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ORO Acronym Guide

ATIP - Access to Information and Privacy

BA - Bargaining Agent

CAP - Career Assignment Program

CASS - Corporate Administrative Shared Services

CIO - Chief Information Officer

CGSB - Canadian General Standards Board

CIMB - Committee on Information Management in Business

CIOB - CIO Branch (Treasury Board Secretariat)

CIOC - CIO Council (CIOB Governance Board)

CRHI - Classification Reform Horizontal Initiatives

CS - Computer Systems

CSI - Collective Staffing Initiative

CPSA - Canada Public Service Agency (division of Treasury Board)

CSPS - Canada School of Public Service

EA - Enterprise Architecture

EDP - Executive Development Program

EMF - Enhanced Management Framework

FAA - Financial Administration Act

FedAA - Federal Accountability Act

GC - Government of Canada

GWD - Generic Work Description

HOIT - Heads of Small IT Organizations

HR - Human Resources

HRF - HR Framework

HRMM - Human Resource Management Modernization

IM - Information Management

IMCG - IM Community Generics

IMPDC - Information Management Professional Development Curriculum

IT - Information Technology

ITGC - IT Community Generics

ITCHRF - IT Community HR Framework (now referred to as IT Community Generics)

ITSB - IT Services Branch (PWGSC)

IT SSO - IT Shared Services Organization

JCP - Job Competency Profile

LDP - Leadership Development Program

LS - Library Services

MAF - Management Accountability Framework

MDP - Management Development Program

MGI Policy - Management of Government Information Policy

ORA - Organizational Readiness Assessment

ORO - Organizational Readiness Office

PDAP - Professional Development and Apprenticeship Program

PLP - Personal Learning Plan

PM - Project Management

PMTDB - Project Management Training Database

PMI - Project Management Institute

PS - Public Service

PSC - Public Service Commission

PSEA - Public Service Employment Act

PSMA - Public Service Modernization Act

PSR - Post-Secondary Recruitment

SCOPA - Standing Committee on Public Accounts

SD - Service Delivery

SOMC - Statement of Merit Criteria

TBS - Treasury Board Secretariat

WBS - Work Breakdown Structure