSCS Longitudinal Studies Centre Scotland
LSIS Learning and Skills Improvement Service
LSR Legal Search Room
LT Lands Tribunal for Scotland (Catalogue Ref)
LTS Learning and Teaching Scotland (now Education Scotland)
LWH Ladywell House (see also LH)
M
MAC Medical Advisory Committee or Medical Archive Centre, Edinburgh
MC Mental Welfare Commission (Catalogue Ref)
MCCD Medical Certificate of the Cause of Death
MCS Ministerial Correspondence System
MD Ministry of Defence (Catalogue Ref)
MDRO Moray District Record Office
ME Medical Enquiry
MET Met Office or Meteorological Office, Edinburgh (Catalogue Ref)
METS Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard
MGS Museums Galleries Scotland
MH Ministry of Health (Catalogue Ref)
MI Monumental Inscriptions
MMN Mothers Maiden Name
M/N Middle Name
MoA Memorandum of Agreement
MOD Ministry of Defence
MoReq Model Requirements for the Management of Electronic Records
MoReq2 Model Requirements for the Management of Electronic Records, 2nd version
MoReq2010 Modular Requirements for Records Systems
MOU Memorandum of Understanding
MP Member of Parliament
MRC Medical Research Council
MRE Medical Record Envelope
MRIS Medical Research Information Service (now Data Linkage Service)
MRMP Model Records Management Plan
MRSA Meticillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
MSP Member of Scottish Parliament
MT Ministry of Transport (Catalogue Ref)
MTA Memorandum Trading Account
MW Department of the Environment (Catalogue Ref)
MYEs Mid Year Estimates
N
NAI National Archives of Ireland
NARA National Archives and Records Administration (United States)
NAS National Archives of Scotland (formerly Scottish Record Office, now National Records of Scotland)
National Archives of Scotland Network
NBO National Back Office
NCAR Non Current Asset Register
NDLC National Data Linkage Centre
NDPB Non-Departmental Public Body
NFDRD National Forum on Drug-Related Deaths
NG National Galleries of Scotland (Catalogue Ref)
NGS National Galleries of Scotland
NHS-CR National Health Service Central Register branch
NHSCR National Health Service Central Register
National Health Service Network
NILS Northern Ireland Longitudinal Survey
NISRA Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
NLA Newspaper Licensing Agency
NLI National Library of Ireland
NLS National Library of Scotland
NLW National Library of Wales
NMH National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting for Scotland (Catalogue Ref)
NMRS National Monuments Record of Scotland
NMS National Museums Scotland
Non-Imm A person who was not born abroad
NP National Park or Notarial Records (Catalogue Ref)
Np-SAD National Programme on Substance Abuse Deaths
NRAS National Register of Archives for Scotland
NRH New Register House
NRS National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland and General Register Office for Scotland)
NS National Statistics
NSC National Savings Committee for Scotland (Catalogue Ref)
NSE North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board (Catalogue Ref)
NSS National Services Scotland
NS-SEC National Statistics Socio-Economic Classification
NTS National Trust for Scotland
NUTS Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics
NXD Non-Executive Director
O
OA Output Area
OAIS Open Archival Information System
OCES Online Central Enquiry System
OCS Office of Chief Statistician
OCSP Office of the Chief Statistician and Performance
ODLL Organisational Development, Leadership and Learning
ODS Online Dissemination Systems
OEC Old Edinburgh Club
OGL Open Government Licence
OIA Orkney Islands Archives
ONS Office for National Statistics
OPAC Online Public Access Catalogue
Op Costs Operating Costs
OpOs Operational Objectives
OPR Old Parish Register or Old Parochial Registers (Catalogue Ref)
OPSI Office of Public Sector Information
Org Chart Organisational Chart
ORT Online Resources Team or Operational Readiness Test
OS Ordnance Survey
OSCR Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator
OSIC Office of the Scottish Information Commissioner
P
PA Parliament (Catalogue Ref)
PAC Privacy Advisory Committee
PAF Postcode Address File
PAMS Population and Migration Statistics (see P&MS for the branch)
PAS Publicly Available Specification
Pat Patient
PAT Portable Appliance Testing
PBC Post Based Control
PC Privacy Council (Catalogue Ref)
PCC Privacy Compliance Check
PCSPS Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme
PCT Primary Care Trust
PDF Portable Document Format
