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ABE Adult Basic Education
ACINet America's Career Info Net
ACRN America's Career Resource Network
ACS American Community Survey (Census)
ADA Americans with Disabilities Act
AFDC Aid to Families of Dependent Children
AFL-CIO American Federation of Labor - Congress of Industrial Organizations
AFSCME American Federation of State, County, & Municipal Employees
AHS American Housing Survey (Census)
ALMIS America's Labor Market Information System (obsolete)
ARS Annual Refiling Survey
ASU Area of Substantial Unemployment
ASVAB Armed Services Vocational Aptitute Battery
AWN America's Workforce Network
AWW Average Weekly Wage
BAT Bureau of Apprenticeship & Training, US Dept. of Labor
BEA US Bureau of Economic Analysis
BLS US Bureau of Labor Statistics
CAHEA Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation
CAP Community Action Program
CBSA Core Based Statistical Area
CDP Census Designated Place
CES Current Employment Statistics
CEU Continuing Education Unit
CEW Covered Employment & Wages (statistics)
CIDS Career Information Delivery System
CIP Classification of Instructional Programs
CMSA Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area (obsolete)
COBRA Consolidated Omnibus Budged Reconciliation Act (1986)
COLA Cost of Living Adjustment
CPI Consumer Price Index
CPI-U CPI for All Urban Consumers
CPI-W CPI for Urban Wage Earners & Clerical Workers
CPS Current Population Survey
CRCS Consumer Report Card System
DHHS NH Department of Health and Human Services
DOL US Department of Labor
DOLETA US Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration
DOT Dictionary of Occupational Titles (obsolete)
DPI Disposable Personal Income
DUA Disaster Unemployment Assistance
DVOP Disabled Veterans' Outreach Program
ECI Employment Cost Index
EEO Equal Employment Opportunity
EEOC Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
EIN Employer Identification Number
ELMIB Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau
ESL English as a Second Language
EOE Equal Opportunity Employer
ERISA Employee Retirement Income Security Act (1974)
ESR Employer Service Representative (NHES)
ETA US Employment and Training Administration
FAQ Frequently Asked Questions
FEIN Federal Employment Indentification Number
FICA Federal Income Contributions Act
FIPS Federal Information Processing Standards
FLC Foreign Labor Certification
FLSA Fair Labor Standards Act (1938)
FMLA Family Medical Leave Act (1993)
FOIA Freedom of Information Act of 1974
FRB Federal Reserve Board
FROI First Report of Injury (Workers' Compensation)
FSCPE Federal-State Cooperative Program for Population Estimates
FT Full-Time
FTE Full Time Equivalent
FTP File Transfer Protocol
FUTA Federal Unemployment Tax Act
FY Fiscal Year
GATB General Aptitute Test Battery
GATT General Agreements on Tariffs & Trade
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GED General Equivalency Diploma
GIS Geographic Information System
GNP Gross National Product
GPS Global Positioning System
GSP Gross State Product
HTML Hyper Text Markup Language
HUD US Department of Housing and Urban Development
IAWP International Association of Workforce Professionals
IEP Individualized Education Program
ILO International Labor Organization
IMF International Monetary Fund
IPEDS Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
ITA/ETP Individual Training Account/Eligible Training Provider
JMA Joint Maintenance Agreement (school district management)
JMS Job Match System
JOLTS Job Openings & Labor Turnover Survey
JTPA Job Training Partnership Act (obsolete)
KSA Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
LAUS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
LED Local Employment Dynamics (Census)
LEHD Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics
LFPR Labor Force Participation Rate
LMA Labor Market Area
LMI Labor Market Information
LSA Labor Surplus Area
LVER Local Veterans' Employment Representative
MCD Minor Civil Division
MLS Mass Layoff Statistics
MSA Metropolitan Statistical Area (obsolete)
MSFW Migrant & Seasonal Farm Worker
MWR Multiple Worksite Report
NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement
NAICS North American Industrial Classification System
NASWA National Association of State Workforce Agencies
NCES National Center for Education Statistics, US Department of Education
NEC Not Elsewhere Classified
NECMA New England County Metropolitan Area
NECTA New England City and Town Area
NHCRN New Hampshire Career Resource Network
NHEP New Hampshire Employment Program
NHES New Hampshire Employment Security
NIPA National Income and Products Accounts
NLRB National Labor Relations Board
NSA Not Seasonally Adjusted
NSCITE NH WORKS Source for Consumer Information on Training and Education

O*Net

 Occupational Information Network
OASDI Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (Social Security)
OEP NH Office of Energy and Planning
OES Occupational Employment Statistics
OJT On-the-Job Training
OMB US Office of Management and Budget
OOH Occupational Outlook Handbook
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OTM Over-the-Month
OTY Over-the-Year
P.L. Public Law (United States)
PACIA Performance Accountability and Consumer Information Agency
PCDI Per Capita Disposable Income
PCI Per Capita Income
PCPI Per Capita Personal Income
PDF Portable Document Format
PI Personal Income
PMSA Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area (obsolete)
PPI Producer Price Index
PT Part-Time
PUMA Public Use Microdata Area
PUMS Public Use Microdata Sample
PY Program Year
QCEW Quarterly Census of Employment & Wages
QWI Quarterly Workforce Indicators (Census)
RFP Request for Proposal
ROTC Reserve Officer Training Corps
RPC Regional Planning Commission
RSA Revised Statutes Annotated (New Hampshire Law)
SA Seasonally Adjusted
SAU School Administrative Unit
SBA Small Business Administration
SCORE Service Corps of Retired Executives
SDA Service Delivery Area
SDC State Data Center
SIC Standard Industrial Classification (obsolete)
SIPP Survey of Income and Program Participation
SOC Standard Occupational Classification
SOICC State Occupational Information Coordinating Committee (obsolete)
SPI State Personal Income
SROI Subsequent Report of Injury (Workers' Compensation)
SSA Social Security Administration
SSI Supplemental Security Income
SSN Social Security Number
STF Summary Tape File (Census data)
STW School-to-Work
SUTA State Unemployment Tax Act
TAA Trade Adjustment Assistance
TANF Transitional Assistance for Needy Families
TDD Telecommunications device for the deaf
TDE Touch-tone Data Entry
TIGER Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing
TJTC Targeted Jobs Tax Credit
TQM Total Quality Management
TTY Telephone typewriter
UC Unemployment Compensation
UCFE Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees
UCX Unemployment Compensation for Ex-Service Members
UI Unemployment Insurance
URL Uniform Resource Locator
VA Veterans Administration
VETS Veterans Employment & Training Service
VISTA Volunteers in Service to America
VR Vocational Rehabilitation
WARN Workers Adjustment & Retraining Notification
WIA Workforce Investment Act of 1998
WIB Workforce Investment Board
WIC Workforce Information Council
WOC Workforce Opportunities Council
WOTC Work Opportunity Tax Credit
WPI Wholesale Price Index
WRIS Wage Record Interchange System
YTD Year-to-Date

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