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Annual Report 2001-2002
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Glossary

Accrual Budget - A comprehensive budget incorporating assets, liabilities, expenses and revenues, as well as cash receipts and expenditures

APS - Australian Public Service

Balanced Scorecard - A strategic management tool

CJK - Chinese, Japanese and Korean database providing script-based cataloguing and location records for documents in those languages

EEO - Equal Employment Opportunity

Effectiveness - The extent to which actual outcomes are achieved, against the outcomes planned, via relevant outputs or administered expenses

Effectiveness Indicators - Indicators to assess the degree of success in achieving outcomes

Finance One - Financial Management system

GST - Goods and Services Tax

IT - Information Technology

Kinetica - A service providing automated cataloguing and interlending support to Australian libraries

Logarithmic Scaling - A scale of measurement in which an increase of one unit represents a logarithmic increase in the quantity measured

MusicAustralia - A collaborative multimedia database enabling access to Australian music resources

NBD - National Bibliographic Database

Outcomes - The results, impacts or consequences of actions by the Commonwealth on the Australian community

Outputs - The goods and services produced by agencies on behalf of government for external organisations or individuals

PADI - Preserving Access to Digital Information

PANDORA - Preserving and Accessing Networked Documentary Resources of Australia

Performance - The proficiency of an agency or authority in acquiring resources economically and using those resources efficiently and effectively in achieving planned outcomes

Performance targets - Quantifiable performance levels, or changes in level, to be attained by a specific date

PictureAustralia - Single Web entry point to digitised heritage image collections

Quality - Relates to the characteristics by which customers or stakeholders judge an organisation, product or service

SES - Senior Executive Service

 

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