This performance indicator measures the number of EDA grants to communities and regions to help build the capacity to support the manufacturing-related activities and needs of businesses.

This indicator seeks to demonstrate that use of the Cybersecurity Framework is increasing, and that guidance and other tools are being developed and made publicly available to help organizations use the Framework to understand, manage, and communicate cybersecurity risk. Cybersecurity Framework resources may be developed by any organization, including industry, academia, government, and nongovernment organizations. These resources may include, but are not limited to, implementation guides, mappings, case studies, educational materials, example profiles, etc.

This performance indicator captures the number of Export Enforcement deterrence actions, cases resulting in a prevention of a violation, criminal or administrative actions, and administrative settlement orders. The number will reflect the actual number and type of preventive enforcement actions conducted, including: detentions of suspect exports, seizures of unauthorized shipments, industry outreach, issuance of warning letters, recommended denials of license applications based on enforcement concerns, and recommendations for parties to be added to the Entity List and Unverified List.

Increase climate literacy through training and education, per E.O. 14008.

This performance indicator measures the dollar amount of EDA grants made to communities and regions to help build community and regional capacity for entrepreneurship and innovation.

This performance indicator measures the number of jobs created and retained by communities and regions attributable to the EDA grant to support workforce development through training.

The Evidence Act staff of the Office of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs sponsors events to engage Department staff and external stakeholders (academics, non-profits, other agencies, state and local government) with using and improving the Department’s data for evidence building and evidence/evaluation projects. The events include: Opportunity Project events sponsored by the OUSEA; training events; facilitated focus groups; data labs; stakeholder outreach events; events to discuss specific projects and data accessibility. This measure reports the number of individuals who participated in these events. It is a new measure and baseline data will not be available until the end of FY 23.

The Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 (“Evidence Act”) requires that agency Evaluation Officers coordinate the development of an Annual Evaluation Plan that is published concurrent with the agency Annual Performance Plan. The Annual Evaluation Plan describes “significant” evaluations and related information for the subsequent fiscal year. This measure is the percent of projects in Annual Evaluation Plans that support the current Strategic Plan and Learning Agenda that are on schedule.

The denominator is the total number of projects in the Annual Plans from the start of the 5-year Strategic Planning cycle up to and including the year in progress. The numerator is the numerator of those projects that are on schedule. The calculation provides the percent of the projects that are on track.