United States Postal Service (USPS) Postal Abbreviations, Acronyms, Terms, and MODS Operations Numbers by Douglas Boynton Quine in a definition list format (over 1,840 text acronyms and over 910 numeric codes). This list is based upon acronyms observed in USPS press releases, the USPS Domestic Mail Manual , USPS Postal Bulletin , USPS Memo to Mailers , USPS Glossary of Postal Terms (pub. 32), philatelic publications, and personal communications from web site visitors including Terri Biasi. In cases where definitions were not provided (or incomplete), I've compiled information from a wide variety of sources. I welcome further additions, corrections, and comments: e-mail the webmaster: . Note, some of the MODS operations codes have changed significantly; the 1999 entries are undated while the updates are marked with (2003) at the end of the entry.

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USPS Abbreviations Glossary A-L (select the letter) A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L USPS Abbreviations Glossary M-Z USPS Abbreviations Glossary - Numeric USPS Abbreviations Glossary A-L -A- A Field 32 bar POSTNET code representing 5 digit ZIP code A-E Architect-Engineer services A/P Accounting Period AA APO code for Armed Forces Americas AAA Automated Airline Assignment AADC Automated Area Distribution Center AAFES Army and Air Force Exchange Service (military overseas post offices) AAR Advanced Address Recognizer for OCR [1991 RFP for 1995] AB Field 69 bar POSTNET code (an A field + B field) representing 9 digit ZIP code AB' Field 79 bar POSTNET code (an A field + B' field) representing 11 digit ZIP code ABA American Banking Association [for funds transfer] ABC Activity Based Costing [2002] ABC Advanced Bar Code: 62 bar POSTNET code representing 11 digit ZIP [see DPBC] ABC Audit Bureau of Circulations Inc. (for 2nd class permit audits) ABC Group Automation and Bar Code Group ABCD Accelerated Business Communication Delivery [1965]: same day city business delivery if mail is delivered to the postal service in the morning per http://eng.lacity.org/docs/sporders/1965/so10624.pdf section 6 ABE Automated Barcode Evaluator ABMPS Automated Business Mail Processing System ABN American Bank Note [prints stamps] ABSU Automatic Bundle Separation Unit (USPS FSS video, 2008) AC actual count ACA After Contract Award (2004) ACA Associate Contractor Agreement ACDCS Air Contract Data Collection System [USPS transportation contracts system] ACE Advanced Computing Environment (2003 IT upgrade including Microsoft Outlook email) ACFS Advanced Computerized Forwarding System ACH Automated Clearinghouse (funds transfer) ACL Address Correction Letter test [Wilmington DE, Apr '92, printed CFS address changes] ACR Annual Compliance Report ACS Address Change Service ACSS Air Contract Support System ACT Air Contract Transportation tag ACT Automation Compatible Tray [for AFSM-ai, 2005 and FSS, 2007; allows automatic loading onto the flats mail feeder ledge per USPS FSS video] ADAPT Automatic Density Analysis Profile Technique ADC Area Distribution Center ADEPT Acquisition for Desktop Extended Processing Equipment ADJ Adjustment (plus or minus) [on a report] ADNE Address Does Not Exist [Delivery Force Knowledge address update, 2005] ADP Accountable Paper Depository ADP Automated Data Processing ADSL Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (up to 1.5 Mbps high speed Internet access on telephone wires) ADVANCE Advanced Mail Tracking & Reporting System for Standard Mail & Periodicals [notification and tracking service] AE additional entry AE APO code for Armed Forces Europe (soldiers deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan also use AE) AEC Automated Element Correction [address correction subsystem 2003] AECII Automated Element Correction II [address correction subsystem 2005] AEG Allgemein Elektricitat Gesellschaft (vendor to USPS; acquired by Siemens, renamed Dematic) AEP Affirmative Employment Program AES Automated Enrollment System [for Management Academy courses] AFA After First Article approval AFC advanced facer-canceller AFCM Automatic Fine Cull Machine AFCS Advanced Facer Canceller System [ECA/ AEG] (faces letter mail by locating the stamp, meter, or indicia. AFCS also cancels letter mail, sprays an identification (ID) tag, lifts the image, and sorts letter mail to a set of bins for further processing) AFCS-DD Advanced Facer Canceller System Doubles Detector (2004) AFCS-IJC Advanced Facer Canceller System InkJet Canceller AFCS/ISS Advanced Facer Canceller System with Input Sub System AFF Automated Flats Feeder (for FSM) AFF/OCR Automated Flats Feeder and Optical Character Reader modification (upgrade for AFSM 1000 completed in 2003; renamed AFSM as UFSM) AFP Advanced Flats Processor (USPS, on hold 2009) AFP Association for Financial Professionals AFS Advanced Flats Sorter [renamed AFSM for deployment between 2000 and 2002] AFSM Advanced Flats Sorting Machine [obsolete] AFSM Automated Flats Sorting Machine [2002] AFSM 100 Advanced Flats Sorting Machine [deployment between 2000 and 2002 replacing FSM881 at a ratio of 1 to 2.5] AFSM 100 Automated Flats Sorting Machine [USPS Emergency Preparedness Report 2002] AFSM-ai Advanced Flats Sorting Machine with automatic induction [feeder, 2005] AFTL Automatic Flats Tub Lidder ~ 2005 AFTU Automatic Flats Tub Unlidder ~ 2005 AFV Alternative Fuel Vehicle AHMR Apartment House Mail Receptacle AI Address Interpretation (UK, 2006) AI Artificial Intelligence AI Automatic Induction (e.g. for AFSM feeder) AIC Account Identifier Code [charge numbers] AIC Akaike Information Criteria (character recognition in Siemens OCR Adaptive Read system) AIIEPPS Automated Inbound International Expedited Product Processing System~ 2005 AIM Asset and Identification Management program [pilot 1989; nationwide starts 1991] AIM Automatic Identification Manufacturers [barcode standards group] AIS Address Information System AISO Address Information System Office (?) [Office of Operations Services] ALF Automatic Letter Facing and Cancelling Machine (UK) ALF/SEG (UK) Alhambra Modification Separates FIM and meter mail on Micro Mark Facer/Canceler ALP Advanced Leadership Program (since 1998, 4 week program) ALPS Automatic Log sheet Preparation System (UK) [computes productivity for manual keying stations] ALS Advanced Letter Sorter [future] AM Account Management (finance) AM Address Management AM ante meridian (before noon in time) AMC Airport Mail Center AMC Airport Mail Centre (UK, Hong Kong) AMC/F Airport Mail Center/Facility (79 in 2006 before END implemented and transition to ATC) AMEE Association for Mail Electronic Enhancement AMF Airmail Field [uncommon] AMF Airport Mail Facility AMK Automated Mailing Kiosk (Return kiosk system at airports to mail home TSA prohibited personal items, 2005) AMO Area Maintenance Office AMOT Alternate Methods Of Transportation AMP Advanced Management Program (at W. F. Bolger Management Academy and others) AMP Area Mail Processing AMPC Area Mail Processing Center AMPS Automated Meter Posting System AMS Address Management System AMS Alternate Mailing Systems AMS2 Address Management System phase 2 AMS3 Address Management System phase 3 AMSOP AM Standard Operating Procedures AMTES Area Mail Transport Equipment Specialists AMU Address Management Unit (UK, 2008) ANK Attempted Not Known (return to sender) ANP After Notice to Proceed ANSI American National Standards Institute ANSI-RIA American National Standards Institute - Robotics Industries Association (e.g. safety standards) AO Administrative Official AO Associate (Post) Office AO Autres Objets; All Other [international mail category - see IMM] AOG Aircraft on Ground [aircraft awaiting repair parts] AOI associate office infrastructure AOS Advice of Shipment (for shipments from SDOs) AP Accounting Period AP APO code for Armed Forces Pacific APARS Accounts Payable Accounting and Reporting System APC All Purpose Container (rolling container to move mail trays at post office; often known as POSTCON) APC Automated Postal Center (USPS consumer stamp printing machine kiosk with PB IBIP indicia (Dallas got first unit in 2004 APC Automated Processing Centres (UK) API Application Program Interface (standard software interface to a computer program) APMG Assistant Postmaster General APMG Associate Postmaster General APO Army (Air Force) Post Office APPS Automated Package Parcel Sorter [(also) Lockheed-Martin 2002 award for $300 million USPS 2004-2005 deployment] APPS Automated Package Processing System [Lockheed-Martin 2002 award for $300 million USPS 2004-2005 deployment] APQC American Productivity and Quality Center (spearheading the creation, design