ACRONYMS COMMONLY RELATED TO ICASS

A Bureau of Administration
AdmOff Administrative officer; also AdminOff
AF Bureau of African Affairs
AFM/EFM American family member/Eligible family member
AFSA American Foreign Service Association (FS union)
AID US Agency for International evelo!ment; also USAI
ALDAC "able/message to All i!lomatic missions and "onsulates
A/OPR/ALS Office of Allo#ances
AMB Ambassador
APO/FPO Armed Forces $ost Office/Army $ost Office/Fleet $ost Office
B&F Budget and Fiscal
BFO Budget and Fiscal Office or Officer
BOE Building O!erating E%!enses
CAA "ontrolled Access Area
CA Bureau of "onsular Affairs
CAO "ultural Affairs officer
CAPD "onsolidated American $ayroll ivision
CG "onsul &eneral; com!are "on&en
CLO "ommunity 'iaison Office
CODEL "ongressional delegation (member of (ouse or Senate)
COLA "ost of 'iving Allo#ance ($ost Allo#ance)
COM ")ief of *ission
Commo "ommunications+ as in commo e,ui!ment
ConGen "onsulate &eneral
Core -efers to !ositions in FAAS fully funded by State; cf AS
Core area "ontrolled access area to )andle classified info+ cleared Amcits only
CPU "entral !rocessing unit; !rimary .bo%. of a multi/frame com!uter
DAO efense Attac)e Office or Officer
DAS e!uty Assistant Secretary
DAS istributed Administrative Su!!ort//FAAS #or0load non/State
DATT efense Attac)e
DCM e!uty ")ief of *ission
DCR OBO term for "*1s residence
DEA rug Enforcement Agency
DetCo etac)ment commander of *S&s; also " and et"mdr
DGHR irector &eneral of (uman -esources+ under *
DH irect/(ire
DIA efense Intelligence Agency+ s!onsor of AO
DOD e!t of efense
DOS e!artment of State (outsider2s term; insiders say 3State4)
DTSPO i!lomatic 5elecommunications Service $rogram Office
DS Bureau of i!lomatic Security; no# S/I* #it) Information *gt6
EAP Bureau of East Asian and $acific Affairs
Eon Economic Section
EUR Bureau of Euro!ean Affairs
EMR FBO term for Ambassador2s residence; Embassy main residence
E! E%ecutive Office (as in AF/E78E%ecutive Office+ African Affairs)
E!O E%ecutive officer+ USAI (corres!onds to admin6 officer)
FAAS Foreign Affairs Administrative Su!!ort
FAS Foreign Agricultural Service
FA" Fully armored ve)icle; com!are 'A9
FBO #no$ OBO% Foreign Buildings O!erations
FCS Foreign "ommercial Service
FF&E Furniture+ Furnis)ings and E,ui!ment
FLO Family 'iaison Office in t)e State e!artment
FMO Financial *anagement Office or Officer
FMP #no$ RM% Financial *anagement and $olicy
FP Foreign Service em!loyee8s!ecialists : noncommissioned; cf FO
FS Foreign Service salary sc)edule ran0; com!are &S
FSN Foreign Service national; see also F;
FTE Full/time e,uivalent+ )ours of annual full/time #or0 < =>?> )rs
F&'(r)*+ter -eci!ient of a Fulbrig)t grant+ administered t)roug) USIS
FY Fiscal @ear
GO/LTL &overnment/o#ned or long term/leased real !ro!erty
GO" &overnment/o#ned ve)icle
GPO &overnment $rovided Auarters
GSO &eneral Services Officer
HHE (ouse)old effects+ em!loyee2s !rivate )ouse)old goods
HR (uman -esources
H"AC (eating/ventilation/air conditioning (say (/9/A/" to be correct)
ICASS International "oo!erative Administrative Su!!ort System
IEB Interagency E%ecutive Board
IMO Information *anagement Officer
IO Bureau of International OrganiBations
IO Information officer+ !ress attac)e
INL Bureau of International ;arcotics and 'a# Enforcement Affairs
ISC I"ASS Service "enter
ISO Information Systems Officer
I,G Interagency Cor0ing &rou!
LA" 'ig)t/armored ve)icle; com!are FA9
LES 'ocally Engaged Staff (includes FS;s+ $S"s+ $SAs+ Amer6 $I5S+
EF*S+ -oc0efellers+etc6)
LGP 'ocal &uard $rogram
L-A 'iving ,uarters allo#ance; com!are to &ov2t6 $rovided Auarters
M Undersecretary for *anagement
M&R *aintenance and -e!air
MEDE"AC *edical evacuation
MOU *emorandum of understanding; e6g6D as in I"ASS as bet#een State and
US *arine "or!s on *S&
MSG *arine Security &uard
NPR ;ational $erformance -evie#
NOB ;e# office building
NSDD./0 ;ational Security ecision irective E? / !rocess by #)ic) agencies
re,uest to increase staffing at an overseas !ost
OBO Overseas Building O!erations (formerly FBO)
OIG Office of t)e Ins!ector &eneral
ORE Official -esidence E%!ense
PAO $ublic Affairs Officer
PAT $ost Assignment 5ravel
PER $ersonnel Office or Section
PMC $resident2s *anagement "ouncil
PMO $ost management officer(s)+ in regional bureau/E7
POL $olitical Section
PSC/PSA $ersonal services contract/contractor / $ersonal Services Agreement
R&R -est and recreation travel
REMS FBO1s com!uter !rogram -eal Estate *anagement System
RFMO -egional Financial *anagement Officer
RIF -eduction in force+ !ersonnel cut
RM Bureau of -esource *anagement (formerly F*$)
RMO -egional medical officer
RSO -egional security officer; com!are $SO
SCC Sub/"ost "enter
SMA Se!arate maintenance allo#ance
StaffDe' "ongressional staff delegation
STL S)ort/term lease (ten years and fe#er)
TCN 5)ird/country national (often an FS; or visa a!!licant)
TDY 5em!orary duty
TOD 5our of duty+ as in t#o/year 5O+ often Fust .tour.
USAID United States Agency for International evelo!ment
USDO US disbursing officer
"AT 9alue/added ta% (in Euro!ean countries)
"IN 9e)icle identification number/serial number
"IP 9ery Im!ortant $erson
,AE C)en Actually Em!loyed
,CF Cor0ing "a!ital Fund (GH7IJGH>>>G)
,GI Cit)in/&rade Increase
,HA Bureau of Cestern (emis!)ere Affairs