Abbreviations

AFIRM

Automated Fingerprint Image Reporting and Match

AFP

Armed Forces of the Philippines

AFPMC

AFP Medical Center

ANSI

American National Standards Institute

ASEAN

Association of South East Asian Nations

ATM

Automated Teller Machines

BC

Bureau of Corrections

BFAR

Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources

BFP

Bureau of Fire Protection

BI

BIR

Bureau of Internal Revenue

BJMP

Bureau of Jail Management and Penology

BL

Bureau of Lands

BLGF

Bureau of Local Government Finance

BOC

Bureau of Customs

BOI

Board of Investment

BOO

Build Own and Operate

BOT

Build-Operate-and Transfer

BPHRE

Bureau of Post-Harvest for Research and Extension

BSP

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas

BTr

Bureau of Treasury

C&C

Computing and Communication

CA

Court of Appeals

CADD

Computer-Aided Drafting and Design

CANPASS

Canadian version of INSPASS

CD-R

Recordable Compact Disks

CHED

Commission on Higher Education

CHR

Commission on Human Rights

CIO

Chief Information Officer

CMTS

Cellular Mobile Telephone Services

COA

Commission on Audit

COMELEC

Commission on Election

COTS

Commercial On The Shelf Software

CRS

Civil Registry System

CSC

Civil Service Commission

CSLP

Commission on the Settlement of Land Problems

DA

Department of Agriculture

DAR

Department of Agrarian Reform

DBM

Department of Budget and Management

DDB

Dangerous Drugs Board

DECS

Department of Education, Culture and Sports

DENR

Department of Environment and Natural Resources

DFA

Department of Foreign Affairs

DILG

Department of the Interior and Local Government

DISP

Department Information Systems Plan

DND

Department of National Defense

DOF

Department of Finance

DOH

Department of Health

DOJ

Department of Justice

DOLE

Department of Labor and Employment

DOST

Department of Science and Technology

DOT

Department of Tourism

DOTC

Department of Transportation and Communications

DPWH

Department of Public Works and Highway

DSS

Decision Support Systems

DSWD

Department of Social Welfare and Development

DTI

Department of Trade and Industry

EAPS

Examination Application Processing System

EBT

Electronic Benefits Transfer

E-Commerce

Electronic Commerce

EDF

Economic Development Foundation

EDI

Electronic Data Interface

EDM

Electronic Data Management

EIS

Executive Information Systems

FDDI

Fiber Distributed Data Interface

FINLINK

Financial Information Systems Project

FIRB

Fiscal Incentive Review Board

FMIS

Financial Management Information System

FTP

File Transfer Protocol

GAA

General Appropriation Act

GCMCC

Government Corporate Monitoring Coordinating Council

GHRMIS

Government Human Resource Management Information  System

GII

Government Information Infrastructure

GIS

Geographical Information Systems

GISP

Government Information Systems Plan

GMIS

Government Manpower Management Information System

GOCC

Government Owned and/or Controlled Corporations

GPAIS

Government Physical Assets Information System

GPS

Global Positioning Systems

GRMIS

Government Records Management IS

GSIS

Government Service Insurance System

HLURB

Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board

HRIS

Human Resource Information System

HTML

Hypertext Markup Language

HUDCC

Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council

IAFIS

Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System

IC

Integrated Circuit

ICC

Integrated Circuit Card

IEC

Information Education and Communication

INSPASS

Immigration and Naturalization Service’s (INS) Passenger Accelerated Service System (PASS)

IP

Internet Protocol

IPO

IRA

Internal Revenue Allotments

IRM

Information Resource Management

IRMO

Information Resource Management Office

IRMP

Information Resource Management Program

IS

Information Systems

ISO

International Standards Organization

ISP

Internet Service Provider

ISSP

Information Systems Strategic Plan

IT21

National Information Technology Plan for the 21^st Century

ITMP

IT Manpower Development Program

ITR

Income Tax Return

JOBNET

Job market/matching  system

LAN

Local Area Network

LBP

Land Bank of the Philippines

LCP

Lung Center of the Philippines

LEDAC

Legislative Executive Development Advisory Council

LGU

Local Government Unit

LRA

Land Registration Authority

LTO

Land Transportation Office

MIS

Management Information System

MNLF IP

Moro National Liberation Front Integration Program

Mobile IP or L2TP

Special tunneling protocols for VPN

MSC

Multimedia Super Corridor

MTEF

Medium Term Expenditure Framework

MTEP

Medium Term Expenditure Plan

NAMRIA

National Mapping and Resource Information Authority

NAPC

National Anti-Poverty Commission

NAPOLCOM

National Police Commission

NBI

National Bureau of Investigation

NCC

National Computer Center

NCCA

National Commission on Culture and Arts

NCI

National Computer Institute

NCIC 2000

National Crime Information Center 2000

NCIP

National Commission on Indigenous People

NCIS

National Crime Information System

NCR

National Capital Region

NCWDP

National Council for the Welfare of Disabled Persons

NEDA

National Economic and Development Authority

NFA

National Food Authority

NHI

National Historical Institute

NHMFC

National Home Mortgage and Finance Corporation

NIN

National Information Network

NITC

National Information Technology Council

NITP2000

National Information Technology Plan 2000

NKTI

National Kidney Transplant Institute

NLAM

Network Layer Address Management

NM

National Museum

NSCB

National Statistical Coordination Board

NSO

National Statistics Office

NTA

National Tobacco Administration

NTC

National Telecommunications Commission

NYC

National Youth Commission

OCR

Optical Character Reader

ODA

Official Development Assistance

OES

Office of the Executive Secretary

OIRM

Office of Information Resource Management

OMA

Office of Muslim Affairs

OP

Office of the President

OP-EIS

Office of the  President Executive Information System

PAGASA

Phil. Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services

PC

Personal Computer

PCASTRD

Philippine Council on Advance Science and Technology Research and Development

PCHRD

Philippine Council for Health Research and Development

PCIC

Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation

PCMC

Philippine Children’s Medical Center

PCUP

Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor

PDA

Personal Digital Assistant

PDF

Portable Document Format

PEAC

Prequalification, Evaluation and Awards Committee

PGH

Philippine General Hospital

PHC

Philippine Heart Center

PHIC

Philippine Health Insurance Corporation

PHILVOCS

Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology

PII

Philippine Information Infrastructure

PLA

(Office of the) President Legal Adviser

PLDT

Philippine Long Distance and Telecommunications Company

PMA

Philippine Military Academy

PMS

Presidential Management Staff

PNP

Philippine National Police

POPCOM

Commission on Popultaion

PSC

Philippine Sports Commission

PSTN

Public Switched Telephone Network

R & D

Research and Development

RAM

Random Access Memory

RDBMS

Relational Database Management System

RIARC

Regional Integrated Agricultural Research Center

RMAO

Records Management and Archives Office

ROS

Research Outreach Station

RTC

Regional Trial Court

S & T

Science and Technology

SEC

Security Exchange Commission

SISN

Statistical Information Systems Network

SSS

Social Security System

SUC

State Universities and Colleges

TCP/IP

Transmission Control Protocol/ Internet Protocol

TESDA

Technical Education and Skills Development Authority

TIGERS

Telecommunications, Industry Government,  Education, Research and Development, Services

UP

University of the Philippines

VMMC

Veterans Memorial Medical Center

VPN

Virtual Private Networks

WAN

Wide Area Network

WAP

Wireless Application Protocol

WORM

Write Once Read Many

WWW

World Wide Web

xDSL

Digital Subscriber Line