and administration of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award) APS Address Program Support Office [Office of Operations Support] APS Adjustment Processing System APT Advanced Postal Teller APT Apartment (Secondary Unit Designator - type of residential or commercial unit mail is sent to) APT Automated Postal Teller APWU American Postal Workers Union AR Account Representative ARM Accelerated Reply Mail ARO After Receipt of Order ARS Address Recognition System [2002] ARSWS Address Readability Specialist Work Stations [1992 NPF] ARU Address Recognition Unit [Arthur D. Little planned OCR for 1997] AS-IS Activity model (showing current process; compare with TO-BE) ASC Accounting Service Center (i.e. MASC and St. Louis Accounting Service Center) ASCII [a magnetic tape standard - EBCDIC is the another] ASD Automated Seamless Dispatch (? acronym used) ASDRM Auto Dispatch System for Registered Mail ASF Administrative Support Facility; Auxiliary Service Facility ASF Auxiliary Service Facility ASM Administrative Support Manual [USPS] ASM Automatic Sorting Machine (UK) [NP4000 will replace] ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers ASN Advanced Shipping Notice (Oct 1 2001 required) ASP Associate Supervisor Program (since 1996, 16 week program) ASS Automated Sequence Sorting (UK Royal Mail) ASYS Air System Services [USPS air Transportation Services Contract for domestic mail on scheduled aircraft; replaced by CAIR in 2003] ASYS-R Air System Services - Regional [USPS air Transportation Services Contract; air transportation of domestic mail on scheduled aircraft; scheduled to end in May 2003] ATC Airport Transfer Center (60 or 70 expected after END implemented and transition from AMC) ATE Automatic Test Equipment ATF Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms ATHS Automated Tray Handling System (Siemens Dematic a $127 million contract in 2003) ATLAS Automatic Tray Label Assignment System (2004, replaces PASSPORT, supports EDL) ATM Automatenmarken (European coin fed machines which print stamps on demand) ATM Automatic Teller Machine (USA banks) ATP Authority to Participate Vouchers (federal food coupons) ATP Authority To Proceed ATS Automatic Tray Sleever ~ 2005 ATU Automatic Tray Unsleever ~ 2005 AUTO Automation [abbreviation for reports] Automatic Strapping Machine Wraps straps around containers or bundles and welds them Automatic Strapping System Straps and welds containers or bundles AVE Avenue (Street Suffix) AVP Area Vice President AVSEC Aviation SECurity (marking on 2002 airmail items) AVTRS Automated Vehicle Time Recording System [determines vehicle usage by badge reader] -B- B Field 37 bar POSTNET code adding zone and +4 to existing 5 digit ZIP code B&P Bid and Proposal B' Field 47 bar POSTNET code adding zone, +4, and street to existing 5 digit ZIP code BA Basic rate category abbreviation on letter mail key line BAARS Bulk Mail Acceptance and Accounting Reporting System [enhancement is BRAVIS] BAPO Base Army Post Office (UK) BBH Böwe Bell Howell (vendor) BBM Bulk Business Mail BC Barcode BC British Commonwealth and Foreign Parcel Office (UK, was I&FPP) BCG Business Customer Gateway (USPS portal 2009) BCM Booklet/Coil Vending Machine BCR Bar Code Reader BCS Bar Code Sorter BCS/OSS Bar Code Sorter/ Output SubSystem for RBCS BCSI Business Customer Satisfaction Index [USPS plan to implement in 1992] BDS Biohazard Detection System (since October, 2001) - preferred version BDS Biological Detection System (since October, 2001) BDS-DC Biohazard Detection System Dual-collection (connected to two AFCS, 2008) BDSIS Belt Drive Sack Induction Station (for BMC Sack Sorters) replaced SIS on 12-19-91 BDMA Belgian Direct Mail Association BDT Business Development Team (Apr 2006) BEA Bureau of Economic Analysis BEP Bureau of Engraving and Printing BFP Bulk Flats Processor (2008 system to prepare flats bundles for processing on FSS and AFSM systems) BFPO British Forces Post Office (UK) BHC Bulk Handling Centre (UK) BIS Bulk Insured Services BITE Built In Test Equipment BITS Base Information Transfer System [US military address change system] Blk. Rt. Bulk Rate BLS Bureau of Labor Statistics BLVD Boulevard (Street Suffix) BMA Bulk Mail Acceptance BMAP BiDirectional Mapping [2002] BMAU Bulk Mail Acceptance Unit BMBF German Federal Ministry for Education and Research BMC Bulk Mail Center (21 in 2006 before END implemented) BMC Bulk Mail Center Container BMC-MSC Bulk Mail Center- Management Sectional Center BME Business Mail Entry BMEU Business Mail Entry Unit BO Branch Office (UK) BOB Business Opportunities Bulletin (USPS Purchasing and Material Management Information Systems database stores data about pending procurements. This includes synopsis, solicitation, and supporting documents for download by prospective suppliers. BOG Board of Governors [USPS Board of Directors appointed by the President of the USA] BOI Board of Inspection [USPS group to approve production modifications after QA] Box R Retired Military Personnel BP Bulk Posting (UK) BPA Basic Pricing Agreement BPA Business Publications Audit of Circulation Inc. (for 2nd class permit audits) BPCS British Post Consultancy Service [sets up postal operations for other countries] BPI Breakthrough Productivity Initiatives [2002] BPI Business Process Improvement BPM Bound Printed Matter BPMA British Postal Museum and Archive (UK) BPRS Bulk Parcel Return Service BQM Back Quality Mark - usually a double headed arrow in a rectangular box with either one or two dates and mail centre code (UK, 2008) BR Branch [MODS report abbreviation] BRAVIS Bulk Revenue And Volume Information System [enhancement of BAARS] BRC Business Reply Card BRE Business Reply Envelope BRM Business Reply Mail BRMAS Business Reply Mail Accounting System BRPW Bulk Revenue Pieces and Weights BSA Bank Secrecy Act BSN Business Service Network (USPS 2004) BTMC Bell Telephone Manufacturing Co (manufacturer) BTS U. S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics BTU/SF/YR British Thermal Unit/Square Foot/Year [energy use] BV Bulletin of Verification BWS Building Wire Standardization BWS/PDS Building Wire Standardization/ Premise Distribution Systems BYU Bayou (Street Suffix) -C- C Composite Operation [MODS report abbreviation] C Field 52 bar POSTNET code representing 9 digit ZIP code C' Field 62 bar POSTNET code representing 11 digit ZIP code C-M P&DC Curseen-Morris P& DC (formerly Brentwood P&PC, Washington DC, named after postal workers Joseph Curseen Jr. and Thomas Morris Jr. who were killed by anthrax in 2001) C40 POSTEC Letter Coding Desk (UK) C4SC Customer 4 State Code (customer applied 4 state barcode, 2006) CAA Clean Air Act [from Environmental Protection Agency] CAC Corrective Action Code (address list, 2006 ; works with CARL) CAC Customer Advisory Council CAD Computer Aided Design CAD/CAM Computer Aided Design/ Computer Aided Manufacturing CADA Commercially Available Decentralized Acquisition (2002 alternative to FAST and REDI procurement) CADAM Computer Aided Design And Manufacturing [USPS required CAD format] CADD Computer Aided Design and Drafting CADR Computer Assisted Delivery Revision (UK optimizer for carrier routes) CAG A-D - Cost Ascertainment Grouping [category of post office] CAG A-G - Cost Ascertainment Grouping [category of post office] CAG A-L - Cost Ascertainment Grouping [category of post office] CAIR Commercial Air transportation system contract (2003, were ASYS) CAIR-03 Commercial Air transportation system contract (2003, were ASYS) CAKT Computer Assisted Keyboard Training CAM Computer Aided Manufacturing CAN-SPAM Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act (US Congress considering, 2003) CAO Change of Appointing Office - personnel term used for transferred employee: person is reassigned and CAO (obsolete?) CAP Corporate Automation Plan CAPS Centralized Account Payment System (possibly incorrect translation in POSTCOM, 2008) (retiring in 2019) CAPS Centralized Accounting Processing System (retiring in 2019) CAPS Centralized Automated Payment System (retiring in 2019 per details below) retiring in 2019 FOR: First-Class Mail®, Letters, Cards, and Flats, Priority Mail, First-Class Package Service, USPS Marketing Mail, Letters, Flats, and Parcels, Parcel Select®, Media Mail®, Library Mail, Bound Printed Matter, Periodicals, International Products, Business Reply Mail (BRM), Every Door Direct Mail (EDDM®), Merchandise Return Service (MRS), Scan Based Payment (SBP), PO Box, Caller & Reserve Services (EPOBOL), and Address Quality Products (AEC, AECII and ACS), submitted via hard copy, eDoc (Mail.dat/Mail.XML), Postal Wizard or the Intelligent Mail® small business (IMsb) Tool.

