| AA | Administrative Assistant | LBNL staff person who provides administrative support | ||||||||
| AET or AETD | Advanced Energy Technologies Department | EETD department that develops processes and devices for more efficient, environmentally benign energy conversion and storage technologies | ||||||||
| AFRD | Accelerator & Fusion Research Division | Division of LBNL | ||||||||
| AHD | Activity Hazard Document | An EH&S authorization used to document the hazards, safety procedures and training associated with a project or activity | ||||||||
| ALS | Advanced Light Source | Division of LBNL | ||||||||
| AMOS | Atomic, Molecular and Optical Sciences | Scientific program in Chemical Sciences Division | ||||||||
| ANL | Argonne National Laboratory | National DOE Laboratory | ||||||||
| ARRA | American Recovery and Reinvestment Act | Federal law passed in 2009 to jumpstart the economy and save and create jobs | ||||||||
| AS or ASD | Atmospheric Sciences Department | EETD department focused on atmospheric processes, technology, modeling and climate change studies | ||||||||
| ASPR | Annual Supplement to Professional Resume | LBNL’s form employee completes annually to report professional accomplishments | ||||||||
| BA | Budget – Authorized | $$ Congress has approved | ||||||||
| B2B | Business-to-Business Transactions | B2B refers to purchases that are transacted using business-to-business electronic commerce systems. B2B transactions are generally being replaced within LBNL by eBuy transactions. | ||||||||
| BES | Basic Energy Sciences | Division of DOE. Provides most of the funding for most of the laboratory | ||||||||
| BLI | Berkeley Lab Institute | LBNL’s institute for online and classroom employee and affiliate training | ||||||||
| BLIS | Berkeley Lab Information System | Portal to all sorts of information | ||||||||
| BNL | Brookhaven National Laboratory | National DOE Laboratory | ||||||||
| BO | Budget – Obligated | $$ DOE has actually sent to us. In addition to having received the money, a PI has to have written instructions in order to spend money. | ||||||||
| B&R | Budget & Reporting categories | DOE’s Chart of Accounts | ||||||||
| BSO | Berkeley Site Office | DOE’s office located on site at LBNL | ||||||||
| BT or BTD | Building Technologies Dept | EETD department focused on developing technologies to enhance energy use through building technologies | ||||||||
| Campus | UC Berkeley | Shorthand reference used by Lab staff to refer to UC Berkeley | ||||||||
| CARB | California Air Resources Board | Sponsors air quality related research, and regulates emissions | ||||||||
| CATS | Corrective Action Tracking System | LBNL’s system for tracking problems requiring corrective action | ||||||||
| CEC | California Energy Commission | Major sponsor for EETD, oversees California energy policies | ||||||||
| CERTS | Center for Electric Reliability Technology Solutions | Center funded by DOE and CEC, managed by EETD | ||||||||
| CIEE | Ca. Institute for Energy and the Environment | Part of UCOP, research manager for some EETD projects | ||||||||
| CFO | Chief Financial Officer | Used at the Laboratory to refer to a high level position responsible for financial matters | ||||||||
| CIO | Chief Information Officer | Used at the Laboratory to refer to a high level position responsible for information and information technologies | ||||||||
| CMS | Chemical Management System | On-line database of chemicals maintained by all chemical owners | ||||||||
| CPIMS | Condensed Phase and Interfacial Molecular Science | Scientific program in Chemical Sciences Division | ||||||||
| CPUC | California Public Utilities Commission | Regulates investor owned utilities such as PG&E | ||||||||
| CRD | Computational Research Division | Division of LBNL | ||||||||
| CSD | Chemical Sciences Division | Division of LBNL | ||||||||
| DOE | Department of Energy | LBNL is a DOE Laboratory | ||||||||
| DRRC | Demand Response Research Center | Center funded by CEC, managed by EETD | ||||||||
| EA or EAD | Energy Analysis Department | EETD department focused on generating and interpreting information to inform governments and international institutions on energy-related issues to formulate energy and environmental policies | ||||||||
| eBUY | Electronic purchasing system | eBuy is LBNL’s electronic commerce system for purchasing low-value catalog items | ||||||||
| EERE or EE | Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy | Division of DOE that provides most of EETD’s funding | ||||||||
| EETD | Environmental Energy Technologies Division | Division of LBNL | ||||||||
| Effort | Labor effort | Term used in LBNL to refer to labor/time expended on a particular project | ||||||||
| EH&S | Environment, Health & Safety | Division within LBNL responsible for environment, health & safety matters. Also used more generally to refer to those topics. | ||||||||
| eRFIC | Electronic Request for Issuance of Check | Lab’s electronic process to request payment or reimbursement of an expense | ||||||||
| ESD | Earth Sciences Division | Division of LBNL | ||||||||
| FE | Fossil Energy | An Office within DOE that provides some funding to the Laboratory | ||||||||
| F$M | Financial Systems Modernization Project | The Financial Systems Modernization (F$M) Project is a multi-year, multi-phased, Lab-wide project addressing the Lab’s current financial systems (people, processes, and technology), to more effectively provide data, analytical tools, and services for research management needs. | ||||||||
| FTE | Full Time Equivalent | Unit of Measure of a worker’s productivity or effort | ||||||||
| FNAL | Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory | National DOE laboratory | ||||||||
| FPP | Field Planning Proposal | Method of submitting proposals for funding to DOE. Generally done on an annual cycle from mid-January to mid-March. Certain DOE programs require FPPs; others require FWPs | ||||||||
| FWP | Field Work Proposal | Method of submitting proposals for funding to DOE. Generally done on an annual cycle from mid-January – mid-March. Certain DOE programs require FPPs; others require FWPs. | ||||||||