PDS Professional Development Scheme or Personal Demographic Spine
PE Peers’ Elections (Catalogue Ref)
PF Procurator Fiscal
PGP Pretty Good Privacy
PH Pentland House
PIA Privacy Impact Assessment
PID Project Initiation Document
PII Personally Identifiable Information
PKDA Perth and Kinross District Archives
PLC Public Limited Company
PLL Personal Learning Log
PLP Personal Learning Plan
PM Post Mortem or Project Manager
P&MS Population and Migration Statistics branch
PMS Performance Management System
PO Parental Order or Post Office (Catalogue Ref)
PQ Parliamentary Question
PR Purchase Requisition
PREMIS Preservation Metadata: Implementation Strategies
Prev Previous
PRINCE2 Projects In a Controlled Environment 2
PRONI Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
PRSA Public Records (Scotland) Act
PS Privy Seal (Catalogue Ref)
PSA Property Services Agency
PSB Public Services Branch or Population Statistics Branch
PSD Public Services Division or Practitioner Services Division
PSI Public Sector Interconnect
PSO Project Support Office
PSU Project Support Unit
PT Part Time or Pensions Appeal Tribunals, Scotland (Catalogue Ref)
PwC PricewaterhouseCoopers
Q
QA Quality Assurance
QC Queen’s Counsel
Q-code Location code for Primary Care Trust
R
RA Risk Assessment
RAB Records and Archives Board
RAC Registers Archive Conversion
RaG Resourcing and Governance branch/team
RAPT Risk Awareness Profiling Tool
RaR Record at Risk
RAS Records and Archives Services Division
RBGE Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
RC Railway and Canal Commission (Catalogue Ref)
RCAHMS Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland
RCE Register of Corrected Entries or Register of Corrections etc.
RD Requisition Docket or Registration Division or Registration District or Register of Deeds (Catalogue Ref)
RDB Registrar’s Database
RDC Red Deer Commission
RD IT Registration IT branch
RD ITAS Registration IT Applications Support team
RD-Policy Registration Policy branch
RD-Process Registration Process branch
RD-Training Registration Training and Development branch
RE Records Enterprise branch
Retd Returned
RF Royal Fine Art Commission for Scotland (Catalogue Ref)
RFC Request for Change
RG Registrar General
RGAR Registrar General’s Annual Review
RH Register House Papers (Catalogue Ref)
RHP Register House Plans (Catalogue Ref)
RLS Record Location System
RM Records Management or Royal Mail
RMADS Risk Management and Accreditation Document Set
RMP Records Management Plan or Risk Mitigation Plan
RMU Records Management Unit
RN Royal Navy
RON Registration On Line
RoS Registers of Scotland
RR Re-Registration
RS Register of Sasines (Catalogue Ref)
RSS Royal Statistical Society
RT Register of Tailzies (Catalogue Ref)
RTF Rich Text Format
S
SAAS Student Awards Agency Scotland
SAFHS Scottish Association of Family History Societies
SAH St. Andrew’s House
SAHC Scottish Association of Health Councils
SAHE Small Area Household Estimates
SAN Storage Area Network
SAPE Small Area Population Estimates
SAR Subject Access Request
SARS Samples of Anonymised Records
SAS Statistical Analysis Software
SASA Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture (formerly Scottish Agricultural Science Agency)
SATH Scottish Association of Teachers of History
SAU St Andrews University Library
SBR Spring Budget Review
SC Staff Change or Sheriff Courts (Catalogue Ref)
SCA Scottish Council on Archives or Scottish Catholic Archives
SCAN Scottish Archive Network
SCC Scottish Criminal Cases
SCCI Scottish Criminal Cases Index
ScotPHO Scottish Public Health Observatory
SCOTS Scottish Government Information Technology System
ScotSID Scottish Suicide Information Database
ScotStat Scottish Statistics User/Provider Consultation Network
SCPB Scottish Census Programme Board
SCROL Scotland’s Census Results Online
SCS Senior Civil Service or Scottish Court Service
SDA Scottish Development Agency (Catalogue Ref)
SDC Statistical Disclosure Control
SDP Strategic Development Plan
SDPA Strategic Development Planning Authority
SDR Service Dependant Records
SE Scottish Executive (now Scottish Government)
SEABIN Scottish Executive A Band Induction Network
SEAS Scottish Government Enterprise Accounting System
SEATIN Scottish Executive Agencies Training Network
SEBCIN Scottish Executive B and C Bands Induction Network
SEG Socio-Economic Group
SEN Scottish Executive News
SEP The Scottish Office Industry Department (Catalogue Ref)
SEPA Scottish Environmental Protection Agency
