Acknowledgements

This Performance and Accountability Report was produced with the energies and talents of the Department of Commerce staff. To these individuals we would like to offer our sincerest thanks and acknowledgement.

In particular, we would like to recognize the following organizations and individuals for their contributions:

Kate McCord of EDA, Swynice Matthews and Camelia Carter of Census, Joanne Buenzli, Katie Kane and Ashley Frampton of BEA, Ed Meyer and Dondi Ojeda of ITA, Neil Gauthier and Ed Ryan of BIS, Jerry Miller of MBDA, Jennifer Baffi and Mary Choi of NOAA, Alexandra Emgushov and Joan Bolton of USPTO, Amber Shores of NIST, Teresa Grant of NTIS, Charles Franz of NTIA, Jessie Rickenbach of OIG, Karen Gard and Jamie Carlyle of DM, Bill Tatter and Steve Shapiro of the Office of Budget, Systems, Policy and Performance Division, and the many other bureau and Departmental staff, particularly of the Office of Financial Management who contributed to this report.

We would also like to acknowledge Cynthia Belechak of the Executive Secretariat for her assistance in the review of this report.

We offer special thanks to Michael James and Sheri Beauregard of The DesignPond for their outstanding contributions in the design and production of this report.

To send comments or obtain additional information about this report, please email Bill Tatter at btatter@doc.gov.