continues in 2019 FOR: Electronic Verification System (eVS®), Parcel Return Service (PRS), PC Postage®, Official Mail Accounting System (OMAS), Premium Forwarding Service Commercial (PFSC), Share Mail®, Intelligent Mail barcode Accounting (IMbA), iCAPS, and Remaining Address Quality products. Customers utilizing these products and services will continue to be supported through CAPS. CAPS Centralized Automatic Payment System (retiring in 2019) CAR Consumer Affairs Representative CARL Corrective Action Required List (address list, 2006 ; works with CAC) CAROUSEL (White Carousel System: USPS database contains order numbers, item numbers, quantity and locations of stock to be shipped to internal customers) CARS Change-of-Address Record Server (2004) CARS Contract Access Retail System mailing system for Contract Postal Units (CPU) to weigh, meter, and calculate postage on mail pieces. Only CPUs under a Performance-Based percentage payment contract that do not have Post Office boxes or sell postal money orders qualify for a CARS mailing system. CARS CPU Contract Post Office with a USPS Contract Access Retail System CAS Case Analysis System CASS Coded Accuracy Support System [2002] CASS Coding Accuracy Support System CASS/CRIS Coding Accuracy Support System for Carrier Route Information System Matching CAST Computer Assisted Scheme Training CASTR Carrier Automated Street Tray Rack cart (USPS FSS video, 2008) CAT Category [MODS report abbreviation] CAT Critical Acceptance Time CAT Curbline Access Test CAT Customer Acceptance Testing (USPS / industry internal preproduction test of IMB system before TEM) CBD Commerce Business Daily CBDS Collection Box Decontamination System CBIT Computer Based Interactive Training CBMS Collection Box Management System (tool monitors collection performance) CBO Congressional Budget Office CBP Customs and Border Protection (US government) CBS Capital Budget System CBT Computer Based Test [administered by NTAC] CBT Computer Based Training [obsolete - see CBIT] CBU Cluster Box Units CCC Classification Currents Communicator (newsletter) CCC Corporate Customer Contact CCCS City Carrier Cost System (within CCS) CCID Container Content ID (2006 for EPD) CCITT [FAX image transfer protocol] CCM Coalition of Catalog Mailers CCS Carrier Cost System (includes CCCS and RCCS) CD-ROM Compact Disk - Read Only Memory CDB Corporate Data Base CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDO Counter District Office (UK, was HPO before 1986) CDPOM City Delivery Pivoting Opportunity Model (2009) CDR Critical Design Review CDRH Center for Devices and Radiological Health CDS Circular Date Stamp CDS Computerized Delivery Sequence (file) CEM Customer Experience Measurement (2009 USPS survey) CEO Chief Executive Officer CET Critical Entry Time CFC Culler Facer Canceller (UK Royal Mail) (not colour facer canceller) CFL Civilian Labor Force (statistics) CFO Chief Financial Officer CFPA Coaching For Performance and Accountability CFPS Change of Address Forms Processing System (scanner in PARS, 2007) CFR Code of Federal Regulations CFS I Computerized Forwarding System I CFS II Computerized Forwarding System II CFS II/PLA Computerized Forwarding System II/ Printer Label Applicator CFS/CMU Computerized Forwarding System/ Centralized Markup Unit CFS/FFT Computerized Forwarding System/ Flats Forwarding Terminal CH 2 O Paraformaldehyde CICA Competition in Contracting Act CIIS Comprehensive-Interactive Information Strategy CIH Certified Industrial Hygienist CIM Contract Interpretation Manual (USPS-NPMHU) CIMA Canadian International Mail Association CIN Content Identification Number (IMB program, 2008) CIN Content Identifier Number (on bar coded tray labels) CIPS Customer Initiated Payment System (PLANET code based future system) CIS Corporate Information System CIS Criminal Investigation System (2003 USPS) CLASS Computerized Labeling and Address Sequence System CLEC Continuing Local Exchange Carrier (telephone company) CLF Civilian Labor Force CLIN Contract Line Item Number [pricing] CLK Clerk [MODS report abbreviation] ClO 2 Chlorine dioxide CLPC Computerized Label Printing Center CLSM Compact Letter Sorting Machine (BTMC machine used in Netherlands) CM see C-M P& CMA commercial mailing agent CMC Category Management Center (2004, e.g. USPS Automation CMC, Merrifield, Virginia) CMIS Commitment Management Information System (upcoming track & trace for customers in 1999) CMM Customized MarketMail (2004 custom shaped - non-rectangular - marketing mail dropped directly at DDU) CMO Chief Marketing Officer (postmaster responsibility to community) CMP Career Management Program (since 1999) CMP Crisis Management Plan (2004) CMPA Canadian Magazine Publishers Association CMR Consolidated Mail Room - military base APO incoming mail PO boxes per http://www.letsgo-europe.com/Germany/military/mail.html e.g. GERMAN APO ADDRESS FORMAT is: line 1: recipient name

line 2: CMR information

line 3 APO for the city, AE for state (if addressing software doesn't allow AE then use NY), APO zip code in the zip code space CMRA Commercial Mail Receiving Agency (private mail box) CMRA Commercial Mail Receiving Agent (private mail box) CMRS Computerized (Remote Postage) Meter Resetting System CMS Complement Management and Selection [bidding system in HRIS] CMS Complement Management System [~ 1983, job bidding system in HRIS] CMU Centralized Markup Unit (CFS). CNET Christmas Dedicated Network of postal aircraft CNG Compressed Natural Gas [for motor vehicles] CO Contracting Officer COA Change Of Address COARS Change-of-Address Reporting System (in PARS) Postal Rate Commission Testimony 2005 COARS Change-of-Address Research System (in PARS) Postal Rate Commission Testimony 2005 COB Close Of Business COBIT Control Objectives for Information and related Technologies COD Collect On Delivery CODES Computerized On-site Data Entry System COLA Cost Of Living Adjustments COLA Cost Of Living Allowances COMPASS Computerized Procurement and Supply System CON Console [MODS report abbreviation] CON-CON Concealed Container [2002] CON-CON Concentration and Convoy of Registered Mail CONFIRM Computerized On-line Notification For Inbound Reply Mail (PLANET code based 1999 system) CONV Conversion Rate [MODS report abbreviation] COO Chief Operating Officer COOP Continuity Of Operations Plans (US Postal Inspection Service) COP Continuation Of Pay [disability] COR Carrier Optimal Routing (2003 USPS carrier route travel optimization computer program) COR Contracting Officer Representative COR Contracting Officer's Representative COSC Computer Operations Service Center COTS Commercial-Off-The-Shelf CP Carrier Route Presort rate category abbreviation on letter mail key line CP Colis Postaux [international mail category - see IMM] CPF Competitive Products Fund (under USPS PAEA reorganization, 2007) CPHQ Command Postal HeadQuarters (Allied Expeditionary Air Force, 1944) CPI Consumer Price Index [cost of living] CPNS Customer Preferred Name System CPO Community Post Office - a contract unit that provides postal services in small communities where an independent Post Office has been discontinued CPP Centralized Postage Payment system CPS Contractor Performance System (USPS Purchasing and Material Management Information Systems WEB based application that allows purchasing personnel within the federal government to have access. It allows purchasing personnel to evaluate suppliers contract performance and is shared among the subscribed agencies.) CPU Contract Postal Unit (post