Appendix B: Performance Goals and Measures that Have Been Discontinued or Changed

 

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 1.2

Advance responsible economic growth and trade while protecting American security

Performance Goal: Ensure fair competition in international trade (ITA)

Change	Goal reworded as “Identify and resolve unfair trade practices”
Justification	New wording is more specific as to what ITA does.
Corresponding Measures	Percentage of antidumping/countervailing duty cases completed on time Number of market access and trade compliance cases concluded
Change	Measures reworded as: Percentage of AD/CVD proceedings completed within statutory deadlines Number of market access and compliance cases resolved
Justification	New wording is more accurate in terms of the description of the work.
Corresponding Measures	Percentage of market access and compliance cases initiated for on behalf of small and medium-sized businesses Percentage of market access and compliance cases resolved
Change	Measures added
Justification	New measure reflects more specific work / outcomes of ITA’s program. New second measure reflects an extension of current measure—Number of market access and compliance cases resolved.

 

Performance Goal: Advance U.S. national security, foreign policy, and economic interests by enhancing the effectiveness and efficiency of the export control system (BIS)

Change	Goal reworded as “Maintain and strengthen an adaptable and effective U.S. export control and treaty compliance system”
Justification	The goal was reworded to better reflect the activities of BIS focused on export controls and treaty compliance. All performance measures associated with this goal were discontinued or significantly revised to provide a better focus on BIS activities under the new goal, encompassing both export administration and export enforcement efforts.
Corresponding Measures	Percent of licenses requiring interagency referral referred within 9 days Percent of declarations received from U.S. industry in accordance with CWC regulations (time lines) that are processed, certified, and submitted to the State Department in time so the United States can meet its treaty obligations
Change	New measures
Justification	See justification for goal change.
Corresponding Measures	Level of exporter understanding of BIS export control requirements: Value of information (average score on scale of 1-5) Percent knowledge gained (index)
Change	Measures combined and reworded as “Percent of attendees rating seminars highly”
Justification	New measure is simpler and more representative of BIS’s work as well as adhering to goal limiting the number of overall measures.
Corresponding Measure	Median processing time for issuing draft regulations (months)
Change	Measure reworded as “Median processing time for new regime regulations (months)"
Justification	The rewording reflects greater accuracy in describing the measure.
Corresponding Measures	Median processing time for referral of export licenses to other agencies Median processing time for export licenses not referred to other agencies
Change	Measures deleted
Justification	Measures reflected outputs and not outcomes of BIS work.

 

Performance Goal: Ensure U.S. industry compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) agreement (BIS)

Corresponding Measure	Number of site assistance visits conducted to assist companies prepare for international inspections
Change	Goal and measure discontinued
Justification	BIS discontinued this goal and corresponding measure because BIS has conducted site assistance visits at all facilities consenting to receive them. To replace this goal, BIS added the goal ” Ensure continued U.S. technology leadership in industries that are essential to national security” with a corresponding measure of “Percent of industry assessments resulting in BIS determination, within three months of completion, on whether to revise export controls.” Refer to Appendix A of this report.

 

Performance Goal: Prevent illegal exports and identify violators of export prohibitions and restrictions for prosecution (BIS)

Change	Goal reworded as “Eliminate illicit export activity outside the global export control and treaty compliance system (BIS)”
Justification	The goal was reworded to more clearly define BIS enforcement efforts in the context of the global export control and treaty compliance system. This revision also associates BIS enforcement efforts with the BIS activities of export control.
Corresponding Measures	Number of investigative actions that result in the prevention of a violation and cases which result in a criminal and/or administrative prosecution Number of post-shipment verifications (PSV) completed
Change	Measures reworded as: Number of actions that result in a deterrence or prevention of a violation and cases which result in a criminal and/or administrative charge Number of end-use checks completed
Justification	To clearly define BIS enforcement efforts in the context of the global export control and treaty compliance system. These revisions also associate BIS enforcement efforts with the BIS activities of export control. Measures also appear in goal—Maintain and strengthen an adaptable and effective U.S. export control and treaty compliance system.

 

Performance Goal: Enhance the export and transit controls of nations seeking to improve their export control system (BIS)

Change	Goal reworded as “Integrate non-U.S. actors to create a more effective global export control and treaty compliance system (BIS)”
Justification	The goal was reworded to clearly define the BIS role in international efforts to improve the global export control and treaty compliance system.
Corresponding Measure	Number of targeted deficiencies remedied in the export control system of program nations
Change	Measure reworded as “Number of targeted deficiencies remedied in the export control systems of cooperating countries”
Justification	The measure was changed to highlight BIS’s success in helping countries cooperating with U.S. export control and treaty compliance efforts to strengthen their export control systems.