A bill was signed early this morning (12:01 a.m. April 1, 2012) giving direction to all agencies to begin using abbreviations of their agency names .
Sacramento, California. Office of the Governor. April 1, 2012 (note name change in list below)
Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill to rename all California agencies to conform with the "Cal ........." abbreviation format. Governor Brown said "the renaming of Caltrans, Cal Fire, Cal Boating and CalEMA produced benefits we never anticipated. These name changes have resulted in fewer characters being used on official correspondence, reducing the amount of paper used, reduced hard disk space on computers and shorter times when transmitting data. It appeared to be minor at first, but after a year or two the savings became significant. That is why it gives me great pleasure to sign the 'California State Agency Abbreviation Act' to be known as CSAAA. - to be pronounced as SISAH"
The governor declined to give a dollar amount to the savings the act would produce, however, he did state "right now we have to look for every savings and all the cuts we can, we are desperate."
A full list of these abbreviations are available on the state's website: Agency Directory
A partial list of agencies affected are listed below:
Access for Infants and Mothers: CAL MOM
Acupuncture Board: CAL PRICK
Aging, Department of: CAL OLD
Air Resources Board: CAL COUGH
Alcoholic Beverage Control, Department of: CAL DRUNK
Archives, California State (Secretary of State): CAL MUSTY
Attorney General (Department of Justice: CAL THEMAN
Automotive Repair, Bureau of: CAL GREASE
Barbering and Cosmetology, Board of: CAL CUT
Cemetery and Funeral Board: CAL DEAD
Chiropractic Examiners, Board of: CAL CRACK
Climate Change Portal, California: CAL HOT
Deaf Access, Office of: CAL HUH?
Dental Board of California: CAL PAIN
Dental Hygiene Committee of California: CAL SCRAPE
Earthquake Authority, California: CAL SHAKE
Education, Department of: CAL TEACH
Emergency Communications Office (911), California: CAL HELP
Emergency Medical Services Authority, California: CAL HURT
Energy Commission, California: CAL ZAP
Finance, Department of: CAL BUCK
Firearms, Bureau of: CAL BOOM
Fish & Game, Department of: CAL CRITTER
Governor, Office of the: CAL BOSS
Guide Dogs for the Blind, Board of: CALL WOOFSEE
Habeas Corpus Resource Center: CAL KILL
Health Care Services, Department of: CAL SICK
Highway Patrol, California: CAL CHIPS
Insurance, Department of: CAL SURE
Justice, Department of: CAL BUST
Juvenile Justice, Division of: CAL JERK
Lottery, State: CAL CHANCE
Motor Vehicles, Department of: CAL CAR
Oil, Gas & Geothermal Resources: CAL DRILL
Optometry, Board of: CAL SQUINT
Parks, California State: CAL FUN
Pesticide Regulation, Department of: CAL BUG
Pharmacy, Board of: CAL PILL
Physical Therapy Board of California: CAL STRAIN
Podiatric Medicine, Board of: CAL FOOT
Prison Health Care Services: CAL SICKCON
Procurement Division: CAL GET
Public Utilities Commission, California: CAL PUCK
Respiratory Care Board of California: CAL TORTURE
Security and Investigative Services, Bureau of: CAL RENTCOP
Seismic Safety Commission: CAL FAULTS
Safety of Dams, Division of: CAL DAM
Status of Women, Commission on: CAL M'AM
Unclaimed Property: CAL COMEGET
Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board: CAL IWANT
Unemployment Insurance Program: CAL BROKE
Water Resources, Department of: CAL DRIP
Welcome Centers, California: CAL HI
Worker's Compensation, Division of: CAL OUCH
"the times, they are a changin" Dylan
Sacramento, California. Office of the Governor. April 1, 2012 (note name change in list below)
Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill to rename all California agencies to conform with the "Cal ........." abbreviation format. Governor Brown said "the renaming of Caltrans, Cal Fire, Cal Boating and CalEMA produced benefits we never anticipated. These name changes have resulted in fewer characters being used on official correspondence, reducing the amount of paper used, reduced hard disk space on computers and shorter times when transmitting data. It appeared to be minor at first, but after a year or two the savings became significant. That is why it gives me great pleasure to sign the 'California State Agency Abbreviation Act' to be known as CSAAA. - to be pronounced as SISAH"
The governor declined to give a dollar amount to the savings the act would produce, however, he did state "right now we have to look for every savings and all the cuts we can, we are desperate."
A full list of these abbreviations are available on the state's website: Agency Directory
A partial list of agencies affected are listed below:
Access for Infants and Mothers: CAL MOM
Acupuncture Board: CAL PRICK
Aging, Department of: CAL OLD
Air Resources Board: CAL COUGH
Alcoholic Beverage Control, Department of: CAL DRUNK
Archives, California State (Secretary of State): CAL MUSTY
Attorney General (Department of Justice: CAL THEMAN
Automotive Repair, Bureau of: CAL GREASE
Barbering and Cosmetology, Board of: CAL CUT
Cemetery and Funeral Board: CAL DEAD
Chiropractic Examiners, Board of: CAL CRACK
Climate Change Portal, California: CAL HOT
Deaf Access, Office of: CAL HUH?
Dental Board of California: CAL PAIN
Dental Hygiene Committee of California: CAL SCRAPE
Earthquake Authority, California: CAL SHAKE
Education, Department of: CAL TEACH
Emergency Communications Office (911), California: CAL HELP
Emergency Medical Services Authority, California: CAL HURT
Energy Commission, California: CAL ZAP
Finance, Department of: CAL BUCK
Firearms, Bureau of: CAL BOOM
Fish & Game, Department of: CAL CRITTER
Governor, Office of the: CAL BOSS
Guide Dogs for the Blind, Board of: CALL WOOFSEE
Habeas Corpus Resource Center: CAL KILL
Health Care Services, Department of: CAL SICK
Highway Patrol, California: CAL CHIPS
Insurance, Department of: CAL SURE
Justice, Department of: CAL BUST
Juvenile Justice, Division of: CAL JERK
Lottery, State: CAL CHANCE
Motor Vehicles, Department of: CAL CAR
Oil, Gas & Geothermal Resources: CAL DRILL
Optometry, Board of: CAL SQUINT
Parks, California State: CAL FUN
Pesticide Regulation, Department of: CAL BUG
Pharmacy, Board of: CAL PILL
Physical Therapy Board of California: CAL STRAIN
Podiatric Medicine, Board of: CAL FOOT
Prison Health Care Services: CAL SICKCON
Procurement Division: CAL GET
Public Utilities Commission, California: CAL PUCK
Respiratory Care Board of California: CAL TORTURE
Security and Investigative Services, Bureau of: CAL RENTCOP
Seismic Safety Commission: CAL FAULTS
Safety of Dams, Division of: CAL DAM
Status of Women, Commission on: CAL M'AM
Unclaimed Property: CAL COMEGET
Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board: CAL IWANT
Unemployment Insurance Program: CAL BROKE
Water Resources, Department of: CAL DRIP
Welcome Centers, California: CAL HI
Worker's Compensation, Division of: CAL OUCH
"the times, they are a changin" Dylan
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