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AADC	Automated Area Distribution Center
AAFES	Army and Air Force Exchange Service
ABA	American Banking Association
ABC	activity based costing
abc group	Automation and Bar Code Group
ABMPS	Automated Business Mail Processing System
ACA	After Contract Award
ACA	Associate Contractor Agreement
ACDCS	Air Contract Data Collection System
ACE	Advanced Computing Environment
ACH	Automated Clearing House
ACS	Address Change Service
ADAPT	Automatic Density Analysis Profile Technique
ADC	Area Distribution Center
ADEPT	Acquisition for Desktop Extended Processing Equipment
ADP	Automated Data Processing
ADP	Accountable Paper Depository
ADSL	Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
ADVANCE	Advanced Mail Tracking & Reporting System for Standard Mail & Periodicals
AEP	Affirmative Employment Program
AFCS-IJC	Advanced Facer Canceller System InkJet Canceller
AFP	Association for Financial Professionals
AIC	Akaike Information Criteria
AIIEPPS	Automated Inbound International Expedited Product Processing System
AIM	Automatic Identification Manufacturers, Inc. (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)
AIS	Address Information Systems
AK	Alaska
AL	Alabama
ALPS	Automatic Log sheet Preparation System
AM	Ante Meridian
AMC	Airport Mail Centre
AMF	Airport Mail Facility
AMF	Airmail Field
AMO	Area Maintenance Office
AMP	Advanced Management Program
AMS	Address Management System
AMS2	Address Management System phase 2
AMS3	Address Management System phase 3
AMTES	Area Mail Transport Equipment Specialists
AMU	Address Management Unit
ANK	Attempted, Not Known
ANSI	American National Standards Institute, Inc.
AOG	Aircraft On Ground
APARS	Accounts Payable Accounting and Reporting System
APC	Automated Postal Center (USPS)
APC	Automated Processing Centres
APMG	Assistant Postmaster General
APMG	Associate Postmaster General
APO	Army Post Office
APQC	American Productivity & Quality Center

APS	Address Program Support
APT	Apartment
APWU	American Postal Workers Union
AR	Arkansas
ARO	After Receipt of Order
ARSWS	Address Readability Specialist Work Stations
ARU	Address Recognition Unit
AS	American Samoa
ASDRM	Auto Dispatch System for Registered Mail
ASF	Auxiliary Service Facility
ASF	Administrative Support Facility
ASM	Automatic Sorting Machine
ASM	Administrative Support Manual
ASME	American Society of Mechanical Engineers
ASN	Advanced Shipping Notice
ATLAS	Automatic Tray Label Assignment System
ATM	Automatic Teller Machine
ATM	Automatenmarken
Auto	Automation
AVTRS	Automated Vehicle Time Recording System
AZ	Arizona
B&P	Bid & Proposal
BAPO	Base Army Post Office
BC	Bar Code
BCR	Bar Code Reader
BCS	Bar Code Sorter
BCS/OSS	Bar Code Sorter/ Output SubSystem
BDS	Biohazard Detection System
BDSIS	Belt Drive Sack Induction Station
BFPO	British Forces Post Office
BHC	Bulk Handling Centre
BITE	Built In Test Equipment/Battle Management Interoperability T&E Training Exercises
BITS	Base Information Transfer System
Blk. Rt.	Bulk Rate
BLS	Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor
BMC	Bulk Mail Center
BO	Branch Office
BOG	Board of Governors
BP	Bulk Posting
BPA	Business Publications Audit
BPI	Business Process Improvement
BPM	Bound Printed Matter
BPMA	British Postal Museum & Archive
BR	Branch
BRAVIS	Bulk Revenue And Volume Information System
BRC	Business Reply Card
BRE	Business Reply Envelope
BRM	Business Reply Mail
BRMAS	Business Reply Mail Accounting System
BSA	Bank Secrecy Act

BTU/SF/YR	British Thermal Unit/Square Foot/Year
BV	Bulletin of Verification
CA	California
CAA	Clean Air Act (1970, amended in 1977, and again in 1990)
cad	Computer Aided Designer
CAD/CAM	Computer Aided Design/Computer Aided Manufacturing
CADAM	Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing
CADD	COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN & DRAFTING
CADR	Computer Assisted Delivery Revision
CAKT	computer-assisted keyboard training
CAM	computer aided manufacturing
CASS	Coding Accuracy Support System
CAT	Category (e.g. CAT-5 cable)
CBD	Commerce Business Daily (Changed To FBO)
CBO	Congressional Budget Office
CBT	Computer Based Training
CBT	Computer Based Test (education)
CDB	Corporate Database
CDO	Counter District Office
CDR	Critical Design Review
CDRH	Center for Devices and Radiological Health (Food & Drug Administration)
CDS	Computerized Delivery Sequence
CEO	Chief Executive Officer
CFC	Culler Facer Canceller
CFO	Communication Filing Officer
CFPA	Coaching For Performance and Accountability
CFS I	Computerized Forwarding System I
CFS II	Computerized Forwarding System II
CFS II/PLA	Computerized Forwarding System II/ Printer Label Applicator
CICA	Competition in Contracting Act (1984)
CIM	Contract Interpretation Manual
CIS	Corporate Information System
CLASS	Computerized Labeling And Address Sequence System
CLF	Civilian Labor Force
CLIN	Contract Line Item Number
CLK	Clerk
CMM	Customized MarketMail
CMO	Chief Marketing Officer
CMP	Career Management Program
CMRA	Commercial Mail Receiving Agent
CNG	Compressed natural gas
CO	Colorado
COA	Change of Address
COD	Collect On Delivery
COLA	Cost-of-living Adjustments
CON	Console
COO	Chief Operation Officer
COP	Continuation Of Pay
COR	contracting officer representative
CPHQ	Command Postal Headquarters

