SSA Acronyms (Printable WORD document)

1 SSA Acronyms A. AAC Assistant Associate Commissioner AARF Additional Adjusted Reduction Factor ABAP Abbreviated Application Process ABO Adjusted Blind Onset ABON Assistance Based On Need AC Associate Commissioner AC Appeals Council ACAPS Appeals Council Automated Processing System ACE Average Current Earnings AC-PIR Associate Commissioner for the OPIR. ACT Social Security Act ADP Automated Data Processing ADPOS ADP Operations Section AERO Automatic Earnings Reappraisal Operation AET Annual Earnings Test AF Advance File AFDC Aid to Families with Dependent Children (Changed to TANF in 1996). AFGE American Federation of Government Employees AIME Average Indexed Monthly Earnings AIMS Administrative Instructions Manual System AJS Automated Job Stream AJS 3 Automated Job Stream Earnings Enforcement AJS-1 Automated Job Stream AERO.

2 ALJ Administrative Law Judge ALLO Allocation AMD Allegation Management Division AME Average Monthly Earnings AMRS Archives Maintenance and Retrieval Section AMT Amount AMW Average Monthly Wage AP Alternate Participants APO Award Processing Operation APQB Assistance Program Quality Branch APRB Administrative Payments and Recovery Branch AR Acquiescence Ruling ARC Assistant Regional Commissioner ARF Adjusted Reduction Factor ASC Area System Coordinator AUX Auxiliary Beneficiary AV Actual Value AWIC Area Work Incentive Coordinator AWR Annual Wage Report B. BA Benefit Authorizer BCI Blind Countable Income BDC Benefit Denial Code BEER Beneficiary Earnings Exchange Record BENDATA State Beneficiary Data File BENDEX Beneficiary and Earnings Data Exchange BESORBIT Beneficiary Exchange State Orbit File BEST Benefit Estimate Screening Test BET Benefit Earnings Technician BEVE Beneficiary Verification BIC Beneficiary Identification Code BIF Beneficiaries In Force BIR Beneficiary Initiated Recomputation BL Black Lung BM Budget Month BOAN Beneficiary's Own account Number BOSSN Beneficiary's own Social Security Number BOUD Beneficiary overpayment/underpayment data BPA

3 Blanket Purchase Agreement BRI Benefit Rate Increase BTE Benefit Technical Examiner BWE Blind Work Expenses C. CA Claims Authorizer CAN claim account Number CAN Common Accounting Number (for SSA components). CAPS claim Automated Process System CAQCR Claims Authorizer Quality Customer Representative CAR Corrective Action Recommendation CASA Commendable Act or Service Award CCM Current Computation Month CCS Case Control System CDB Childhood Disability Beneficiary CDI Continuing Disability Investigation CDR Continuing Disability Review CEXMAR Current Excess Money Amount of Reduction CFM Combined Family Maximum CFR Case File Review CFR Code of Federal Regulations CHIP Customer Help Information Program CHK Check Amount CHR Center for Human Resources CICS Customer Information Control System CIND Correction

4 Indicator CIRHBA Coal Industry Retirees Health Benefits Act CIRP Comprehensive Integrity Review Process CISS Center for Integrity and Security Support (*Now CSI). CIT Center for Information Technology CLACON Claims Control Operation CM Computation month CMA Current Month Accrual CMAR Current Money Amount of Reduction CMBA Current Monthly Benefit Amount CMIA Centralized Material Intake Area CMP Claims Modernization Project CMR Center for Material Resources Support CMRV Current Market Rental Value CMS Centers for medicare & Medicaid Services CMS Claims Manual Section CMV Current Market Value CO Central Office COCO Claims Orbit and Control Operation COL Cost-of-Living COLA Cost-of-Living Adjustment COM Current Operating Month COMB CK Combined Check COMP Computation

5 CPI Consumer Price Index CPIA Current Primary Insurance Amount CPL Couple CPMS Case Processing Management System CPMT Combined Payment CPS Critical Payment System CPS Center for Program Support CR Claims Representative CREX Current Reduced Excess CS Civil Service CSA Civil Service Annuity CSAMT Civil Service Amount CSAMTEFFDT Civil Service Amount Effective Date CSAWDTE Civil Service Award Date CSC Computer Sciences Corporation CSCAN Civil Service claim Number CSDOE Civil Service Date of Eligibility CSI Center for Security and Integrity CSL Center for Systems and Logistics (*Now CIT). CSOB Computer Systems Operations Branch CSRS Civil Service Retirement System CSV Cash Surrender Value CSWEP Civil Service Windfall Elimination Provision CT Case Technician CUR Current Unreduced Rate CUREX Current Unreduced Excess CW Covered Wages CY Computation Years D.

