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OPF [4 records]

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Record 1 2016-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Public Sector Budgeting
  • Organization Planning
OBS

A structure that governed resource allocation in departments and tried to measure and report program performance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Budget des collectivités publiques
  • Planification d'organisation
OBS

Structure veillant à la distribution des ressources aux ministères et devant permettre d'évaluer le rendement des programmes et de rendre compte aux autorités appropriées.

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astronautics
DEF

Facility Building near the Vehicle Assembly Building at KSC [Kennedy Space Center] with two bays in which the Orbiter undergoes post flight inspection, maintenance, and pre-mate checkout prior to payload installation.

CONT

Immediately after landing, the orbiter is towed to the Orbiter processing Facility (OPF) located west of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). The orbiter then undergoes safing procedures in the OPF which include removing residual fuels and explosive ordnance items. Then the orbiter's previous mission payloads are removed and the vehicle is fully inspected, tested, and refurbished for its next mission. These functions require approximately two-thirds of the time between missions. The remainder is devoted to the installation and checkout of the payload for the next mission. Power-up testing of orbiter vehicles in the OPF are actually controlled from consoles in the Launch Control Complex (LCC) .

OBS

orbiter processing facility; OPF: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronautique
OBS

bâtiment de préparation de la navette spatiale américaine; OPF : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 3 1997-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Public Sector Budgeting
  • Organization Planning
  • Public Service
  • Government Accounting
DEF

The basic structure for presenting programs in a multi-year operational plan. More specifically, frameworks identify the planning elements which comprise a program; provide a statement of results for each planning element as well as statements which link results to resources and objectives respectively; and, identify the program activities into which a program will be divided for the purpose of presenting the estimates.

Key term(s)
  • operational plan structure
  • OPF

French

Domaine(s)
  • Budget des collectivités publiques
  • Planification d'organisation
  • Fonction publique
  • Comptabilité publique
DEF

Dans l'administration publique fédérale, structure de base pour la présentation des programmes dans un plan opérationnel pluriannuel. De façon plus précise, le cadre détermine les éléments de planification qui forment un programme, définit les résultats pour chaque élément de planification, relie ces résultats aux ressources et aux objectifs respectivement, et divise les programmes en activités pour la présentation du Budget des dépenses.

Key term(s)
  • CPO

Spanish

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Record 4 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephone Facilities

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations (Téléphonie)

Spanish

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