Acronyms

AA American Airlines
ABAAmerican Bar Association
ABXAirborne Express
A-caseAn NMB designation for a Mediation case
ACRAssociation for Conflict Resolution
ACREAssociation of Commuter Rail Employees
ADRAlternative Dispute Resolution
ADRSAlternative Dispute Resolution Services
AEAmerican Eagle
AFAAssociation of Flight Attendants
AFL-CIOAmerican Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
AFRAir Freight Representatives
AFSCMEAmerican Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
AIRCON Industrial Relations Conference
ALI-ABAAmerican Law Institute-American Bar Association
ALPA Air Line Pilots Association
AMFA Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association
AMTRAK National Railroad Passenger Corporation (NRPC)
AMTTI AirTran Maintenance Technical Training Instructors
APA Allied Pilots Association
APFA Association of Professional Flight Attendants
ARASA America Railway and Airway Supervisors Association
ARB Arbitration
ATDA American Train Dispatchers Association
ATDD American Train Dispatchers Department (BLET)
BCW Brotherhood of Communication Workers
BLET Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen
BMWE Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes [Employees]
BMWED Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division
BNSF Burlington Northern and Sante Fe
BPD Bureau of Public Debt
BRC Brotherhood of Railway Carmen
BRS Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen
CA Confidential Assistant
CBA Collective Bargaining Agreement
CFO Chief Financial Officer
CIO Chief Information Officer
CLE Continuing Legal Education
CMI Continental Micronesia
COOP Continuity of Operations Plan
COS Chief of Staff
CP Canadian Pacific
SCRU Coalition of Rail Unions
CSR Customer Service Representative
CSX/CSXTCSX Transportation, Inc.
CWA Communication Workers of America
D&H Delaware and Hudson
DC District of Columbia
DEN Denver International Airport
EO Executive Order
F-case An ADR designation for Facilitation cases (F and F-ODR)
F&O Firemen & Oilers
FAA Federal Aviation Association
FAR Federal Acquisition Regulation
FFMIA Federal Financial Management Improvement Act
FISMA Federal Information Security Management Act
FMFIA Federal Managers’ Financial Integrity Act of 1982
FOIA Freedom of Information Act
FPS Facilitative Problem Solving
FUI Findings Upon Investigation
FY Fiscal Year
GAAP Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
GAO Government Accountability Office
GC General Counsel
GLOWS Accounting System Used by NMB
GM Grievance Mediation
GM-caseAn ADR designation for Grievance Mediation cases (GM and GM-ODR)
GPRA Government Performance and Results Act
GSA General Services Administration
HERE Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union
IAM International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers
IAMAW International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers
IBEW International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
IBT International Brotherhood of Teamsters
IFPTE International Federation of Professional & Technical Engineers
IHB Indiana Harbor Belt
JD Juris Doctor (Doctor of Law)
MBCR Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad
MD Maryland
MI Michigan
MPI Mileage Plus, Inc.
MRL Montana Rail Link
NA Not Applicable
NCCC National Carrier’s Conference Committee
NCFO National Conference of Firemen and Oilers
NJASAP NetJets Association of Shared Aircraft Pilots
NLRA National Labor Relations Act
NLRB National Labor Relations Board
NMB National Mediation Board
no&gctuNew Orleans & Gulf Coast Trainmen’s Union
NPRM Notice of Public Rulemaking
NRAB National Railroad Adjustment Board
NRLC National Railway Labor Conference
NRPC National Railroad Passenger Corporation (AMTRAK)
OA Office of Administration
OAS Office of Arbitration Services
ODR Online Dispute Resolution
OLA Office of Legal Affairs
OMAS Office of Mediation and ADR Services
OMB Office of Management and Budget
OP Outreach and Promotion
OP-caseAn ADR designation for Outreach OP and OP-ODR cases
OPEIU Office and Professional Employees International Union
OPM Office of Personnel Management
ORD Chicago O’Hare Int’l Airport
OVC Online Video Conferencing
PAR Pan Am Railways
PATH Port Authority Trans Hudson
PEB Presidential Emergency Board
PLB Public Law Board
POA&M Plans of Action and Milestones
sPRLBC Passenger Rail Labor Bargaining Coalition
PSA PSA Airlines
R-case An NMB designation for a Representation case
RDM Records and Document Management
RIM Records and Information Management
RLA Railway Labor Act
RLBC Rail Labor Bargaining Coalition
RR Railroad
SBA Special Board of Adjustment or System Board of Adjustment
SEIU Service Employees Int’l Union
SEPTA Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
SFFAC Statements of Federal Financial Accounting Concepts
SIU Seafarers International Union of North America
SMART Merger of SMWIA and UTU
SMWIA Sheet Metal Workers International Union
SOP Standard Operating Procedures
SORS Station Operations Representatives
T-case An ADR designation for Training cases (T and T-ODR)
TCU/TCIUTransportation Communications International Union
TEV Telephone Electronic Voting
TWA Trans World Airlines
TWU Transport Workers Union of America
UAL United Air Lines
UCH United Continental Holdings
UP Union Pacific Railroad
USA United States of America
USA United Steelworkers of America
USWW United Service Workers – West (SEIU)
UTU United Transportation Union
WDI Withdrawn During Investigation
YDM Yardmasters