6 DAB Disability Analysis Branch DAC Disabled Adult Child (Obsolete! Use CDB, listed above, if possible). DACUS Death Alert, Control and Update System DAO Division of Adjustment Operations DAPEQ Division of Assistance Program Eligibility Quality DAPPQ Division of Assistance Program Post Eligibility Quality DCC Division of Certification and Coverage DCEE Division of Client, Enumeration, and Exchanges DCF Disability Control File DCFAM Deputy Commissioner for Finance, Assessment and Management DCM Disability Claims Manager DCMWC Division of Coal Mine Workers' Compensation DCN Double Check Negotiation DCO Deputy Commissioner for Operations DCOSS Deputy Commissioner for Operation and Support Staff DCPI Department of Congressional and Public Inquiries DCR Debt Contact Represenative DCS Deputy Commissioner for Systems DDO Division of Disability Operations DDPO Division of Data Processing Operations DDS Disability Determination Services DDSO Division of Direct Service Operations DDTF Delinquent Debt Trigger File DE Disability Examiner DEC Disability Examiner Consultant

7 DEEA Division of Earnings, Eligibility and Accountability DEO Division of Earnings Operations, OCRO (now DEEA). DEQY Detailed Earnings Query DERO Division of Earnings Records Operations DES Division of Employer Services DHHS Department of Health and Human Services DHS Department of Homeland Security DI Disability Insurance DIB Disability Insurance Benefits DICCS Disability Insurance Case Control System DIET Division of Integration and Environmental Testing DIO Division of International Operations DIWO Disability Insurance - Worker/Child DL Drivers License DLI Date Last Insured DM Divisor Months DMAX Disability Family Maximum DMB Debt Management Branch DMC Disabled Minor Child DMS Debt Management System DNH

8 Deceased Number Holder DO Disability Onset DO District Office DOB Date of Birth DOCS Distributed Online Correspondence System DOD Date of Death DOD Disability Onset Date DOD District Office Designator DOEC Current Date of Entitlement DOED First Month of Entitlement to DIB. DOEI Initial Date of Entitlement DOJ Department of Justice DOL Department of Labor DOS Division of Operations Support DP Due process DPB Data Processing Branch DPD Deferred payment date DPMT Date of Payment DPO Due process overpayment DPOT Due process overpayment type DPRD Due process recovery due date DQB Disability Quality Branch DQTV Division of Quality Testing and Validation DRC Delayed Retirement Credit DREA Direct Remittance Amount DRO Division of Registration Operations DRUSR Division of Records Use and State Reporting DS Debt Specialist DSE Development and Support Examiner DSE Disability Support

9 Examiner DUMAS Daily Update Master Accounting System DWA Due process Withholding Amount DWB Disabled Widow(er) Benefits E. EA Exempt Amount EAD Employment Authorization Document EAM Electronic Accounting Machine EC Earnings Computation, Modernized claim System EC Eligible Couple ECB Employer Classification Branch ECO External Collection Operation EDB Enrollment Data Base EDCS Electronic Disability Collect System EE Excess Earnings EFT Electronic Fund Transfer EII Event Index Identifier EIN Employer Identification Number EITC Earned Income Tax Credit EM Earnings Modernization EMW Effective Month of Withholding EN Earned income EPB Earnings Processing Branch EPE Extended Period of Eligibility ER Earnings Record ERB Earnings Reports Branch ERF Earnings Reference File ERISA Employee Retirement Income Security Act ES Eligible Spouse ESA

10 Employment Standards Administration ESF Earnings Suspense File ESRD End-Stage-Renal Disease ETD Effective Tax Date EUS Earnings Utilization System EV Equity Value EVNT PHUS Event EWD Employees With Disabilities EXR Expedited Reinstatement EXTRA Extraneous F. FA Files Assistant FAM Federal amount FARC Federal Archives and Records Center FBR Federal benefit rate FCER Full Claims Earnings Record FCI Federal Countable Income FCMSHA Federal Coal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1969. FDDS Federal Disability Determination Services FDU Federal Division Unit FEC Federal eligibility code FEC Federal eligibility computation FECA Federal Employees' Compensation Act FED Federal FERS Federal Employees' Retirement System FHLRD First History Location Receipt Date FICA Federal Insurance Contribution Act FLA Federal living arrangement FLD Date claim File Received FMAX Family Maximum FMS Financial Management Staff FO Field Office FOIA Freedom Of Information Act FOLO Field Office Locator FOM First Of the Month FR Field Review FRA Full Retirement Age FRC Federal Records Center FSA Family Services