CPI	Consumer Price Index
CPP	Centralized Postage Payment
Cps	Contractor Performance System
CR	Carrier Route
CRAMP	Computerised Routing for Automated Mail Processing
CRF	Central Repair Facility
CRIS	Carrier Route Information System
crm	Customer Relationship Management
CRSS	Civil Service Retirement System
CS&DS	Customer Service and Sales Districts
CSA	Customer/Supplier Agreement
CSA	Carbazole Sulphonic Acid
CSAC	Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee
CSBCS	Carrier Sequence Bar Code Sorter
CSI	Customer Satisfaction Index
CSMDS	Customer Services Management Data System
CSOCR	Code Sort Optical Character Reader
CSRDF	Civil Service Retirement & Disability Fund
CSRS	Civil Service Retirement System
CST	Code Sort Translator
CT	Connecticut
CTO	Chief Technology Officer
CTS	Culler - Tiler - Singler
CV	Coefficient Of Variance
CWU	Communication Workers' Union
D-RAM	Dynamic Random Access Memory
DAASC	Defense Automatic Address System Center
DACA	Days After Contract
DAISY	Data Acquisition Information System
DBCS	Delivery Bar-Code Sorter
DCN	Design Change Notification
DDE	Dynamic Data Exchange (in software parlance)
DDU	destination delivery unit
DE	DELAWARE
DEC	Digital Equipment Corporation
DHL	Dalsey, Hillblom and Lynn
DIME	Dual Independent Map Encoding
DLA	U.S. Defense Logistics Agency
DLL	Dynamic Link Library (computer file)
DM	District Manager
DMM	Domestic Mail Manual
DO	Delivery Office
DOJ	Department of Justice (US)
DPBC	Delivery Point Bar Code (US Postal Service)
DPMG	Deputy Postmaster General
DPV	Delivery Point Validation
DRS	Directory Retrieval System
DSAS	Drop Shipment Appointment System
DSF	Delivery Sequence File
DSL	Digital Subscriber Line

DSU	Decision Storage Unit
DVD	Dominick V Daniels
DYNAMO	Dynamic Network Mails Operation
E-COM	Electronic Computer Originated Mail
eaGLe	Excellence in Accounting through the General Ledger
EAP	Emergency Action Plan
EAP	Employee Assistance Program
EAP/WEI	Employee Assistance Program / Workplace Environment Improvement
ECA	ElectroCom Automation
ECB	Engineering Change Board
ECI	Employment Cost Index
ECR	Enhanced Carrier Route
ECR	Electronic Cash Register
ECS	Electronic Commerce Services
ECS	Electronic Courier Services
EDI	Electronic Data Interchange
EDP	Executive Development Program
EDS	Electronic Data Systems Corporation
EDW	Enterprise Data Warehouse
EEO	Equal Employment Opportunity
EEOC	Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
EIC	Earned Income Credit
EIS	Executive Information System
ELSIE	Electronic Letter Sorting and Indicating Equipment
EMMS	Express Mail Military Service
EMS	Express Mail Service
EPA	Environmental Protection Agency (US)
EPM	Electronic Postmark
ERP	Enterprise Resource Planning
ERP	Expanded Return Program
ERRP	Ergonomic Risk Reduction Process
ESDS	Electro Static Discharge Sensitive
ESP	Electronic Sort Processor
ESP	Ergonomic Strategic Partnership
ESP	Entry Schedule for Periodicals
ETC	Electronic Time Clock
ETOE	Extraterrestrial Office of Exchange
ETU	Engineering Technical Unit
eUARS	Electronic Unencoded Address Resolution System
eUARS	Electronic Unencoded Address Resolution Service
EV	Electric Vehicle
EVA	Economic Value Added
EVPN	Enhanced Virtual Private Network
EWS	Early Warning System
EXSEL	Excess Serviceable Equipment Listing
EZF	Expert ZIP 4 Finder
EZR	Expanded ZIP Retrofit
F&CPP	Foreign and Colonial Parcel Post
FAA	Federal Aviation Authority
FAB	Feature and Benefit

FAR	Federal Acquisition Regulation
FAST	Forecasted Annually Shipped Timely
FAT	First Article Test
FAT	Foot Access Test
FBO	Federal Business Opportunities
FCC	Federal Communications Commission (US)
FCM	First-Class Mail
FCPC	First Class Phone Card
FCT	Facer Canceler Table
FDC	First Day Cover
FECA	Federal Employee's Compensation Act
FEDR	Feeder Enhanced Destacking Retrofit
FEDSTRIP	Federal Standard Requisitioning & Issue Procedures
FEMA	Federal Emergency Management Agency
FERS	Federal Employee Retirement System
FET	Field Effect Transistor
FFAD	Flats Feeder Assist Device
FFM	Flats Forwarding Module
ffp	Firm Fixed Priced
FFT	Flats Forwarding Terminal
FFV	Flexible Fuel Vehicle
FHp	First Handling Pieces
FICS	Flats ID Cost Sort
FIM	Facing Identification Mark
FIPS	Federal Information Processing Standard
FIRES	Flat Interim Remote Encoding System (US Postal Service)
IOS	Inter-Operability Specifications
IPA	International Priority Airmail
IPA	International Pilot's Association
IPA/ISAL	International Priority Airmail/International Surface Air Lift
IPCS	International Package Consignment Service
IPP	In-Person Proofing
IPP	Irregular Parcels and Pieces
IPR	In Process Review
IPS	Inward Primary Sorting
IPS	In-Plant Support
IPSIM	Interactive Postal Simulator
IPSS	Image Processing Subsystem
IPU	Image Processing Unit
IRBC	Information Rich Barcode
IRMD	Information Resource Management Department
IRS	U.S. Internal Revenue Service
IRS	International Reconciliation System
IRT	Integrated Retail Terminal
IRT/BCA	Integrated Retail Terminal/ Bank Card Acceptance
ISAL	International Surface Air Lift
ISBN	International Standard Book Number (ISO 2108)
ISC	International Systems Consultancy
ISIC	International Standard Industrial Classification
ISS	International Symbology Specification