| GERT | General Employee Radiation Training | Required radiation training for all LBNL badge holders | ||||||||
| GTSC | Glenn T. Seaborg Center | A national facility founded in the spring of 1999, dedicated to Glenn T. Seaborg in memory of his legacy in research, teaching, and service to the country. The GTSC operates the Heavy Element Radiation Laboratory (HERL), as well as equipment in several other labs. | ||||||||
| HEC | Heavy Element Chemistry | Scientific program in Chemical Sciences Division | ||||||||
| HERL | Heavy Element Research Laboratory | Research Center and Resource in Chemical Sciences Division | ||||||||
| HR | Human Resources | Division of LBNL | ||||||||
| HRIS | Human Resources Information System | A module of PeopleSoft that is used for all Personnel activities | ||||||||
| IE or IED | Indoor Environment Department | EETD department that conducts a broad program of research, technology development and dissemination activities directed toward improving the health, comfort and energy efficiency of the indoor environment. | ||||||||
| INL | Idaho National Laboratory | National DOE Laboratory | ||||||||
| ISM | Integrated Safety Management | LBNL’s safety policy | ||||||||
| ITD | Information Technology Division | A Division at the Lab reporting to the CIO | ||||||||
| JCAP | Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis | The nation’s largest research program dedicated to the development of an artificial solar-fuel generation technology | ||||||||
| JGI | Joint Genome Institute | Joint institute of LBNL and LLNL, headquartered in Walnut Creek, CA. | ||||||||
| JHA | Job Hazards Analysis | LBNL’s system to assess an employee’s work, hazards and safety training needs and to formally authorize the work | ||||||||
| LANL | Los Alamos National Laboratory | National DOE Laboratory | ||||||||
| LBNL | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | Official acronym for the Laboratory | ||||||||
| LDRD | Laboratory Directed Research and Development | Money specifically authorized by Congress to fund the R&D work needed to be able to propose a new project. The Lab Director allocates these funds. | ||||||||
| LETS or LETSLite | Laboratory Employees Time system | LBNL’s computer-based timekeeping system used here. | ||||||||
| LLNL | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | National DOE Laboratory | ||||||||
| LSD | Life Sciences Division | Division of LBNL | ||||||||
| MOU | Memorandum of Understanding | Agreement between UCB and LBNL for environment, safety and health policies and procedures applicable to the two facilities | ||||||||
| MSD | Materials Sciences Division | Division of LBNL | ||||||||
| MSDS | Material Safety Data Sheet | It is intended to provide workers and emergency personnel with procedures for handling or working with that substance in a safe manner, and includes information such as physical data, storage, disposal, protective equipment, and spill-handling procedures. | ||||||||
| NCARS | Non-Compliance | Report showing violations of waste disposal regulations | ||||||||
| NERSC | National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center | Division of LBNL | ||||||||
| NETL | National Energy Technology Laboratory | National DOE lab that acts as a manager and conduit of DOE funds to other labs and other contractors. | ||||||||
| NREL | National Renewable Energy Laboratory | National DOE Laboratory | ||||||||
| NSD | Nuclear Science Division | Division of LBNL | ||||||||
| OCFO | Office of the Chief Financial Officer | Term referring to the LBNL CFO’s Office | ||||||||
| OEDER | Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability | Office within DOE that supports CERTS and related activities. | ||||||||
| OPA | Outstanding Performance Award | Performance award given by LBNL | ||||||||
| ORNL | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | National DOE Laboratory | ||||||||
| PBD | Physical Biosciences Division | Division of LBNL | ||||||||
| PG&E | Pacific Gas & Electric Company | Utility that serves northern California | ||||||||
| PI | Principal Investigator | Person responsible for leading and managing a research project or program; designated by Division according to specific criteria | ||||||||
| PMP | Performance and career Management Process | LBNL’s annual performance review document for non-represented employees | ||||||||
| PNNL | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory | National DOE Laboratory | ||||||||
| PPE | Personal Protective Equipment | Includes gloves, safety glasses, closed-toe shoes | ||||||||
| PRD | Performance Review and Development Process | LBNL’s annual performance review document for represented employees | ||||||||
| Pub-3000 | LBNL’s Health & Safety Manual | Includes lab-required controls for work hazards | ||||||||
| RAPID | Research Administration Project Database | LBL database for WFO proposals | ||||||||
| RFIC | Request for Issuance of Check | Lab’s form to request payment or reimbursement of an expense | ||||||||
| RPM | Regulations and Procedures Manual | LBNL’s regulations manual; found via www.myblis.gov | ||||||||
| RWA | Radiological Work Authorization | Authorization for work with radioactive materials | ||||||||
| SC | Office of Science | Office in DOE that supports most of the Lab for basic and fundamental research | ||||||||
| SLAC | Stanford Linear Accelerator Center | National DOE Laboratory | ||||||||
| SPO | Sponsored Projects Office | LBNL department responsible for negotiating and processing WFO awards | ||||||||
| SPOT | Performance awarded “on the SPOT” | Short term performance award issued by each LBNL division | ||||||||
| UC | University of California | Refers to the entire UC systems of 10 campuses and UCOP | ||||||||
| UCB | University of California, Berkeley | UC campus closely affiliated with LBNL | ||||||||
| UCOP | University of California Office of the President | Operates LBNL under contract to DOE | ||||||||
| WFO | Work For Others | General name for all national lab funding sources other than DOE |