Amendmenat 0002 Attachment E Glossary of Terms.pdf

ATTACHMENT E

GLOSSARY OF TERMS

ADMINISTRATIVE, PROPERTY

MANAGEMENT, DRAFTER/CAD, AND

ENGINEERING SUPPORT SERVICES

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Glossary of Terms

ACOR Alternate Contracting Officer's Representative - Acts on behalf of the COR when not available.

ATAAPS Automated Time Attendance and Production System - Western Area Power Administration employee time and attendance system.

CHRIS Corporate Human Resource Information System is The Department of Energy maintains integrated human resource (HR) information systems that serve about 13,000 Federal employees and 22 personnel offices.

co Contracting Officer - A person with the authority to enter into, administer, and/or terminate contracts and make related determinations and findings.

Concur Concur is a web-based, end to end travel service that provides federal travelers with automated travel planning and reimbursement capabilities.

COOP Continuity of Operations - a plan to ensure the continuity of an organization COR Contracting Officer's Representative - A contracting officer may designate government personnel to act as authorized representatives for such functions as providing to contractors technical direction, government-furnished property and other resources, property administration, inspection, approvals, and other functions, but not involving a change in the scope, price, terms or conditions of the contract.

HQ Head Quarters located in Lakewood Colorado.

DOE The United States Department of Energy (DOE) is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government concerned with the United States' policies regarding energy and safety in handling nuclear material. Its responsibilities include the nation's nuclear weapons program, nuclear reactor production for the United States Navy, energy conservation, energy-related research, radioactive waste disposal, and domestic energy production.

FERC Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. FERC is an independent regulatory agency within the United States Department of Energy

FIMS Financial Information Management System - Western Area Power Administration financial system.

FTR Federal Travel Regulation - The regulation contained in 41 Code of Federal Regulations (CPR), Chapters 300 through 304, which implements statutory requirements and Executive branch policies for travel by Federal civilian employees and others authorized to travel at Government expense

GSA General Services Administration is an independent agency of the United States government, established in 1949 to help manage and support the basic functioning of federal agencies.

HR Human Resources or Personnel Resource Office

LAN Local Area Network - local computer network for system operations MAXIMO Western Area Power Administration Maintenance system.

MSDS Material Safety Data Sheets - Summary of the health hazards of the material and associated recommended safe work practices.

NERC The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), a nonprofit corporation, that oversees eight regional reliability entities and encompasses all of the interconnected power systems of the contiguous United States, Canada and a portion of Baja California in Mexico.

OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration, a federal agency of the United States that regulates workplace safety and health

OWCP Office of Workers' Compensation Programs administers four major disability compensation programs which provide wage replacement benefits, medical treatment, vocational rehabilitation and other benefits to certain workers or their dependents who experience work-related injury or occupational disease.

PMO Property Management Officer - Responsible for the property program PWS Performance Work Statement - A requirements document for services.

QASP Quality Assurance Plan - Contractual performance measurement plan to assure quality of contract.

RFP Request for proposal is a solicitation made, often through a bidding process, by an agency or company interested in procurement of a commodity, service or valuable asset, to potential suppliers to submit business proposals

UGPR Upper Great Plains Region is is one of four regions of the Western Area Power Administration.

WAPA Western Area Power Administration, an agency of DOE (see DOE above).