Ensuring that data products are released on schedule is essential.

This element/indicator measures the Department’s progress in managing risk through reducing the use of high-risk contracting authorities. High-risk contracting authorities, such as noncompetitive contracting, cost-reimbursement contracts, and time-and materials and labor-hour contracts, pose special risks of overspending. The Department’s high-risk contracting percentage for the base year (FY2009) was 53.4%, and OMB directed that we maintain a 10% reduction from the FY 2009 based on the share of dollars obligated under new contract actions that use high-risk contracting authorities for future FYs. The Department's target is 46.9%, which is a 10% reduction from the FY 2009 base. The target is depicted as a percentage. A percentage equal to or lower than 46.9% is favorable. Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS) is the data source that is used for information pertaining to high-risk contracting activities and is the single source for U.S. government-wide procurement data.

This indicator demonstrates that NCCoE work products are available to industry. Companies that participate in NCCoE projects partner with NIST through Technology Partnerships, Cooperative Research and Development Agreements, and lnteragency Agreements. These partnerships are in-depth, active collaborations. The outputs of these projects become publicly available to the whole community in work products like NIST Special Publications, fact sheets, and demos.

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

Many improvements to Commerce operations and programs come through recommendations made in various OIG work products. A measure of OIG’s effectiveness is the extent to which it offers useful, practical recommendations for improvements. A measure of the usefulness and practicality of OIG’s recommendations is the extent to which they are accepted by Commerce management.

This measure is the percentage of evaluations meeting the criteria for decision making conducted on a random sample of applications that received a final decision regarding registrability (i.e., registration eligibility) under the Trademark Act either by approval or final refusal.

Export Control Reform (ECR) has moved tens of thousands of items -- mostly parts and components -- from the U.S. Munitions List to the more flexible Commerce Control List. The move has enabled more nuanced distinctions among technologies, destinations, and end users than under the State Department's International Traffic in Arms Regulations. BIS will track shipments of such items made under the Automated Export System.

The indicator measures the number of new projects between NTIS' Joint Venture Partners (JVPs) and Federal, State, and Local Agencies that were facilitated by NTIS in a given year. These public-private projects show the trend of both investments in technology development and building new connections throughout the supply chain. NTIS delivers benefit to the public by advancing Federal data priorities, promoting economic growth, and enabling operational excellence.