SEPD Scottish Economic Planning Department (now Scottish Government)
SESplan Edinburgh and South East Scotland Strategic Development Plan Area
SFI Sea Fishing Industry Authority (Catalogue Ref)
SFIA Skills Framework for the Information Age
SFHS Scottish Family History System
SG Scottish Government (formerly Scottish Executive)
SG ISIS Scottish Government Information Services and Information Systems
SGLD Scottish Government Legal Directorate
SGS Scottish Genealogy Society
SH Saughton House
SHAW Scotland’s Health at Work
SHCS Scottish House Condition Survey
SHELS Scottish Health and Ethnicity Linkage Study
SHIP Scottish Health Informatics Programme
SHS Scottish Household Survey or Scottish History Society
SI Statutory Instrument
SIA Shetland Islands Archives
SIC Shared Inter-Community area or Scottish Information Commissioner or Standard Industrial Classification
SICA Scottish Independent Celebrants’ Association
SIDS Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
SIG Special Interest Group or Signet Office (Catalogue Ref)
SIMD Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation
SIP Submission Ingest Package or Staff in Post
SIRO Senior Information Risk Owner
SIS Statistical Information Services branch
SLA Service Level Agreement
SLC Scottish Law Commission
SLHF Scottish Law History Forum
SLIC Scottish Library & Information Council
SLS Scottish Longitudinal Study
SMO Service Medical Officer
SMT Senior Management Team (formerly Departmental Planning Group)
SNH Scottish Natural Heritage
SNICA Scottish National Infrastructure Citizen’s Account
SNS Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics or Small Neighbourhoods Scotland or Small Area Statistics
SOA Society of Archivists (now Archives & Records Association)
SOC Standard Occupational Classification
SOE The Scottish Office Central Services (Catalogue Ref)
SOPD Super Old Persons Database
SOR Statement of Responsibility or Statement of Requirements
SP ScotlandsPeople or Scottish Parliament or State Papers (Catalogue Ref)
SPB Scottish Programme Board or Statistics Programme Board
SPC ScotlandsPeople Centre
SPF Security Policy Framework
SPS Scottish Prison Service
SPW ScotlandsPeople Website
SQA Scottish Qualifications Agency
SR Spending Review
SRA Scottish Records Association or Strathclyde Regional Archives
SRO Scottish Record Office (later National Archives of Scotland and now National Records of Scotland)
SRS Scottish Record Society or Scottish Registration System
SRT Scottish Register of Tartans
SRTA Scottish Register of Tartans Act
SSC Solicitor to the Supreme Court
SSE South of Scotland Electricity Board (Catalogue Ref)
SSI Scottish Statutory Instrument
STA Scottish Tartans Authority
STG Scottish Transport Group (Catalogue Ref)
STRAG Scottish Tartan Register Advisory Group
STWR Scottish Tartans World Register
SUA Strathclyde University Archives
SW Scottish Water
SyOPs Security Operating Procedures
T
TA Transport Arbitration Tribunal, Scottish Division (Catalogue Ref)
TAYplan Dundee, Perth, Angus and North Fife Strategic Development Plan Area
TB Transcript Book
TE Teind Office (Catalogue Ref)
TNA The National Archives
TRAC Trusted Repositories Audit & Certification
TRF Travel Request Form
T&S Travel and Subsistence
TTH Thomas Thomson House
TUO Tell Us Once (Department for Work and Pensions’ data sharing system)
U
UCRN Unique Citizen Reference Number
UCS Upper Clyde Shipbuilders
UF United Free (Church)
UFP Unfit for Production
UK United Kingdom
UKBA United Kingdom Border Agency
UKBC United Kingdom Beyond 2011 Committee
UKCC United Kingdom Census Committee
UKG United Kingdom Government
UKSA United Kingdom Statistics Authority
UKWAC United Kingdom Web Archiving Consortium
ULCC University of London Computer Centre
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UPRN Unique Property Reference Number
USA United States of America
USB Universal Serial Bus
V
VDU Visual Display Unit
VE Vital Events or Vital Events branch
VER Voluntary Early Retirement
VES Voluntary Early Severance
VFM Value For Money
VHPT Virtual Hamilton Palace Trust
VQ Victoria Quay
VRs Valuation Rolls
VV Virtual Volumes
W
WEFA Written Evidence for Assessment
WFA White Fish Authority (Catalogue Ref)
WFP Workforce Plan
WG Welsh Government
WHO World Health Organisation
WRH West Register House
WS Writer to the Signet
W&T Wills & Testaments
WTE Whole Time Equivalent
X
XGSI A subset of the GSI which utilizes encryption
XML Extensible Markup Language
Y
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