Acronyms and Definitions

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3PMPlanning, Public Policy, and Management, aka PPPM
AAUAssociation of American Universities. (Wiki page)
AEC

Accessible Education Center

AEIAmerican English Institute
AFTApplied Flow Technology, software. AFT Fathom.
ARMSAccount Records Management System 
ASGAronson Security Group, vendor used to UO that has now been purchased by ADT
ASMApple School Manager
ASUOAssociated Students of the University of Oregon, colloquially often called "student government"
AVPAssociate (or Assistant) Vice President
BABusiness Analyst
BAGBudget Advisory Group
BannerUniversity of Oregon financial system
BAOBudget Affairs Office
BASBuilding Automation System
BCCBlack Cultural Center
BDOTBusiness Data Operations Team
BFFBona Fide Factor (related to OEPA)
BMSBuilding Management System, software used by the BAS group to control buildings, for example temperature
BRPBudget and Resource Planning
Campus OpsCampus Operations, former name for CPFM
CapConFormer name for Design and Construction
CADComputer Aided Design, software used by Design and Construction, ex: AutoCAD
CADComputer Aided Dispatch, software used up UOPD for dispatching
CASCollege of Arts and Sciences
CASICenter for Accelerating Science Impact (the Knight Campus)
CASITCollege of Arts and Sciences Information Technology support
CasXHatfield-Dowlin Complex, football operations, prior to the official name it was called Casanova Expansion
CCComputing Center
CCHComputerized Criminal History
CCTCommunications and Collaborative Technologies, formerly known as UC or Unified Communications, phones, chat, and conferencing apps
CERCCommunication and Emergency Response Center, the UOPD's dispatch center
CHCClark Honors College
CHROChief Human Resources Officer
CHWChill Water
CJICriminal Justice Information
CJISCriminal Justice Information Services
CLLASCenter for Latino/Latina American Studies
CMAECenter for Multicultural Academic Excellence
CMMSComputerized Maintenance Management System
CoDCollege of Design
CoECollege of Education
COFSCampus Operations Facilities Services, former name for CPFM
COSChief of Staff
CPCCampus Planning Committee
CPFMCampus Planning and Facilities Management
CPSCentral Power Station
CSBClinical Services Building
CSWSCenter for the Study of Women in Society
CTJCost Transfer Justification
CTLCentral on Teaching and Learning
D&CDesign and Construction
DAFDuck Athletic Fund
DBCDoor Board Control, for AMAG tells how many doors can be hooked to a panel, panels come in 2DBC, 4DBC, and 8DBC
DDSDesignated Driver Shuttle
DEIDivision of Equity and Inclusion
DGDistribution Group
DLDistribution List
DNUDO NOT UNLOCK, description that should never be unlocked...ever...never ever, so don't do it
DPSDepartment of Public Safety, former name for UOPD
DSMDiskStation Manager
DSU

Dell System Update Utility, used to automatically update drivers on a Dell server