office inside retail establishment) - a supplier-owned or supplier-leased facility operated by the supplier, under contract to the Postal Service, to provide postal services to the public at Postal Service prices CPUT Contract Postal Unit Technology is a Web-based application that calculates the correct payment each month by the USPS to a Contract Postal Unit based upon the supplier's CPU contract CQR Container Quantity Report (2008, IMB program) CR Carrier Route CR Character Reader [OCR] subsystem CRA Cost Revenue Analysis (~ 2005) CRAMP Computerised Routing for Automated Mail Processing (UK 1992 sort plan generator) CRF Central Repair Facility CRID Customer Registration ID (10 digits for IMB program) CRIS Carrier Route Information System CRM Character Recognition Module CRM Courtesy Reply Mail CRM Customer Relationship Management CRS Catalog Request Service (~ 2005) CRS Congressional Reporting Service CRSS Civil Service Retirement System CRT Cathode Ray Tube CS&DS Customer Service and Sales Districts CSA Candidate Supplemental Application (in USPS employee application process) CSA Carbazole Sulphonic Acid (blue phosphor ÒLettalite B2Ó used on UK stamps & barcodes) CSA Customer / Supplier Agreement (USPS, 2008) CSAC Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee (selects stamp designs) CSB Customer Service Branch [at each postal data center] CSBCS Carrier Sequence Bar Code Sorter CSC Consumer Service Card CSD Customer Service District CSDD Customer Service District Designee CSF Consumer Service Facility (195 in 2006 before END implemented) CSI Customer Satisfaction Index [Opinion Research Corporation] CSM Customer Satisfaction Measurement (survey) CSM-B Customer Satisfaction Measurement - business (survey) CSM-EVM Customer Satisfaction Measurement - event based (survey) CSM-R Customer Satisfaction Measurement - residential (survey) CSMDS Customer Services Management Data System CSMPC Customer Service Mail Processing Center (2009) CSOCR Code Sort Optical Character Reader CSP Corporate Succession Planning CSR Container Summary Record (2008, IMB program) CSR Customer Support Ruling (2007) CSRDF Civil Servant Retirement and Disability Fund CSRDF Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund CSRS Civil Service Retirement System CST Code Sort Translator (UK converts keystrokes to dot codes and dotcodes to addresses) CT Computed Tomography CT Court (Street Suffix) CTC Celebrate The Century (1999 stamp series) CTHO Christmas Terminal Handling Operation (e.g. temporary warehouse setup to handle USPS parcels for the holidays, Atlanta, 2006) CTO Chief Technology Officer CTS Culler - Tiler - Singler (UK) CTT Comprehensive Tracing and Tracking [for Express Mail] CTUS Customs Territory of the United States CUPW Canadian Union of Postal Workers cv coefficient of variance CWA Clean Water Act [from Environmental Protection Agency] CWU Communications Workers Union (UK) -D- D/S Drop Ship D&CR Contract Postal Unit Design and Construction Requirements DAASC Defense Automatic Address System Center (Inquiry System) DACA Days After Contract DADC Destination Area Distribution Center (for periodicals) DAISY Data Acquisition Information System (UK) DAL Detached Address Label DAR Decision Analysis Report (e.g. FSS, 2009) DAR Detailed Analysis Report (2008) DAS Density Analysis System DAT Dedicated Air tracking System dB decibels (measure of sound level) DBA Doing Business As (Fictitious business name for sole proprietor) dBA a-weighted decibels (measure of sound level weighted to approximate the frequency response of the human ear) dBC c-weighted decibels (measure of sound level using an absolute scale) DBCS Delivery Bar Code Sorter DBCS-EC Delivery Bar Code Sorter Expanded Capability (2002-2003 can handle flimsy and heavy letter mail) DBCS-ED Delivery Bar Code Sorter Expanded Capability (2002-2003 can handle flimsy and heavy letter mail) - possible typo for DBCS-EC DBCS/OSS Delivery Bar Code Sorter/ Output SubSystem DBD Detailed Block Diagram DBMC Destination Bulk Mail Center DCD Document Control Division [headquarters] DCN Design Change Notification DCO Data Conversion Operator (RBCS video encoding operator 2002) DCS Data Collection Site [MODS report abbreviation] DCS Direct Connect System [transports letters from the AFCS directly to a DBCS/OSS - planned for year 2004] DCT Data Collection Technician DD Doubles Detector (on AFCS-DD, 2004) DDC Delivery Distribution Center DDE Dynamic Data Exchange [for CBIT] DDE/DR Distributed Data Entry and Distributed Reporting DDU Destinating Delivery Unit DDU Destination Delivery Unit DEC Deceased (?) (return to sender) DEC Digital Equipment Corporation DEC Division Environmental Coordinator [USPS] DelCon Delivery Confirmation (USPS trace and track service) DEPS Drop Entry Point System [introduced through FAST on June 4, 2006] DESK (UK) DFC Directions For Conducting [examinations by NTAC] DGS Document Generator System [for contracting officers/ USPS Procurement & Supply] DHHS Department of Health and Human Services DHL courier service founded in 1969 by Adrian Dalsey, Larry Hillblom and Robert Lynn (D, H, and L) as a service shuttling bills of lading between San Francisco and Honolulu. Deutsche Post World Net acquired DHL in 2002. Through the purchase of Airborne Express in 2003, DHL became the third largest express service provider in the U.S. DHS Department of Homeland Security DIB Digital Inserter Base DIME Dual Independent Map Encoding [census & ZIP+4 directory] DIOSS Delivery Bar Code Sorter Input / Output SubSystem (the ultimate DBCS upgrade available in 2001 including DBCS/OCR/ISS/OSS) DIOSS Delivery Bar Code Sorter Input Subsystem / Output SubSystem (the ultimate DBCS upgrade available in 2001 including DBCS/OCR/ISS/OSS) DIOSS-EC Delivery Bar Code Sorter Input Subsystem / Output SubSystem Expanded Capability (future DBCS upgrade including DBCS/OCR/ISS/OSS with ability to handle heavier mail) DIS [abbreviation on Area Distribution Center (ADC) mail] DIS (unknown return to sender code) DITA Datapost Inland Tracking and Tracing (UK) DIVA Distributeur de Vignettes dÓAffranchisement (French self service stamp dispenser) DJDE [Xerox print format] DKS Distribution Key Share DL/PB Dead Letter/ Parcel Branch [USPS] DLA Defense Logistics Agency DLL Dynamic Link Library [for CBIT] DLMA Phosphor manufactured by Derby Luminescents of Enfield (mixture of CSA and para amino benzophenone makes a blue-green flash followed by blue phosphorescence) DM Direct Mail DM District Manager DMCS Domestic Mail Classification Schedule [defines mail requirements and rates] DMD [support facility in Washington DC] DMM Domestic Mail Manual (USPS) DMU Detached Mail Unit DN Distribution Networks DNA Deoxyribonucleic acid DNDC Destination Network Distribution Center (2010 was DBMC) DNET Daytime Dedicated Network of postal aircraft DNM Do Not Mail DNO Distribution Networks Office DNO Distribution Networks Operations DO Delivery Office (UK, 2006) DOB Date of Birth DOIS Delivery Operations Information System (August 2000 Board meeting) DOJ Department of Justice DOL Department of Labor DOT Department of Transportation DOV Dispatch of Value (SCF to DDU delivery with DPS mail) DPARS Delivery Performance Achievement and Recognition System (2004 productivity tool based upon top quartile performers) DPB Delivery Point Bar Code (62 bar POSTNET representing 11 digit ZIP) - mail industry DPBC Delivery Point Bar Code (62 bar POSTNET representing 11 digit ZIP) - was ABC DPC Destination Processing Center [new naming