KEY PERFORMANCE MEASURES
| STRATEGIC GOAL |
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE |
PERFORMANCE MEASURE |
STATUS* |
Strategic Goal 1:
Provide the information and tools to maximize U.S. competitiveness and enable economic growth
for American industries, workers, and consumers |
Strategic Objective 1.1:
Enhance economic growth for all Americans by developing partnerships with private sector and
nongovernmental organizations |
Private investment leveraged (EDA) |
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| Jobs created/retained (EDA) |
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| Number of export successes made as a result of ITA involvement (ITA) |
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| Dollar value of contract awards obtained (MBDA) |
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| Dollar value of financial awards obtained (MBDA) |
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Strategic Objective 1.2:
Advance responsible economic growth and trade while protecting American security |
Number of market access and
compliance cases resolved (ITA) |
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| Percent of licenses requiring interagency
referral referred within nine days (BIS) |
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| Number of actions that result in a deterrence
or prevention of a violation and cases which result in a criminal and/or administrative charge (BIS) |
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Strategic Objective 1.3:
Enhance the supply of key economic and demographic data to support effective decision-making of policymakers,
businesses, and the American public |
Achieve pre-determined collection rates
for Census Bureau censuses and surveys in order to provide statistically reliable data to support
effective decision-making of policymakers, businesses, and the public (Census) |
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| Release data products for key Census Bureau
programs on time to support effective decision-making of policymakers, businesses, and the public (Census) |
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| Timeliness: Reliability of delivery of
economic data (number of scheduled releases issued on time) (BEA) |
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| Relevance: Customer satisfaction with quality
of products and services (mean rating on a 5-point scale) (BEA) |
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| Accuracy: Percent of GDP estimates correct (BEA) |
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Strategic Goal 2:
Foster science and technological leadership by protecting intellectual property (IP), enhancing technical
standards, and advancing measurement science |
Strategic Objective 2.1:
Develop tools and capabilities that improve the productivity, quality, dissemination, and efficiency of research |
Qualitative assessment and review of technical quality
and merit using peer review (NIST) |
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| Customer satisfaction (NTIS) |
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Strategic Objective 2.2:
Protect intellectual property and improve the patent and trademark system |
Patent allowance compliance rate (USPTO) |
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| Patent first action pendency (USPTO) |
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| Patent final action pendency (USPTO) |
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| Trademark final action compliance rate (USPTO) |
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| Trademark final action pendency rate (USPTO) |
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| Number of instances which External Affairs (EA) experts
review intellectual property (IP) policies/standards (USPTO) |
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Strategic Objective 2.3:
Advance the development of global e-commerce and enhanced telecommunications and information services |
Support new telecom and information
technology by advocating Administration views in number of FCC docket filings, and Congressional and
other proceedings in which Administration views are advocated (NTIA) |
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Strategic Goal 3:
Observe, protect, and manage the Earth’s resources to promote environmental stewardship |
Strategic Objective 3.1:
Advance understanding and predict changes in the Earth’s environment to meet America’s
economic, social, and environmental needs |
Severe weather warnings for tornadoes (county based) –
Lead time (minutes) (NOAA) |
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| Hurricane forecast track error (48 hours)
(nautical miles) (NOAA) |
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| Determine the national explained variance (%) for temperature
and precipitation for the contiguous United States using USCRN stations (NOAA) |
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| Reduce the error in global measurement of sea surface temperature (NOAA) |
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Strategic Objective 3.2:
Enhance the conservation and management of coastal and marine resources to meet America’s economic,
social, and environmental needs |
Annual number of coastal, marine, and Great
Lakes habitat acres acquired or designated for long-term protection (NOAA) |
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| Reduce the hydrographic survey backlog within
navigationally significant areas (square nautical miles surveyed per year) (NOAA) |
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| Percentage of U.S. counties rated as fully enabled or
substantially enabled with accurate positioning capacity (NOAA) |
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Management Integration Goal:
Achieve organizational and management excellence |
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Provide accurate and timely financial information and
conform to federal standards, laws, and regulations governing accounting and financial management (DM) |
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| Improve the management of information technology (DM) |
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| Percentage of OIG recommendations accepted by
departmental and bureau management (OIG) |
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= SLIGHTLY BELOW