ISS	Input SubSystem
ISS AFCS	Input SubSystem for Advanced Facer Canceler System
ISS MLOCR	Input SubSystem for Multiline Optical Character Reader
ISS RBCS	Input SubSystem for Remote Bar Coding System
ISSC	Information Systems Service Center
ISSN	International Standard Serial Number (ISO 3297)
ISSP	Incoming Secondary Sort Program
IT	Information Technology
ITK	Infrastructure Tool Kit
ITSC	IRMD Telecommunications Support Center
IVR	Interactive Voice Response (telephone technology)
JCAM	Joint Contract Administration Manual
JIT	Just in time
JSA	Job Safety Analysis
KBS	Knowledge-Based System
KBS/OLR	Knowledge Based System/ On Line Reference
KCE	KKnowledge Centered Environment
KS	Kansas
KSA	Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
KY	Kentucky
L&DC	Logistics and Distribution Center
L-mail	Letter Mail
L-O-T	Line Of Travel
LA	Lock Andrus
LA	Louisiana
LACS	Locatable Address Conversion System
LACSLINK	Locatable Address Conversion LINK
LAM	Lock Assembly Machine
LAMM	Late Arrival Managed Mail
LAMPS	Labor And Management Partners
LAN	Local Area Network
LC	Lettres et Cartes
LCD	Liquid-crystal display
LCD	Local Consignment Deport
LCTS	Low Cost Tray Sorter (US Postal Service)
LDC	Labor Distribution Code
LDO	Letter District Office
LDU	Level Distribution Unit
LF	Lead Facilitator
LID	Luminescent Indicia Detector
LIS	Letter Information System
LIS	Letter Information Sample
LLV	Long-life Vehicle
LMI	Logistics Management Institute (McLean, VA)
LMLM	Letter Mail Labeling Machine
LMRI	Letter Mail Readability Index
LMS	Learning management system
LOT	line-of-travel sequence
LPC	Label Print Center
LPC	Local Processing Center

LPD	Local Parcel Depot
LPS	Local Property and Supply
LREP	Letter Recognition Enhancement Program
LSM	Letter Sorting Machine
LSSK	Local Site Spares Kit
LTATS	Loan Transfer and Training System
LTL	Less Than Truck Load
LUR	Labor Utilization Report
MA	Massachusetts
MACA	Months After Contract Award
MAD	Maintenance Analysis Document
MAN	Metropolitan Area Network
MAPAC	Military Assistance Program Address Code
MARS	Maintenance Activity Reporting and Scheduling
MASC	Minneapolis Accounting Service Center
MASS	Multiline Accuracy Support System
MBD	Mail Bag Depository
MBP	Management by Participation
MC	Mail Centre
MCM	Multicommodity Machine
MCO	Maintenance Capable Office
MCVM	Multi-Commodity Vending Machine
MD	Maryland
MDA	Mailpiece Design Analyst
MDC	Material Distribution Center
MDCD	Mobile Data Collection Device
MDCE	Materiel Distribution Center, Somerville
MDEC	Manual Data Entry Centre
MDIMS	Material Distribution/Inventory Management System
MDP	Mail Design Professional
MDP	Mailpiece Design Professional
ME	Maine
MECH	Mechanized
MEP	Mail Exit Point
MEPPS	Multiple Entry Point Payment System
MES	Mail Equipment Shop
META	Method for Evaluating Technology Alternatives
MFP	Multifactor Productivity
MFSA	Mailing and Fulfillment Service Association
MH	Mail Handler
MHTS	Mail History Tracking System
MI	Michigan
MIA	Miami
MID	Mailer Identification
MIDAS	Mil International Dispatch & Accountability System
MIP	Methods Improvement Program
MIP-SOP	Methods Improvement Program - Standard Operating Procedures
MIRS	Mail Item Retrieval System
MITF	Mailing Industry Task Force
MITS	MTAC Issue Tracking System