convention for inbound mail processing center, 2005; as of 2006, after END is implemented expect 258 LPC / DPC total] DPF Delivery Point File DPMG Deputy Postmaster General DPO Designated Post Office DPO Diplomatic Post Office (2009) DPP Day of Pay Period (1-14) [MODS report abbreviation] DPP Delivery Point Packaging [2002 RFP to sequence flats and first class mail into one package for each delivery point] DPRC Dual Pass Rough Cull System "Barney" DPRCS Dual Pass Rough Cull System "Barney" DPS Delivery Point Sequence DPS Delivery Point Sequencing DPV Delivery Point Validation (a new feature in 2002 for address hygiene) DPV Delivery Point Verification (a new feature in 2002 for address hygiene) DPWN Deutsche Post World Net (2008) DQI Distribution Quality Improvement program (2004- uses commercial databases to improve remote computer reader encode rates) DRDC Destination Regional Distribution Center (2006) DRS Directory Retrieval System DRS (EEO) Dispute Resolution Specialist DSAS Drop Shipment Appointment System (replaced by FAST in 2005) DSAT Diagnostic Service Analysis Testing DSCF Destination Sectional Center Facility DSF Delivery Sequence File [from NAIC] DSI DSI: Driver Safety Instructor DSIS Decision Support Information System DSL Digital Subscriber Line (high speed Internet access on telephone wires such as ADSL, HDSL, SDSL, VDSL) DSMART Delivery Sortation Management Automation Research Tool (USPS software 2007) DSMS Drop Ship Management System [2002] DSU Decision Storage Unit [for RBCS] DSU Directory Search Unit [for AAR, future] DUBCS Delivery Unit Bar Code Sorter [obsolete term, see DBCS] DUSPK Delivery Unit Spare Parts Kit DVD Dominick V. Daniels Facility [Newark's GMF & SDC, formerly NJF] DVED Direct View Encoding Desk DVRS Diversity Reporting System DVT Documentation Verification Team [USPS] DYNAMO Dynamic Network Mails Operation [UK, records collection times at mail boxes] -E- E&TS Engineering & Technology Support department (USPS HQ) E&TSD Engineering & Technology Support Department (USPS HQ) E-COM Electronic Computer Originated Mail [obsolete USPS Registered Trademark] e-VS Electronic Verification System (2003, for postage payment of FedEx SmartPost parcels delivered by USPS - 2005) E40 POSTEC Automatic Letter Sorting Machine (4 rows like DBCS) (UK) EA/PS [? prototype version of RBCS] EAA Enhanced Airline Assignment (2006) EAD Earliest Available Date (2004) eaGLe Excellence in Accounting through the General Ledger program (2003, to replace 20 year old GL) EAP Emergency Action Plan (2004) EAP Employee Assistance Program EAP/WEI Employee Assistance Program / Workplace Environment Improvement (offices merged 2003) EAPBX Electronic Automatic Private Branch Exchange [data transmission internal communications network] EAPWEI see EAP/WEI EAS Executive and Administrative Schedule [upper labor grade levels] EASC Eastern Area Supply Center EBCDIC [a USPS magnetic tape standard based on IBM - ASCII is the another] EBR Employee Badge Reader [for time keeping through PC-CTAPS, RPMS, or DSIS] eBuy USPS e-purchasing system (2003) ECA ElectroCom Automation [vendor to USPS, division of AEG] ECB Engineering Change Board ECCO Electronic Cash Registers at Counters (UK) ECDBCS (see DBCS-EC) ECI Employment Cost Index ECP Efficient Component Pricing ECR Electronic Cash Register (UK machine) ECR Enhanced Carrier Route (~ 2005) ECR Environmental Compliance Review ECRWSS Enhanced Carrier Route Walking Sequence Saturation (2011) ECS Electronic Commerce Services (secure data transmission) ECS Electronic Courier Services (secure data transmission) March 2000 EDC Engineering and Development Center (Merrifield, Virginia) EDCI Electronic Data Interchange EDDM Every Door Direct Mail (2011 saturation direct mail ... 2019 ...) EDED Employee Development and Education Division [of TDD] Edger-Feeder model 500 Edger-Feeder Edger-Feeder model 501A Model 500 with low level mail alert, stripper, shingler EDI Electronic Data Interchange (USPS pub. 109) EDIT Engineering Data Isolation Technique EDL Enhanced Distribution Label (2004 for sack tracking) EDMS Equipment Data Management System [USPS Procurement & Supply] eDoc Electronic Documentation mail submission tool (Mail.dat/Mail.XML) ... 2019 EDP Executive Development Program EDS Electronic Data Systems (vendor to USPS) EDW Enterprise Data Warehouse (2003 for Confirm tracking) EEO Equal Employment Opportunity EEOC Equal Employment Opportunity Commission eFMS Electronic Facilities Management System - performs retail mapping to ensure that Contract Postal Units are located in the most needed and convenient sites to provide retail customers access to postal services EFT Electronic Funds Transfer EI/QWL Employee Involvement/ Quality of Work Life [USPS Glossary] EI/QWL Employee Involvement/ Quality of Working Life EIC Earned Income Credit eIDEAS Employee Ideas (Time and Attendence Collection System)) EIRS Equipment Inventory Reporting System EIS Executive Information System eLEARNING (distance learning platform) ELM Employee and Labor Relations Manual ELSIE Electronic Letter Sorting and Indicating Equipment (UK original SPLSM) EM Express Mail EMA Emergency Management Activity EMA Envelope Manufacturers Association [industry trade association] EMA Equipment Maintenance Allowance [i.e. mileage for private car] EMCA Express Mail Corporate Account EMCM Executive Mail Center Management certification course (first USPS professional certification course) eMIR electronic Mail Improvememt Reporting system [reports problem packages to mailers, 2004] EMIS Express Mail International Service EMM Express Mail Manifesting EMMS Express Mail Military Service EMRDF Electronic Mail Run Data File [information about mail piece for inserters - e.g. Pitney Bowes] EMRS Electronic Marketing Reporting System (Express Mail Usage Tracking) EMS Environmental Management Systems EMS Express Mail (International) Service ENCOMPASS (partial) Computerized Procurement and Supply System(USPS Purchasing and Material Management Information Systems database provides national reporting against COMPASS data, with the exception of solicitations) END Evolutionary Network Development EOM End Of Message [MODS report abbreviation] EOS Employee Opinion Survey EPA Environmental Protection Agency EPCD Entry Point Clearance Document (container based: also known as e8125) EPD Entry Point Discount (2006 with CCID) EPM Electronic Post Mark EPO Entry Post Office ePOBOL Enterprise Post Office Boxes Online (2018 ... 2019 ...) EPP Emergency Preparedness Plan EPPML Extensible Postal Product Model and Language (XML schema for standardized definition of postal products by Pitney Bowes, 2007) EPS Enterprise Payment System (launch 2018 ... 2019). EPS supports multiple payment options, including mobile check deposit, offers more reporting features, and allows customers to manage multiple USPS business functions under one account. Replacing CAPS in 2019 as described below. in 2019 EPS will cover: First-Class Mail®, Letters, Cards, and Flats, Priority Mail, First-Class Package Service, USPS Marketing Mail, Letters, Flats, and Parcels, Parcel Select®, Media Mail®, Library Mail, Bound Printed Matter, Periodicals, International Products, Business Reply Mail (BRM), Every Door Direct Mail (EDDM®), Merchandise Return Service (MRS), Scan Based Payment (SBP), PO Box, Caller & Reserve Services (EPOBOL), and Address Quality Products (AEC, AECII and ACS), submitted via hard copy, eDoc (Mail.dat/Mail.XML), Postal Wizard or the Intelligent Mail® small business (IMsb) Tool.

