PARIS stands for what?

• A. Public Access Reconciliation Information System
• B. Purchase and Reconciliation Information System (PARIS)
• C. Procurement and Reconciliation Information System
• D. Purchase and Reporting Information System

Answer: (B)

PARIS stands for Purchase and Reconciliation Information System. The letters line up exactly: Purchase (P), and (A), Reconciliation (R), Information (I), System (S). This name reflects its role in handling purchase data and reconciling financial transactions within the procurement process. The other phrasing changes the meaning or doesn’t match the established acronym: for example, Public Access implies external access, Procurement uses a different first word that would still spell PARIS but isn’t the standard name in this context, and Reporting would replace Reconciliation with a different function. So the official expansion is Purchase and Reconciliation Information System.