MKS	Manual Keying Station
MLO	Mechanised Letter Office
MLOCR	Multi-Line Optical Character Reader
MLOCR-A	Multiline Optical Character Reader version A
MLOCR-B	Multiline Optical Character Reader version B
MLOCR/CS	Multiline Optical Character Reader/Channel Sorter
MLOCR/ISS	Multiline Optical Character Reader/Input SubSystem
MLPCO	Mechanised Letter and Parcels Concentration Office
MM	Managed Mail
MM tray	managed mail tray
MMA	Major Mailers Association
MMO	Maintenance Management Orders
MMP	Managed Mail Program
MMS	Mail Management System
MMS	Manifest Mailing System
MMSSC	Minneapolis Management Support Service Center
MN	Minnesota
MNPDC	Minneapolis Postal Data Center
MNS	Management Network Services
MO	Missouri
MOA	Memorandum Of Agreement
MOAA	Mail Order Association of America
mod	Management Operating Data
MODS	Management Operating Data System
MOG	Micro Ordinateur de Guichet
MOL	Mailing On-Line
MOM	Military Ordinary Mail
MOO	Money Order Office
MOS	Metal On Silicone
MOSC	Minneapolis Operations Service Center
MOSC	Management Operations Support Center
MOTSC	Maintenance Overhaul and Technical Service Center
MOU	Memorandum of Understanding (an MOU between Food & Drug Administratin and a regulatory agency in another country allows mutual recognition of inspections)
MPA	Magazine Publishers of America
MPA	Mailer Postage Account
MPBCS	Mail Processing Bar Code Sorter
MPC	Mail Processing Center
MPC	Mail Processing Characteristic
MPE	MPE Test Utility
MPF	Mail Processing Facility
MPFSM	Multi-Position Flats Sorting Machine
MPI	Mail Processing Infrastructure
MPLSM	Multi-Position Letter Sorting Machine
MPO	Mobile Post Office
MPO	Military Post Office
MPO	Main Post Office
MPOO	Manager of Post Office Operations
MPS	Military Postal Service
MPTQM	Mail Preparation Total Quality Management
MPU	Mail Piece Unit

MPWCS	Mail Processing Work Credit System
MQA	Mail Quality Analysis
MQC	Mailpiece Quality Control
MQC	Mail Quality Control
MRB	Material Review Board
MRB	Management Review Board
MRC	Mail Recovery Center
MRDF	Mail Run Data File
MRM	Meter Reply Mail
MRO	Maintenance, Repair and Operating
MRS	Merchandise Return Service
MS	Mississippi
MSASM	Multi-Selection Automatic Sorting Machine
MSC	Management Sectional Center
MSDP	Maintenance Skills Development Program
MSDS	Material Safety Data Sheets
MSF	Maintenance Support Facility
MSP	Mail Services Provider
MSP	Managed Service Point
MSS	Maintenance Selection System
MSSM	Medium Speed Sorting Machine
MSSP	Manpower Scheduling and Staffing Program
MST	Mailing Systems Technology
MSU	Modular Sorting Unit
MT	Mechanized Terminal
MT	Montana
MT	Maintenance Technician
MTA	Modification and Test Agreement
MTAC	Mailer's Technical Advisory Committee
MTBF	Mean Time Before Failure
MTC	Managing Through Challenges
MTE	Mail Transport Equipment
MTEC	Mail Transport Equipment Center
MTEC3	Mail Transport Equipment Configuration Control Committee
MTEL	Mail Transport Equipment Labeling
MTESC	Mail Transport Equipment Service Center
MTESS	Mail Transport Equipment Support System
MTS	Managerial Training System
MTSC	Maintenance Technical Support Center
MTTR	Mean Time To Repair
MUM	Miszipped Unzipped Mail
MUST	Management and Union Solution Teams
MVO	Motor Vehicle Operator
MVRF	Mobile Vehicle Repair Facility
MVS	Motor Vehicle Service
MWO	Maintenance Work Orders
NAIC	National Address Information Center
NAICS	North American Industry Classification System
NALC	National Association of Letter Carriers
NAM	National Account Manager

NAPCS	North American Product Classification System
NAPS	National Association of Postal Supervisors
NAPUS	National Association of Postmasters of the United States
NARS	National Accident Reporting System
NAS	United States National Academy of Sciences
NASS	National Air and Surface System
NAVS	New Address Verification System
NAVSUP	Navy Supply Systems Command
NBC	nuclear, biological or chemical
NBMS	National Bulk Mail System
NBS	National Budget System
NC	Numerical Control
NCD	Non-City Delivery
NCED	National Center for Employee Development
NCLR	National Council of La Raza
NCMEC	National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
NCOA	National Change Of Address
NCR	National Cash Register Company
NCSC	National Customer Support Center
NCSO	National Central Sorting Office
NDACU	Neighborhood Delivery And Collection Unit
NDCBU	neighborhood delivery and collection box unit
NDG	National Distribution Guide
NDSS	National Directory Support System
NE	Nebraska
NEC	National Electrical Code
NEC	Nippon Electric Company, Ltd.
Neg	NEGative
NEMA	National Electric Manufacturer's Association
NFM	Not Flat Machinable
NGMPS	Next Generation Mail Processing Solution
NH	New Hampshire
NIA	Network Integration and Alignment
NICC	National Inventory Control Center
NIIN	National Item Identification Number
NIIN	National Information Interchange Network
NIOSH	National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health's
NIS	National Information System
NISDC	National Information Systems Development Center
NISH	National Industries for the Severely Handicapped
NISSC	National Information Systems Support Center
NIST	National Institute of Standards and Technology
NJ	New Jersey
NJF	New Jersey Facility
NJI&BMC	New Jersey International and Bulk Mail Center
NLP	National League of Postmasters
NMICS	National Maintenance Information and Control System
NMO	Non Machinable Outside
NMR	No Mail Receptacle
NMT	Non-Mechanized Terminal