in 2019 CAPS continues to cover: Electronic Verification System (eVS®), Parcel Return Service (PRS), PC Postage®, Official Mail Accounting System (OMAS), Premium Forwarding Service Commercial (PFSC), Share Mail®, Intelligent Mail barcode Accounting (IMbA), iCAPS, and Remaining Address Quality products. Customers utilizing these products and services will continue to be supported through CAPS. ePUBWATCH Electronic Publication Watch system (2003, complaint tracking and resolution system for periodical mail) ERM Employee Resource Management ERM Enterprise Risk Management (2005) ERM Envelope Reflectance Meter (version III in 2008) ERMC Eastern Region Mail Container eRMS enterprise Resource Management System (automated tracking of sick leave) ERP Enterprise Resource Planning ERP Expanded Return Program (bulk return of dead letter mail to companies) ERRP Ergonomic Risk Reduction Process (2002) ESDS Electro-Static Discharge Sensitive ESP Electronic Sort Processor ESP Entry Schedule for Periodicals (tracks periodicals on-time service) ESP Ergonomic Strategic Partnership (April 4, 2003) EtO Ethylene oxide ETC Electronic Time Clock system [1989 update for manual time card offices] ETOE Extraterrestrial Office of Exchange (in Comprehensive Report to Congress) ETOE Extraterritorial Office of Exchange ETU Engineering Technical Unit EUARS Electronic Uncoded Address Resolution Service (2008 ? changed words) eUARS Electronic Unencoded Address Resolution Service (2007 ? changed words) eUARS Electronic Unencoded Address Resolution System (2003) EV Electric Vehicle EVA Economic Value Added (financial performance figure, affects pay-for-performance calculations) EVPN Enhanced Virtual Private Network (AT&T phone system for USPS, 2007) eVS Electronic Verification System (2003, for postage payment of FedEx SmartPost parcels delivered by USPS - 2005 ... 2019) EWS Early Warning System (USPS 2004 patent alerts mailers to newly created streets and addresses within CASS) EXFC External First-Class Measurement System [Price Waterhouse first class mail on-time delivery reporting system] Express Mail USPS overnight mail [USPS Registered Trademark] EXSEL Excess Serviceable Equipment Listing [USPS Procurement & Supply] EZF Expert ZIP+4 Finder (ZIP Code/ZIP+4+2 address lookup system enables users to search for addresses and obtain matches from the USPS national address database; address matching logic accommodates misspellings, abbreviations, aliases, inaccurate address components - including wrong ZIP Codes - and peculiar local conventions) EZR Expanded ZIP Retrofit [allows 4 keystrokes for ZIP+4 sorts on MPLSM) -F- F&CPP Foreign and Colonial Parcel Post (UK, later I&FPP, now BC&FP) FAA Federal Aviation Authority FAB Feature And Benefit FAP Flats Automation Project (UK, 2009) FAR Federal Acquisition Regulation FARM Flats Automation Requirements Model [2002] FAST Facility Access and Shipment Tracking system (manages drop ship appointments, 2005) FAST Facility Access Shipment and Tracking system (another translation of above) FAST Forecasted Annually Shipped Timely (centralized procurement system) FAT First Article Test FAT Foot Access Test FBO Federal Business Opportunities (replaces CBD in 2004) FCC Federal Communications Commission FCM First Class Mail FCPC First Class Phone Card FCT Facer Canceler Table (UK) [replaces ALF/SEG] FD 5 Digit rate category abbreviation on letter mail key line FDC First Day Cover FECA Federal Employees' Compensation Act FEDR Feeder Enhanced Destacking Retrofit (Comprehensive Report to Congress) FEDR Feeder Enhancement Destacking Retrofit (2003-2004 for AFSM 100) FEDSTRIP Federal Standard Requisitioning and Issue Procedures FEGLI Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance [death benefits] FEHB Federal Employee Health Benefits FEHBP Federal Employee Health Benefits Program FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency FERS Federal Employee Retirement System FET Field Effect Transistor (type of integrated circuit) FFAD Flats Feeder Assist Device (2004) FFB Federal Financing Bank FFM Flats Forwarding Module (CFS-Flats) FFP Firm Fixed Price FFT Flats Forwarding Terminal (in Computerized Forwarding System) FFV Flexible Fuel Vehicle FHP First Handling Pieces FHP/HR First Handling Pieces per clerk/ mail handler work hour [MODS report abbreviation] FHWA Federal Highway Administration [regulates mailbox support sizes for auto safety] FICA Federal Insurance Contributions Act [social security] FICS Flats ID Cost Sort (Comprehensive Report to Congress) FICS Flats Identification Coding System (2004, ID tag for flats without POSTNET on AFSM 100) FICS Flats Identification Code Sort system (2005, ID tag for flats without POSTNET on AFSM 100) FIM Facing Identification Mark FIPS Federal Information Processing Standard county codes FIRES Flat Interim Remote Encoding System (2003) First Class Mail [USPS Registered Trademark] FL Floor (mailing address abbreviation) Flats Canceler model 15 (year 1987) FLSA Fair Labor Standards Act FLTS Flats FMBCR Flat Mail Bar Code Reader [Flats WABCR] FMC Flat Mail Cart [for AFSM 100] FMLA Family and Medical Leave Act FMM Financial Management Manual FMO Field Maintenance Office(s) FMOCR Flat Mail Optical Character Reader FMPCS Fixed Mechanization Process Control System [Scio Systems' hardware/ software system that controls USPS sack, parcel, and large parcel sorting machines; timeshare conveyor systems; container routing (towline) systems; and specialized induction systems in USPS Chicago & Springfield 1992] FMT Flat Mail Tray (USPS FSS video, 2008) FN First-class Nonpresort rate category abbreviation on letter mail key line FOB Free On Board [freight/shipping delivered at no charge to] FOE Forwarding Order Expired (return to sender) FOIA Freedom Of Information Act FON Functional Operation Number (merged with LDCs for MODS and NWRS reporting) Form 3541-N 2nd class special & classroom rate (mailing statement) Form 3541-R 2nd class special regular & agriculture rate (mailing statement) Form 3553 CASS/MASS certification statement Form 3600-N 1st class nonprofit (mailing statement) Form 3600-PC 1st class stamped / metered (mailing statement) Form 3600-R 1st class permit (mailing statement) Form 3602-N 3rd class nonprofit permit (mailing statement) Form 3602-PC 3rd class stamped/ metered (mailing statement) Form 3602-PVN 3rd class plant verified nonprofit permit (mailing statement) Form 3602-PVPC 3rd class plant verified stamped or metered (mailing statement) Form 3602-PVR 3rd class plant verified permit (mailing statement) Form 3602-R 3rd class permit (mailing statement) Form 3605-PC Priority mail meter (mailing statement) Form 3605-R Priority mail permit (mailing statement) Form 3608-PC 4th class meter (mailing statement) Form 3608-R 4th class permit (mailing statement) Form 3615 Mailing Permit Application and Customer Profile (12/2002) [current precancel use permit] Form 3620 Permit To Use Precanceled Stamps or Envelopes (12/1979) [precancel use permit before PS Form 3615 ?] FP Presorted First-class rate category abbreviation on letter mail key line FPA Foreign Postal Administration FPARS Flats Postal Address Redirection System (PARS for flats; tested in Boston Feb 2008; reroutes flats with wrong name at address) FPI Functional Process Improvement FPO Field Post Office [UK] FPO Fleet Post Office [Navy & Marines] FPR Funded Procurement Request FPS Foreign Postal Settlement system (2010) FR [see Telescoping Conveyer model FR] FR Federal Register FRA Field Replaceable Assembly FRCS Federal Reserve Communications System [for funds transfer] FREBO Field Real Estate and Buildings Office (obsolete) FREQ Frequency Code [MODS report abbreviation] FRES Flat Remote Encoding System (2004) FRIP Flats Recognition Improvement Program (2004 - 2009...) FRU Field Replaceable Unit [in equipment] FSA Flexible Spending Account FSC Facilities Service