DV

Dynamic View

E&GEducation and General (funds)
EAMSEnterprise Asset Management System, we use AiM
EAPEmployee Assistance Program
EC CaresEarly Childhood CARES, program affiliated with the College of Education
ECSEducational and Community Supports
EDMEnterprise Desktop Management, an IT group under USS
EDWEnterprise Data Warehouse
EHSEnvironmental Health and Safety, former name for Safety and Risk Services
ELEElectric
ELI5ELI5 is short for “Explain Like I’m 5,” a request for a simple explanation to a complicated question or problem.
ELREmployee and Labor Relations
EMISEnergy Management Information System
EMSEvent Management Service
EMUErb Memorial Union
EOCEmergency Operations Center, access controlled by SRS
EODExpansion of Duties
EPAFElectronic Payroll Action Form
ERASExternal Relations Administrative Services 
ERSEnterprise Risk Services, former name for Safety and Risk Services
F&AFacilities and Administration rate/return
FACFord Alumni Center
FASSFinance and Administration Shared Services
FASS ITIT department supporting several FASS units including FASS, Utilities and Energy, and UOPD
FERPAFamily Educational Rights and Privacy Act
FLSAFair Labor Standards Act
FMLAFamily Medical Leave Act
FOAPALFund Organization Account Program Activity Location, from the Banner financial system, funding source/string IDing the intended location for the budget or fund
FSFacilities Services, former name for CPFM
FTEFull Time Equivalency
FYFiscal Year, July 1st - June 30th 
GCGeneral Counsel
GEGraduate Employee, used to be known as Graduate Teaching Fellowship
GFGeneral Fund
GHSGlobal Scholar's Hall
GISGeographical Information Systems (GIS), part of Safety and Risk Services.
Green Screenold signage software used by the Ford Alumni Center, it's fs-sign-fac01 and has IE open in full screen mode with the uoregon.edu webpage on it
GTFGraduate Teaching Fellowship, former name for GE
GTFFGraduate Teaching Fellows Foundation (graduate employees' union)
HB #House Bill number
HCBaka UHC (University Health Center), Health Center Building
HDCHatfield-Dowlin Complex
HECCHigher Education Coordinating Commission
HEDCOA clinic in the College of Education
HHUHandheld Units, for parking, talk to the parking system for tickets
HRISHuman Resources Information System
HWTPHamilton Walton Transformation Project, also known as New Residence Hall
ICCIndirect Cost credits, revenue generated by the F&A rate charged to sponsored grants
IDEALIDEAL Framework: Inclusion, Diversity, Evaluation, Achievement, Leadership
IdMIdentity Manager
IDRIntegrated Data and Reporting, uses Cognos for analytics
iDRACIntegrated Dell Remote Access Controller, tool in Dell PowerEdge.
IGInfoGraphics
IHPInstitutional Hiring Plan
IMTIncident Management Team
IRInstitutional Research
IROCEInstitute for Resilient Organizations, Communities, and Environments 
ISInformation Sciences or Information Services
ISICInformation Services Incident Command
J SchoolJournalism School, aka School of Journalism and Communication
JCPDJunction City Police Department
JoRoRomania Warehouse, called JoRo because it used to be the Joe Romania car dealership, the central CPFM folks would out of here
JSMAJordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
JSSJane Sanders Stadium
JVJournal Voucher
JWJJohnson Hall
KCKnight Campus
KCASIKnight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact
KDKnowledge Desk
KWAXUniversity of Oregon classical radio station
LAPSLocal Administrator Password Solution
LCBLundquist College of Business
LCMSLiability Claims Management System, related to workers' comp claims
LD changesLabor Distribution changes
LEDSLaw Enforcement Data System
Lewis LoungeThe 4th floor of the Knight Law School
LILLocation Innovation Lab, the new name for the GIS folks in Safety and Risk Services on campus.
LISBLewis Integrated Science Building
Little Duo Push Thingy2FA Duo fobs available from the Technology Service Desk.
LLCLiving-Learning Center
LWOPLeave Without Pay
MCCMulticultural Center, inclusion.uoregon.edu
McMorran Houseaka Pres Res, the university president's residence
MDTMicrosoft Deployment Toolkit
MECMMicrosoft Endpoint Configuration Manager
MFRMobile Field Reporting
MKAMatthew Knight Area
MNCHMuseum of Natural and Cultural History
NATNetwork Address Translation
NCIC

