The following are specific acronyms frequently used in HRMS and commonly used in state government.
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | L | M | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | Y |
| Acronym | Term |
| ABAP | Advanced Business Application Programming |
| ACH | Automated Clearing House |
| ACT Code | Action Code |
| ADA | American With Disabilities Act |
| ADEA | Agency Financial Reporting System |
| AGY | Agency |
| ALAS | Automated Liability Apportionment Solution |
| ALV | ABAP List Viewer |
| AMT/Rate | Amount Rate |
| APPT ST | Appointment Status |
| ASD | Administrative Services Division |
| ASPX | Active Server Page Extended |
| ATG | Attorney General |
| B | Top |
| BA | Business Area |
| BI | Business Intelligence |
| BSI | Business Software, Inc. - Provider of payroll regulatory & compliance solutions for HRMS |
| BVFF | Board for Volunteer Firefighters |
| C | Top |
| CAFT | Cross Agency Functional Team |
| CATS | Cross-Application Timesheet |
| CBAs | Collective Bargaining Agreements |
| CCB | Change Control Board |
| CFD | Combined Fund Drive |
| CFR | Code of Federal Regulations |
| CMS | Content Management System |
| COLA | Cost-of-Living Adjustment |
| CR | Change Request |
| CSR | Civil Service Reform |
| CTR | Commute Trip Reduction Program |
| D | Top |
| DCAP | Dependent Care Assistance Program |
| DCP | Deferred Compensation Plan |
| DEV | Development system - generic designation for system usage |
| DIS | Washington State Department of Information Services |
| DNS | Domain Name Server |
| DOP | Washington State Department of Personnel (abolished in 2011) |
| DRS | Washington State Department of Retirement Systems |
| E | Top |
| EAP | Employee Assistance Program |
| EAC | Enterprise Architecture Committee |
| ECC | Enterprise Central Component - SAP's updated version of the R/3 application suite |
| EEOC | Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
| EFFDT | Effective Date |
| EFT | Electronic Funds Transfer |
| EFTPS | Electronic Funds Payment Transfer System |
| EIC | Earned Income Credit |
| EIN | Employer Identification Number |
| ELN | Washington State eLearning Network |
| EMS | Exempt Management Service |
| EP | SAP Enterprise Portal application abbreviated name |
| EPA | Equal Pay Act |
| EVA | Excess Vacation Accrual |
| F | Top |
| FAQ | Frequently Asked Question |
| FLSA | Fair Labor Standards Act |
| FMLA | Family and Medical Leave Act |
| FREQ | Frequency |
| FSA | Flexible Spending Account |
| FTE | Full Time Employee |
| FY | Fiscal Year |
| G | Top |
| GAP | Inbound and Outbound Interfaces. Not intended for interfaces only. It can refer to a report - or to another component. In information technology, gap analysis is the study of the differences between two different information systems or applications often for the purpose of determining how to get from one state to a new state. |
| GAAPCom | Governor's Affirmative Action Policy Committee |
| GET | Guaranteed Education Tuition Program |
| GG | General Government |
| GGTP | General Government Transition Pool |
| GL | General Ledger |
| GMAP | Government Management Accountability & Performance |
| H | Top |
| HCM | Human Capital Management |
| HE | Higher Education |
| HR | Human Resource |
| HRD | Human Resource Development environment |
| HRMS | Human Resource Management System |
| HRT | Human Resource Training environment |
| HTML | Hyper Text Markup Language |
| HTTP | Hyper Text Transfer Protocol |
| I | Top |
| IRS | Internal Revenue Service |
| ISB | Information Services Board |
| ISD | Department of Personnel, Information Services Division |
| IT | Information Technology |
| IT | Info Type |
| J | Top |
| JEV | Justified Excess Vacation |
| Job CLS | Job Class |
| JVAC | Job Value Assessment Chart - points used to identify the value of Washington Management Service positions |
| L | Top |
| LEOFF | Law Enforcement Officers' and Fire Fighters' Retirement System |
| LBM | Liberty Mutual Insurance |
| LC17 | Local 17 Union |
| LRO | Labor Relations Office |
| LWOP | Leave Without Pay |
| M | Top |
| MA | Master Agreement |
| MDR | Mandatory Deduction Report |
| O | Top |
| OASI | Old Age Survivor Insurance |
| OEDS | Organizational and Employee Development Services |
| OFM | Office of Financial Management |
| OLQR | On-Line Quick Reference |
| OPA | Online Payment Agreement |
| OST | Office of State Treasurer |
| P | Top |
| Portable Document File | |
| PDP | Position Description Form |
| PEBB | Public Employees Benefits Board |
| PERS | Public Employees' Retirement System |
| PMC | Performance Management Confirmation |
| PH | Personal Holiday |
| PID | Periodic Increment Date |
| POS NO | Position Number |
| PPA | Personnel/Payroll Association |
| PRB | Personnel Resources Board |
| PRNR | Personnel Number - 8 digit numeric Unique identifier assigned to an employee within HRMS |
| PROD | Production system - generic designation for system usage |
| PSD | Personnel Services Division |
| PSERS | Public Safety Employees' Retirement System |
| Q | Top |
| QA | Quality Assurance system - generic designation for system usage |
| R | Top |
| RCW | Revised Code of Washington |
| RET VET | Retired Veteran |
| RIF | Reduction-in-Force |
| S | Top |
| SAAM | State Administrative and Accounting Manual |
| SAL Unit | Salary Unit |
| SAP | Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing |
| SAPGUI | SAP Government Uniform Invoice |
| SAPUP | SAP Upgrade transaction-modifies tables and structures to the newer version |
| SAO | State Auditor's Office |
| SGN | State Government Network |
| SGEN | SAP utility program that compiles programs after an upgrade or pack/stack application |
| SNRTY DT | Seniority Date |
| SME | Subject Matter Expert |
| SOW | State Of Washington |
| SSDP | Same Sex Domestic Partner |
| SPS | Abbreviation for SAP Support Stack |
| SSN | Social Security Number |
| SSO | Single Sign On |
| SSA | Social Security Administration |
| T | Top |
| TLLD | Time, Leave, and Labor Distribution |
| TAM | Tivoli Access Manager - IBM product - reverse proxy - disguises server identity when connected to the Internet |
| TIP | Teamwork Incentive Program |
| Tidal | DOP-owned scheduling application for batch jobs |
| TRS | Washington Teachers' Retirement System |
| U | Top |
| UNBRKN DT | Unbroken Date |
| URL | Uniform Resource Locator |
| USSLP | Uniformed Services Shared Leave Program |
| V | Top |
| VEBA | Voluntary Employees' Beneficiary Association |
| VET SVC | Veteran Service |
| VFF | Volunteer Fire Fighters |
| VPN | Virtual Private Network |
| W | Top |
| WAC | Washington Administrative Code |
| WFSE | Washington Federation of State Employees |
| WMS | Washington Management System |
| WPD | Work Period Designation |
| WPEA | Washington Public Employee Association |
| Writ | In law, a writ is a formal written order issued by a body with administrative or judicial jurisdiction. |
| WSP | Washington State Patrol |
| WSPRS | Washington State Patrol Retirement System |
| WSF | Washington State Ferries |
| WT | Wage Type |
| WTT | Web Task Track |
| Y | Top |
| YTD | Year to Date |