Center FSC Forest Stewardship Council (environmental compliance ratings) FSM Flat Sorting Machine [also see MPFSM] FSM 881 Flat Sorting Machine model 881 FSM 1000 Flat Sorting Machine model 1000 (handles flats which cannot be processed on FSM 881) FSO Facilities Service Offices FSS Flat Sequencing System [Comprehensive Report to Congress] FSS Flats Sequencing System [2002 RFP to sequence flats] FT [see Telescoping Conveyer model FT] FT Flats Terminal (CFS-Flats) FTC Federal Trade Commission FTF Friend to Friend - PLANET code program allows mailing coupons to friends for free FTP File Transfer Protocol (USPS pub. 109) FTS Federal Telecommunications System (see PEN) FY Fiscal Year -G- GAAP Generally Accepted Accounting Principles GAO General Accounting Office (until July 2004) GAO Government Accountability Office (after July 2004) GAO Government Accounting Office (incorrect, correct title is Government Accountability Office) GAPA Guichet d'Affranchisement Postale Automatique (French integrated retail terminal) GAPP Global Air Parcel Post GBF/DIME Geographic Base File/ Dual Independent Map Encoding [census & ZIP+4] GBS Global Business System (made up of 3 smaller systems: GBS-D, GBS-D, IRS) [2007] GBS-D Global Business System Dispatch (part of GBS) [2007] GBS-R Global Business System Receipt (part of GBS) [2007] GCA Graphic Communications Council (developers of MAIL.DAT mailpiece information exchange format) GCA Greeting Card Association GCW Gross Combined Weight GEM Global Express Mail (USPS to 190 countries, 2006) GEPS Global Expedited Package Service GFY Government Fiscal Year (365 days) GHG Greenhouse Gas (emissions) GIS Geographical Information System GIST Greeting, Inquiring, Suggesting, Thanking service initiative [1991] GL General Ledger GLS Global Logistics Systems (subsidiary of UK Royal Mail) GM General Manager GMF General Mail Facility GMFSPK General Mail Facility Spare Parts Kit GMHS General Mail Handling Systems GMS General Mail System GPC General Purpose Container GPL Global Package Link GPM Global Priority Mail for parcels up to 4 pounds (USPS to 190 countries, 2006) GPMC General Purpose Mail Container GPO General Post Office GPO Government Printing Office GPRA Government Performance and Results Act GPS Global Positioning Satellite GPS Global Positioning System GSA General Services Administration GSM Gibbons Stamp Monthly (UK) GTS Diners Club Government Travel System GUI Graphical User Interface [e.g. Macintosh and Windows] GXG Global Express Guaranteed (USPS partnership with FedEx to 190 countries, 2006) -H- H [see Portable conveyer model H] H.R. 22 House Resolution 22 [PAEA - Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act signed December 20, 2006 as P.L. 109-435 merging the House Bill (H.R. 22) and the Senate bill (S. 662)] Hamper Dumper Transfers loose collection mail in hampers to any hopper type conveyer HAO Host Adminsitrative Office USPS HASP Hub And Spoke Program (14 facilities in 2006 before END implemented) HASP Hub And Spoke Project terminal [truck to truck transfer program] HAZMAT Hazardous Material HB Hotchkiss-Brandt (manufacturer) HCAP Highway Corridor Analytic Program (USPS and IBM, 2008) HCR Highway Contract Route HCR-TCP Highway Contract Route Transportation Pay Cycle HDQ Headquarters [USPS] HDSL High-bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line (1.5 Mbps high speed Internet access on telephone wires) HEPA High-Efficiency Particulate Air (air filtration category) HJR House Joint Resolution (Congress) HM1 [French Sorting Machine modular construction 32 - 256 boxes] HMS [French Sorting Machine modular construction simplified 32 - 160 boxes] HNAM Hidden Markov Model (character recognition in Siemens OCR Adaptive Read system) HPO Head Post Office (UK - is CDO, LDO or PDO since 1986) HPO Highway Post Office HQ Headquarters [USPS] HQO Headquarters Originator [used to designate source of documentation] HR Human Resources HR 22 House Resolution 22 [PAEA - Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act signed December 20, 2006 as P.L. 109-435 merging the House Bill (H.R. 22) and the Senate bill (S. 662)] HRIS Human Resources Information System HSCB High Security Collection Box (~ 2003) HSCBU High Security Cluster Box Unit (Comprehensive Report to Congress) HSIU High Speed Induction Unit (at BMU with barcode readers, 2007) HSSM High Speed Sorting Machine (UK) HVAC Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning HWAI Hand Written Address Interpretation, it runs with the RCR HWDC Heathrow World Distribution Centre (UK, 2008 -I- I&FPP Imperial and Foreign Parcel Post (UK, was F&CPP, then I&FPP, now BC&FP) I&I Occupational Safety and Health Administration Injuries and Illnesses report IA Insufficient address (return to sender) IAFCS Integrated Advanced Facer Canceler System IAPO International Association of Privacy Officers IARAP Interim Alternate Route Adjustment Process (2009) IAS International Accounting System IAW In Accord With [statement of work] IBA Ion Beam Applications company (irradiates mail for USPS) IBD Intermediate Block Diagram IBI Information Based Indicia barcode (since 1998) IBIP Information Based Indicia Program IBI-RP Information Based Indicia Revenue Protection IBM International Business Machines (vendor to USPS) IBRS International Business Reply Service IBSS Information Business Systems Solutions IBU International Business Unit ICAPS International Centralized Automated Payment System probably retiring in 2019 like CAPS ICC Interstate Commerce Commission ICFR Internal Controls over Financial Reporting ICG Internal Control Group (2003) ICOA Internet Change Of Address (USPS / Imagitas strategic alliance program started Nov. 2001) ICS ID code sortation (allows BCS to sort using flourescent ID tages as well as POSTNET barcode) ICS ID Tag Code Sort ICS Identification Code Sort ICU Image Control Unit (IPU/IPSS) for RBCS [enhances connection from ISS to IPU] ID Identification IDCS/CT Identification Code Sort / Code Track (1998 award to Siemens to use ID tag barcode and POSTNET barcode for tracking and sorting) IDE Internet Engineering Design IDIQ Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract (open purchase order) IDLH Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health [see RPP and 29 CFR 1910.134] IDR Integrated Dispatch and Receipt (2005) IDS ID Code Sortation IDS Integrated Data System (collects mail processing data in a facility; upgraded in 2002) IE Industrial Engineering IED Improvised Explosive Device IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers [professional & standards group] IEMP Integrated Emergency Management Plan (2004) IEO International Exchange Office IEPP Integrated Emergency Preparedness Plan (2004) IFB Invitation For Bid IG Inspector General (USPS) II [see CFS II] II [see Mark II Facer-Canceler] II [see OSHA I&I] IJC Ink Jet Canceller (on AFCS-IJC, 2004) IJP Ink Jet Printer IJP Ink Jet Printing ILL Illegible (?) (return to sender) ILS In Line Scale (~ 2005) iLSM intelligent Letter Sorting Machine (UK, 2008) ILSS Integrated Logistics Support System ILV Integrated Video/ OCR System (AEG 1992) ILV Integrierte Automatische Lese-und Videocoderanlage (Germany 1989, RBCS) IMAG International Mailers Action Group (2006) IMAQ Intelligent Mail and Address Quality group in USPS (new, Feb 2003; Tom Day is senior VP of group as of Jan, 2008) IMb Intelligent Mail Barcode (4 state barcode USA) IMB Intelligent Mail Barcode (4 state barcode USA 2007) IMB International Mail Branches (USPS) IMbA Intelligent Mail barcode Accounting (... 2018 ... 