NNA	National Newspaper Association
NNSC	National Network Service Center
NO	No Office
NOA	National Ordering Agreement
NOA	Nature Of Action
NOC	National Operations Center
NOMAR	National Organization for Mexican American Rights
NOV	Notice Of Violation
NP	Northern Mariana Islands
NP4000	National Presort 4000
NP4000 LSM	National Presort 4000 letter sorting machine
NPA	National Performance Assessment
NPF	NATIONAL POSTAL FORUM
NPM	National Postal Museum
NPMHU	National Postal Mail Handlers Union
NPPC	National Postal Policy Council
NPV	Net Present Value {economics}
NQI	National Quality Index
NQR	Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance
NRLCA	National Rural Letter Carriers' Association
NS#	No Such Number
NSA	Negotiated Services Agreement
NSA	No Such Address
NSCM	National Stamp Collecting Month
NSF	Not Sufficient Funds
NSG	National Standardization Guide
NSL	National Suppliers List
NSN	National Stock Number
NSN	No Such Number
NSS	No Such Street
NSTA	National Safe Transit Association
NTAC	National Test Administration Center
NTIA	National Telecommunications and Information Administration
NTIS	National Technical Information Service Technology Administration
NV	Nevada
NWR	National Workhour Report
NWRS	National Workhour Reporting System
NY	New York
NYB&FMC	New York Bulk and Foreign Mail Center
NYI&BMC	New York International & Bulk Mail Center
NYPDC	New York Postal Data Center
OAI	Office of Automation Integration
OASDI	Old Age and Survivors Disability Insurance
OAT	Office Advanced Technology
OBD	Overall Block Diagram
OBMC	origin bulk mail center
OBSS	One Bundle Sliding Shelf
OBSS Case	One Bundle Sliding Shelf Case
OCA	Office of Consumer Advocate
OCR	Optical Character Recognition

OCR	Optical Character Reader
OCR/BCR/VCS	Optical Character Reader/Barcode reader/Video Coding System
OCR/CS	Optical Character Reader/channel Sorter
OCR/VCS	Optical Character Reader/ Video Coding System
OCRA	Office of Classification and Rates Administration
oCS	One Code Solution
OCT	Office of Communications and Technology
ODIS	Origin Destination Information System
OEE	Overall Equipment Effectiveness
OEL	Optional Endorsement Line
OEM	Original Equipment Manufacturer (usually in reference to car parts)
OEMA	Optional Equipment Maintenance Allowance
OFCCS	Optical Fiber Communication and Control System
OFM	On-line File Maintenance
OH	Ohio
OIC	Officer In Charge
OIG	Officer of the Inspector General
OK	Oklahoma
OKS	Operator Keying Station
OLQ	On-Line Query
OLR	On Line Reference
OMAS	Official Mail Accounting System
OMB	Office of Management and Budget (U.S.)
OMM	Official Mail Manager
OMR	Optical Mark Reader
OMRS	Optical Mark Reader System
OMS	Operator Maintenance System
OMSS	Organizational Management Staffing System
OND	Over-nite Delivery
OP	Optional Procedure
OPM	Office of Personnel Management
OPTEX	Optional Program for Examinations
OR	Oregon
ORPES	On-Rolls and Paid Employee Statistics
OSHA I&I	Occupational Safety and Health Administration Injuries and Illnesses
OSS	Output SubSystem
OSTP	Office of Science Technology Planning
OTR	Over-the-Road
OTS	Office of Technical Support
OVO	Outward Vouching Office
P&DC	Processing and Distribution Center
P&DF	processing and distribution facility
P&MMSC	Procurement and Materiel Management Service Center
P&SD	Procurement and Supply Department
P/LA	Printer/Label Applicator
PA	Pennsylvania
PAF	Postal Address File
PAGE	Periodicals Accuracy, Grading and Evaluation
PAL	Postal Advertising Label
PAL	Postal Answer Line

PAR	Program for Alcoholic Recovery
PAR	Parcels
PARS	Postal Automated Redirection System
PARS II	Postal Automated Redirection System phase II
PAS	Postal Addressing Standards
PASS	Postal Application and Scheduling System
PAT	Process Activated Training
PAU	Platform Acceptance Unit
PAVE	Presort Accuracy Validation and Evaluation
PB	Postal Bulletin
PBC	Postal Business Centers
PBCS	Package Bar Code Sorter
PBM	Postal Booklet Machin
PBSM	Postal Booklet and Stamp Machine
PBV	Performance Based Verification
PBX	Private Branch eXchange (company phone system)
PC	Printed Circuit (Card)
PC-CTAPS	Personal Computer - City Time and Attendance Processing System
PC-LTATS	PC-Loan, Transfer and Training System
PCB	printed circuit board
PCC	Postal Customer Council
PCC	postal concentration center
PCCAC	Postal Customer Council Advisory Committee
PCE	Postal Computing Environment
PCES	Postal Career Executive Service
PCI	Product Configuration Identification
PCM	Postal Commodity Machine
PCO	Parcels Concentration Office
PCR	Print Contrast Ratio
PCS	Process Control System
PCSC	pricing and classification service center
PDC	Postal Data Center
PDC/F	Processing and Distribution Center/Facility
PDF	Processing and Distribution Facility
PDO	Postman's District Office
PDO	Postman's Delivery Office
PDR	Preliminary Design Review
PDS	Premise Distribution Systems
PDU	Package Drop Units
PEA	Permanent Electronic Address
PEG	Program Evaluation Guide
PEN	Private Electronic Network
PEP	postexposure prophylaxis
PES	Performance Evaluation System
PES	Private Express Statutes
PETE	Priority End To End
PFM	Postal Furnished Material
PFS	Premium Forwarding Service
PFY	Postal Fiscal Year
PGC	Promotion Graphics Council