National Crime Information Center

NGFWNext Generation FireWall
NRHNew Residence Hall, the former name for Kalapuya
NTSNetwork and Telecom Services, part of Central IS
NTTFNon-Tenure Track Faculty
NVRNetwork Video Recorder
OASOperations Administrative Services
OCIASOregon Consortium of International Area Studies (Russian, African, Latin American, Intl. Asian, European, and Canadian Studies
ODOTOregon Department of Transportation, parking is houses in an old ODOT building
OEPAOregon Equal Pay Act
OIAOffice of International Affects, now called the Division of Global Engagement since 2018)
OICRCOffice of Investigations and Civil Rights Compliance
OIMBOregon Institute of Marine Biology, on the coast in Charleston, Oregon
OIPOffice of Internal Programs
OIXaka Oregon-IX, Oregon Internet Exchange
OOOOut of Office
OPEOther Payroll Expenses, Includes the university’s share of an employee’s medical & dental insurance, retirement, Social Security, Medicare, Worker’s Compensation, Unemployment, the Lane County Transit tax and the State Accident Insurance Fund (SAIF).  For classified employees, it also includes a portion toward the Employee Relations Board (ERB). OPE consists of two basic components, fixed (insurance and Employee Relations Board) and variable.
OPSRPOregon Public Service Retirement Plan
ORGN codeDepartment code from Banner
ORPOregon Retirement Plan
ORSOregon Revised Statutes
OSNAOperating Systems Network Analyst
OSPOregon State Police
OtPOffice of the Provost
OUSOregon University System
OWAOutlook Web Access
PACPersonal Access Code
PASTProvost Administrative Services Team
PCI DSSPayment Card Industry Data Security Standards
PCSPurchasing and Contracting Services
PDPosition Description
PE & RecPhysical Education & Recreation, PER in Debbie's head
PEBBPublic Employees' Benefit Board
PEIPortland Engineering, contractor for WonderWare
PERSPublic Employees' Retirement System
PHNBPeace Health North Building
PLCPrince Lucien Campbell Hall, where the Central IS helpdesk is located, room 068
PMEPower Monitoring Export, Schneider software
POPurchase Order
PPPhysical Plant, former name for CPS
PPPMPlanning, Public Policy, and Management, aka 3PM
Pres Resaka McMorran House, the university president's residence
PRFPayroll Request Form
PRQPurchase Request
PSCPrice Science Commons
PSJPublic Safety and Justice
PUPPageUp People, aka My Track
PUSFPublic University Support Fund (funds allocated from HECC)
PWIVERIEmployee history screen in Banner
REXRequest to Exit, an accessory to the AMAG system that allows you to leave a room without badging out, usually a white bar mounted to the ceiling just above the door
RMSRecords Management System
ROReverse Osmosis
roRead Only
RPSRemote Programming Software, Bosch software for programming alarm panels
RSTRestricted
RTRequest Tracker, ticketing software
rwmRead Write Modify
SAStudent Affairs
SAGSpace Advisory Group
SAITStudent Life IT
SB #Senate Bill #
SCADASupervisory Control and Data Acquisition, software used to monitor and control utility equipment
SCUASpecial Collections and University Archives with UO Libraries
SEIUSERVICE Employees International Union (classified employees union)
SEMPStrategic Energy Management Plan, from U&E
SHBaka UHC (University Health Center), Student Health Building
SHCaka UHC (University Health Center), Student Health Center
SLAService Level Agreement
Smart walla wall of multiple displays in Milestone
SOCSecurity Operations Center
SOJCSchool of Journalism and Communication, aka J School
SOMDSchool of Music and Dance
SOSSkybox at Autzen stadium in S886 on the 5th floor
SPAService Partnership Agreement, what FASS calls Service Level Agreements
SPCSports Performance Center
SRCStudent Recreation Center
SRSSafety and Risk Services
SSEMStudent Success and Enrollment Management
SSILSocial Science Instructional Labs - https://ssil.uoregon.edu/
STMSteam
TAGThe Automation Group
TDxTeam Dynamix, ticketing software used by Central IS, https://service.uoregon.edu 
TFABTuition and Fee Advisory Board, check out https://tuition.uoregon.edu/
TGMSToxic Gas Monitoring System
TSDTechnology Service Desk
TTFTenure Track Faculty
TLOTransUnion
TUCThompson University Center
U&EUtilities and Energy
UAUnited Academics (faculty union)
UCUnified Communications, now called Communications and Collaborative Technologies (CCT), phones, chat, conferencing apps for university
UDFUser-Defined Field
UHCaka SHC (Student Health Center), University Health Center
UOCloudUniversity of Oregon's VMware infrastructure for virtual servers, also known as ESXi.
UOFMUniversity of Oregon Fire Marshal's Office, part of Safety and Risk Services
UOPAUniversity of Oregon Police Association (UOPD union)
UOPDUniversity of Oregon Police Department
USSUser Support Services, a division of the university central IT department
VMSVideo Management Software, like Milestone
VOCDCVivian Olum Child Development Center
VPEIVice President for Equity and Inclusion
VPFAVice President for Finance and Administration
VPRIVice President of Research and Innovation
VPSLVice President for Student Life
VRFVariable Refrigerant Flow, system used by BAS
WCCWork Control Center (CPFM)
WCCMSWorkers' Compensation Claims Management System, aka MicroNiche
WoolleyKnight Campus Annex building, was originally named "Woolley" after the previous owner of the building
WSUSWindows Server Update Services
WWWonderWare, a SCADA system