2019 ...) IMbcs Intelligent Mail container barcode (2009) IMBs Intelligent Mail Barcodes (2009) IMC Image Capture Unit IMC International Mail Centre (Hong Kong, 2006) IMcb Intelligent Mail Container Barcode (21 character barcode meeting GS1-128 specification including valid mailer ID and unique serial number, USPS 2009) IMD Intelligent Mail Device (30,000 scanners installed by 2007) IMDAS Intelligent Mail Data Acquisition System IME In-Mail-Equivalency (the amount a marketer can spend per direct mail piece to equal a stated on-line advertising click cost) 2007 IMF Incoming Mail Facility IMHS Integrated Mail Handling System (e.g. IMHS dumper is the mail container dumper at BMC) IM Intelligent Mail IMM International Mail Manual [USPS] IMMS Intelligent Mail Measurement System IMP Integrated Mail Processor (UK Royal Mail & New Zealand: single unit CFC to sorter, 1996) IMPAC International Merchant Purchase Authorization Card IMPC Independent Mail Processing Center [i.e. North Metro Ga.] IMPex IMP reduced version (UK) IMPEX IMP reduced version (UK) IMR Intelligent Mail Range record (2008, IMB program) IMsB Intelligent Mail® small business Tool (2018 ... 2019 ...) IMtbs Intelligent Mail tray (?) barcode (2009) IMU Intelligent Mail University (2008) INET ? Internet Wang address / network (Wang product) INTELPOST International Electronic Post [USPS Registered FAX Trademark] INV Inventory [MODS report abbreviation] IOB Inventory Operation Branch (of NICC) IOCS In-Office Cost System IOS Interoperability Specifications (data transmission among automation equipment sets (2004) IOSS Input/ Output Subsystem for Remote Bar Code System (RBCS) including ISS, ICU, IPU, DSU, SCC, OSS IPA International Pilot's Association IPA International Priority Airmail service IPA/ISAL International Priority Airmail /International Surface Air Lift service IPC International Postal Corporation (a cooperative association of 23 national postal operators in Europe, North America, Asia Pacific and accounting for 80% of the world's mail in 2007 IPCS International Package Consignment Service IPP In-Person Proofing at Post Offices Program (2004, identity confirmation for digital certificate) IPP Irregular Parcels and Pieces IPR In-Process Review (review requirements with USPS to avoid rejections of deliverables) IPS In Plant Support (analyst) IPS Inward Primary Sorting (UK) IPSIM Interactive Postal Simulator [obsolete] IPSS Image Processing SubSystem for RBCS including ICU, SCC, DSU IPU & Audit IPU Image Processing Unit for RBCS IRBC Information Rich Barcode [proposed 3 state barcode] IRM Integrated Resource Management IRMD Information Resource Management Department (of ITSC) IRS Internal Revenue Service (USA federal tax department) IRS International Reconciliation System (part of Global Business System) [2007] IRT Integrated Retail Terminal (replaced by POS ONE, 2004) IRT/BCA Integrated Retail Terminal/ Bank Card Acceptance ISAL International Surface Air Lift ISBN International Standard Book Number ISC Information Service Center ISC International Service Centers (5 as of 2006 before END implemented) ISIC International Standard Industrial Classification (United Nations Statistical Office's version of USA's SIC and NAICS codes) ISS Input SubSystem ISS International Symbology Specification (USPS pub. 109) for barcode ISS AFCS Input SubSystem for Advanced Facer Canceler System [future procurement] ISS MLOCR Input SubSystem for MLOCR [future procurement] ISS RBCS Input SubSystem for RBCS [future procurement] ISSC Information Systems Service Center ISSN International Standard Serial Number ISSP Incoming Secondary Sort Program IT Information Technology ITA US Commerce Department International Trade Administration (2010) ITC Integrated Tray Converter (FSS) ITIL Information Technology Infrastructure Library ITK Infrastructure Tool Kit ITSC IRMD Telecommunications Support Center (field units of NISSC) ITSC Chicago regional IRMD Telecommunications Support Center ITSC Memphis regional IRMD Telecommunications Support Center ITSC Philadelphia regional IRMD Telecommunications Support Center ITSC San Bruno regional IRMD Telecommunications Support Center ITSC Windsor regional IRMD Telecommunications Support Center IVR Interactive Voice Response IVS Inward Vouching Office (UK) -J- JCAM Joint Contract Administration Manual (5th edition in 2004 for USPS-NALC) JIFFI Job Instruction File Format for Industry (created by GCA, 1999) JIT Just In Time JSA Job Safety Analysis (report) -K- KBS Knowledge Based System [in TOPS for DBCS launch] KBS/OLR Knowledge Based System/ On Line Reference [in TOPS for DBCS launch] KCE Knowledge Centered Environment KPER Keyer Performance Evaluation Review [remote encoding perfomance measuring software] KPI Keystrokes Per Image [video encoding 2002] KPG Kahala Posts Group (2010: international alliance of national posts of Australia, China, France, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Spain, UK, and USA) KSA Knowledge, Skill, or Ability [USPS career guide] -L- L [see Portable conveyer model L] L&DC Logistics and Distribution Center (priority mail processing center ; possibly also used as temperory facility when another facility is being renovated; 11 in 2006 before END implemented with 258 LPC / DPC expected afterwards) L-mail Letter Mail (hybrid mail from l-mail.com, 2004) L-O-T Line Of Travel (delivery sequence) LA Lock Andrus (lock or key) LACS Locatable Address Conversion System (converts from RR to "911 addressing" street name addresses, 2004) LACSLINK Locatable Address Conversion LINK for address correction (USPS, 2004) LAM Lock Assembly Machine(robotic machine that operates on software integrated circuits that sends and receives data from the computer to a signal controller interface (to make Arrow locks)) LAMM Late arrival managed mail (per JKB) LAMPS Labor And Management Partners LAN Local Area Network LC Lettres et Cartes (international letters and cards) LCD Liquid Crystal Display LCD Local Consignment Deport (UK) LCTS Low Cost Tray Sorter (2002) LD Lethal Dose LDC Labor Distribution Code (of National Work hour Reporting System) LDO Letter District Office (UK, was HPO before 1986) LDU Level Distribution Unit for Delivery Bar Code Sorter (DBCS - Martin Marietta) LF Lead Facilitator LID Luminescent Indicia Detector LIS Letter Information Sample (UK mail sample in LIS) LIS Letter Information System (UK system until 1989 for mail quality sampling) LLV Long Life Vehicle (Grumman) LMCSS Letter Mail Code Sort System (Cincinnati 1971) USPS put 'IBM card' style barcode patterns on the backs of envelopes for sortation which can best be seen with UV light and later put black tall / short bar patterns on the front of the envelopes for sortation LMI Logistics Management Institute LMLM Letter Mail Labeling Machine (white label applicator to cover incorrect barcodes) LMRI Letter Mail Readability Index LMS Learning Management System (2003, web based learning) LOT Line-of-Travel LPC Label Print Center (in Topeka, makes bar coded tray labels) LPC Label Printing Center (in Topeka, makes bar coded tray labels) LPC Local Processing Center [outbound, new naming convention, 2005] LPD Local Parcel Depot (UK) LPS Local Property and Supply System (USPS Purchasing and Material Management Information Systems database contains local site inventory, property, and purchasing records.) LQM Linear quality mark (UK 2008) LREP Letter Recognition Enhancement Program LSA Libre Service d'Affranchisement (French self service weighing & labeling machine) LSM Letter Sorting Machine (UK, 2006, automated barcode sorting machine, e.g. NP4000) LSM Letter Sorting Machine (USA, ~1970-1990, mechanized manual data entry letter sorting machine, e.g. SPLSM, MPLSM) LSS Lean Six Sigma (2008) LSSK Local Site Spares Kit LTATS Loan, Transfer, and Training System [now includes FON codes] LTL less-than-truckload (e.g. FedEx National LTL, a new long-haul less-than-truckload service (2007) LULAC League of United Latin American Citizens LUR Labor Utilization Report United States Postal Service Abbreviations Glossary A - L (here) United States Postal Service Abbreviations Glossary M - Z United States Postal Service Abbreviations Glossary Numeric DBQ auctions