PHG	Postman Higher Grade
PHOP	Postage in the Hands Of the Public
PHQ	Postal HeadQuarters
PIA	Poste d'Indexation Automatique
PIAP	Poste d'Indexation Automatique Presort
PIB	Poste d'Indexation de Bureau
PIC	Package Identification Code
PIN	Personal Identificantion Number
PiP	Pricing in Proportion
PIR	Post Implementation Review
PIRS	Productivity Information Reporting System
PIS	Poste d'Indexation de Simplifie
PIV	Personal Identification Verification
PKR	Personal Knowledge Required
PL&R	Postal Laws and Regulations
PLANET	PostaL AlphaNumeric Encoding Technique
PLD	Postal Logistics Directory
PM	Procurement Manual
PM	Postmaster
PMB	Private Mail Box
PMC	Postage and Mailing Center
PMG	Postmaster General
PMI	Priority Mail International
PMP	Participative Management Plan
PMPC	Priority Mail Processing Center
PMPPC	Priority Mail Postal Processing Center
PMSC	Purchasing and Materials Service Center
PMU	Phosphor Meter Unit
PNU	Pli Non Urgent
PO	Post Office
PO	Purchase Order
POC	Posted Out of Course
POD	Post Office Department
POIS	Processing Operations Information System
POM	Postal Operations Manual
POOC	Posted Out Of Course
POOM	Post Office Operations Manager
POP	Point Of Purchase
POP	Post Office Preferred
POPOS	Post Office Point of Sale
POS	Point of Service Plan
POS	Point Of Sale.Retail term, being the physical point at which products are displayed on shelves or paid for at the checkout, as in the EPOS acronym.
POSKED	Post Office Scheduler
POSP	Post Office Sort Plan
POSTCON	Postal Container
POSTNET	Postal Numeric Encoding Technique
POUNC	Post Office Users' National Council
PP	Parcel Post
PPC	Procurement Policy Committee
PPCS	Production Planning and Control System

PPI	Printed Postage Impression
PPL	Parts Provisioning List
PPP	Postal Package Partner
PQ	Postal Quarter
PR	Puerto Rico
PRA	Postal Reorganization Act
PRA	Postal Regulatory Act of 1970
PRAR	Postal Revenue Activity Report
PRD	Print Reflectance Difference
PRD	Portal Radiation Detector
PREF	Preferential Mail
PRN	Postal Routed Network
PRS	Parcel Return Service
PS	Postal Service
PS&P	Products, Services and Publications
PSA	Public Service Announcement (radio/TV Term)
PSA	Parcel Shippers Association
PSAC	Public Service Alliance of Canada
PSC	Postal Service Center
PSDS	Postal Source Data System
PSDS	Postal Service Data System
PSF	Postal Service Fund
PSFR	Postal Service Financial Report
PSIG	Pounds Per Square Inch Gauge
PSIN	Postal System Identification Number
PSm	Postal Service Manual
PSN	Postal System Number
PSO	Postman's Sorting Office
PSO	Postman's Sub Office
PSRHBF	Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund
PSS	Postal Supply Schedule
PSSR	Postal System Sales Report
PSTN	Postal Satellite Training Network
PSU	Primary Sampling Units
PTPH	Projected Total Piece Handling
PUAS	Postal Union of the Americas and Spain
PVC	Postal Vending Console
PVDS	Plant-Verified Drop Shipment
Pvi	Postal Validation Imprinter
PVS	Postal Vehicle Service
Qa	Center for Quality Assurance in International Education
QAD	Quality Assurance Division
QBRM	Qualified Business Reply Mail
QC	Quality Control
QPP	Quality Processes Professional
QWL	Quality of Working Life
RAA	Revenue Assurance Analyst
RAM	random-access memory
RAMS	Retail Access Management System
RAP	Retail Analysis Program

RAPD	Regional Accountable Paper Depositories
RAPS	Rural Adjustment Processing System
RBCs	Remote Bar Coding System (USPS)
RBMC	Return Bulk Mail Center
RBR	Robbery Burglary Retail
RCA	Rural Carrier Associate
rCA	Revenue Cost Analysis
RCB	Report Control Block
RCC	Rates and Classification Center
RCC	Regional Consignment Centre
RCCS	Rural Carrier Cost System
RCD	Retirement Computation Date
RCM	Requirements Correlation Matrix
RCR	Remote Computer Reader
RCR	Rural Carrier Relief
RCRA	Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (1976, 1984)
RCS	Reply Card Scanning
RCS	Robot Containerization Systems
RCSC	Rates and Classification Service Center
RCU	Retail Consolidation Unit
RDB	Reference Database
RDC	Regional Distribution Center
RDI	Residential Delivery Indicator
RDM	Retail Data Mart
RDU	Return Delivery Unit
REC	Remote Encoding Center
REDI	Rapid Equipment Deployment Inventory
REDRESS	Resolve Employment Disputes Reach Equitable Solutions Swiftly
REF	Refused
REPS	Royal Engineers Postal Section
RF	Reporting Frequency
RFD	Rural Free Delivery
RFID	Radio Frequency Identification
RFP	Request For Proposal
RFQ	Request For Quotation
RI	Rhode Island
RIA	Robotics Industries Association
RIBBS	Rapid Information Bulletin Board System
RIHD	Requested In Home Date
RIP	Recognition Improvement Program
RLB	Returned Letter Branch
RLO	Returned Letter Office
RLS	Returned Letter Section
RMIS	Rail Management Information System
RNMC	Regional Navy Mail Center
ROI	Region of Interest
ROI Estimator	Return On Investment Estimator
ROM	Read-Only Memory
ROM	Rough Order of Magnitude
RPMG	Regional Postmaster General

RPMS	Real-Time Performance Management System
RPN	RePositionable Note
RPO	Railway Post Office
RPP	Respiratory Protection Programs
RPW	Revenue, Pieces, Weight
RR	Rural Route
RSC	Railway Sorting Carriage
RSO	Railway Sub-office
RSS	Residual Shape Surcharge
RTAPS	Rural Time and Attendance System
RTS	Return to Sender
RVE	Remote Video Encoding
RVES	Remote Video Encoding System
RWPO	RailWay Post Office
S&H	Safety & Health
S-AMS	Surface - Air Management System
S/SIS	Sales/Service Information System
S/T	Source/Type Code
s3	Sales Support Solution
sa	Supporting Annexes
SADI	Supplier Automated Database on the Internet
SAFR	Standard Accounting for Retail
SAIC	Science Applications International Corporation
SAM	Space-Available Mail
SAMS	Surface Air Management System
sams	Stockroom Analysis and Measures System
SAPMG	Senior Assistant Postmaster General
SAR	Secondary Address Readers
SASS	Surface-Air Support System
SASWYB	Semi-Automatic Scan-Where-You-Band
SATO	scheduled airline ticket office
SAVE	Standardized Acceptance and VErification
sbcs	Sack Bar Code Scanner
SBM	Stamps By Mail
SC	Sorting Carriage
SCAN	Shipment Confirmation Acceptance Notice
SCC	Sorter Control Computer
SCC	System Control Console (US Postal Service)
SCC	Small Currency Changer
SCF	Sectional Center Facility
SCM	Supply Chain Management
scoa	Self-service Change of Address
SCRDB	Symptom-Cause-Remedy Database
SD	South Dakota
SDC	State Distribution Center
sdn	Stamp Distribution Network
SDO	Scheduled Day Off
SDO	Stamp Distribution Office
sdo	Sub District Office
SEC	Securities and Exchange Commission (US)

secap	Societe d'Etude et de Construction d'Appareils de Precision
seg	Segregator
SEPOMEX	Servico Postal Mexicano
SERP	Software Evaluation and Recognition Program
SES	Senior Executive Service
SES	Shared Energy Savings
SFAP	Standard Field Accounting Procedures
SFAS	Standard Field Accounting System
sfc	Standard Field Computer
SFRC	Short Form Research Contract
SFS	Stamp Fulfillment Services
SHA	Secure Hash Algorithm
SHP	Subsequent Handling Pieces
SIC	Standard Industrial Classification (Code)
sic	Stepwise Improvement Classification
SIDS	Self Inking Date Stamps
SIS	Short Interval Scheduler
SIS	Sack Induction Station
SIXPLSM	Six Position Letter Sorting Machine
SLA	State Licensing Agency
SLB	Street Letter Box
SLIAC	St. Louis International Accounts Center
SLISSC	St. Louis Information Systems Service Center
SLOCR	Single Line Optical Character Reader
SMASC	San Mateo Accounting Service Center
SMC	Saturation Mailers Coalition
SMISC	San Mateo Information Service Center
smo	Software Modification Orders
SMOSC	San Mateo Operations Service Center
SMSA	Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area
SMT	Specialized Maintenance Training
SMW	System Manager Workstation
snaps	Strategic National Automated Purchasing System
snfc	Semi-National Forwarding Code
SOA	Statement of Account
soars	Statement Of Account Report System
SOARS/SFAP	Statement Of Account Report System/Standard Field Accounting Procedures
SOO	Statement Of Objectives
SOW	Statement Of Work
SP/BS	Small Parcel and Bundle Sorter
SPADS	Service Performance Analysis Daily System
SPBS	Small Parcel and Bundle Sorter
spc	Statistical Programs Coordinator
SPF	Shipper Paid Forwarding
SPFSM	Single Position Flats Sorting Machine
SPLSM	Single-Position Letter Sorting Machine
SPLY	Same Period Last Year
SPO	Serving Post Office
spr	Small Parcels and Rolls
SPS	Statistical Programs Specialist

spsc	Statistical Programs Service Center
spso	Scale Payment Sub-Office
srf	Separate Reporting Facility
SS/A	Shared Services/Accounting
SSIS	Schedules and Schemes Information System
SSIS	Sales/Service Information System
SSIU	Singulate-Scan-Induction Unit
ssl	Strategic Stocking Location
SSL	Standard Shipping Label
SSM	Small Stamp Machine
sso	Salaried Sub-Office
ssp	Self Service Platform
SSP/APC	Self Service Platform/Automated Postal Center
SSPC	Self Service Postal Center
SSUTA	Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement
ST	Sorting Tender
ST	Source/Type
ST/BR	Station or Branch
ST/STE	Special Tooling/Special Test Equipment
stacs	Supervision, Translation & Control System
STC	Surface Transportation Center
STC	Service Type Code
STC	Surface Transfer Center
STE	Special Test Equipment
STE	Suite
STS	Supervisory Training System
sup	SUpervisory Packet
SV	surface visibility
SV	Sacs Vides
SVM	Stamp Vending Machine
SVP	Senior Vice President
SWYB	Scan Where You Band
T&A	Time & Attendance
T&C	Terms & Conditions
T&D	Training and Development
ta	Temporarily Away
TAB	Technology Advisory Board
TABS	Top and Bottom Sorter
TACS	Time and Attendance Collection System
Tappi	Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry, Inc.
tarl	Technical Analytical Research Library
tars	Training Activities Reporting System
TATOM	Tracking and Tracing of Overseas Mail
tats	Track and Trace Scanner
TBD	To Be Determined
TCMAS	Third Class Mail Analysis System
TDD	Training and Development Department
TDP	Technical Data Package
tdp	Technical Drawing Package
TDS	Tailored Delivery Service

TDS	Tailored Delivery System
tdss	Transportation Decision Support System
TDY	temporary duty (non-unit-related personnel)
TFP	Total Factor Productivity
TIM	Ticket-Issue Machines Ltd
TIME	Time in Hours and Hundredths
TIMES	Transportation Information Management Evaluation System
TIN	Taxpayer Identification Number
tl	Truck Load
tl	Transmittal Letter
TLA	Three Letter Abbreviation
tmdc	Topeka Materiel Distribution Center
TMO	Transportation Management Office
TMO	Traffic Management Office
TMS	Transportation Management System
TMS	Tray Management System
TMSC	Transportation Management Service Center
TN	Tennessee
TO	Travelling Office
TOFC	trailer-on-flatcar
tops	Transportation Optimization Planning and Scheduling
tops	Total Organization Productivity Support
tpac	Technology Program Area Committee
TPH	Total Piece Handlings
TPH/FHP	Total Piece Handlings to First Handling Pieces
TPO	Traveling Post Office
TPO	Transfer Post Office
TQ	Total Quality
TQM	Total Quality Management
TR	Transaction
tracs	TRAnsportation Cost System
TRANSFORMA	Transporting and Sorting Machine
TRC	Technology Resources Center
TRD	Technology Resources Department
TSM	Tray Sorting Machine
TSO	Town Sub-Office
TSP	Thrift Savings Plan
TTC	Technical Training Center
TTMS	Transit Time Management System
TTO	Tractor Trailer Operator
TTOE	Touch Tone Order Entry
TTWG	Technology Transfer Working Group
TX	TEXAS
UAA	Undeliverable As Addressed
UAA UBBM	Undeliverable As Addressed Unendorsed Bulk Business Mail
uars	Uncoded Address Resolution System
UBBM	Unendorsed Bulk Business Mail
UCC	Uniform Commercial Code
UHP	Ultra-high-pressure
UKIP	United Kingdom Independence Party

umps	Union Management Pairs
unc	Unclaimed
UPS	Uninterruptable Power Supply
UPS	United Parcel Service, Inc.
UPU	Universal Postal Union
USC	United States Code (book of laws)
USO	Universal Service Obligation
USPOD	United States Post Office Department
usps	United States Postal Services
USPSUQC	United States Postal Service Uniform Quality Control
uss	Uniform Symbology Specifications
UT	Utah
UTF	Unable to Forward
UVVC	Unit Volume Variable Cost
VA	Virginia
Vac	Vacant
VACIS	Vehicle and Cargo Inspection System
VAP	Volume Arrival Profile
VARS	Vending Activity Reporting System
VAS	Value Added Services
VCS	Video Coding System
vdt	Visual Display Unit
VDT	Video Display Terminal
VDU	Visual Display Unit
VER	Voluntary Early Retirement
VERA	Voluntary Early Retirement Authority
vess	Vending Equipment for Sales and Services
vfc	Vertical Flats Casing
VFS	Ventilation and Filtration Systems
VI	British Virgin Islands
VI	U.S. Virgin Islands
VICOMA	VIdeo-COdeer MAschine
VIM	Vertically Integrated Mail
VIM	Vertical Improved Mail
VIP	Vehicle Improvement Program
VMAS	Vehicle Management Accounting System
VMF	Vehicle Maintenance Facility
VN	Verification Note
VN/BV	Verification Note/ Bulletin Of Verification
VOB	Voice of the Business
VOC	Voice of the Customer
VOE	Voice of the Employee
VOIS	Vehicle Operations Information System
VP	Vice President
VPP	Voluntary Protection Program
vrc	Variable Rate Coil
VRE	Volume Reduction Equipment
VT	Vermont
vtap	Vehicle Tracking Analysis and Performance
WA	Washington Accord

WABCR	Wide Area Bar Code Reader
waca	Weeks After Contract Award
WAND	Worldwide Advanced Network Distribution
WASC	Western Area Supply Center
WBISSC	Wilkes Barre Information Systems Service Center
WBS	Work Breakdown Structure
wc	Work Credit
wcd	Weekly Computerized Delivery
WEBBATS	Web Box Activity Tracking System
WEBCOINS	Web Complement Information System
WEBEIS	Web Executive Information System
WEBEMIS	Web Environmental Management Information System
WEC	World Environment Center
WEI	Workplace Environment Improvement
WFOV	Wide Field Of View
WHM	Work Hour Management
WI	Wisconsin
WKG	Working
WKLD	Workload
WNET	Western Network
WOS	Window Operations Survey
WRM	Word Recognition Module
wru	Weighing and Rating Unit
WS	Walk Sequence
WV	West Virginia
WWS	Wizard Web Service
WY	Wyoming
YTD	Year To Date
ZAP	Zone Analysis Program
ZIP	Zone Improvement Plan
ZIP Code	Zone Improvement Program code
ZMT	ZIP Mail Translator