This performance measure tracks BEA’s ability to reliably estimate its most important statistic, gross domestic product (GDP). This measure is a composite index of six indicators of reliability, applied using three-year rolling averages to develop a single measure of the reliability of the GDP statistics.

The indicator measures the value, in U.S. Dollars, of all project agreements between NTIS' Joint Venture Partners ( JVPs) and Federal Agencies facilitated by NTIS in a given year. By tracking the obligated values, this indicator shows the actual Federal Government investment in technology and data analytics development under the Joint Venture Authority.

This indicator evaluates how effective the BIS export control system is in ensuring items exported and reported as electronic export information transactions in the Automated Export System (AES) comply with the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). BIS will measure exporter EAR compliance by reviewing, on a quarterly and annual basis, the entire compilation of export transactions under BIS jurisdiction (i.e., BIS licensed, license exception and No License Required Shipments), and determine their EAR compliance percentage following any BIS intervention, as necessary

This indicator illustrates ITA’s reach into the U.S. business community. Historical data indicates that over 75 percent of companies assisted are small and medium–sized enterprises. This measure illustrates Global Markets’ annual effectiveness in providing export counseling and assistance to additional
U.S. companies.

The number of existing full time and/or part time employment positions created and/or retained as reported by a MBE client served.

The Census Bureau has initiated several enterprise programs focused on establishing shared services, minimizing redundancy, lowering complexity, and identifying cost savings for data collection, processing, and dissemination.

The Information Triage Unit (ITU), for which Export Enforcement (EE) provides the majority of intelligence product outputs, drafts bona fides information reports on foreign transaction parties to license applications. The reports are requested at the direction of a licensing officer or may be self-selected by EE. EE must, within the established Executive Order (EO) timeframe, complete such reports in 10 days from referral to enable timely interagency review of license applications. This metric is designed to measure the effectiveness of BIS in meeting the target of completing 90% of ITU reports produced by EE within 10 days of referral.

The importance of data as an ingredient for sound economic decision-making requires BEA to deliver data to decision-makers and other data users not only quickly but also reliably—that is, on schedule. Each fall, BEA publishes a schedule for the release of its economic data the following year; this measure is evaluated as the number of scheduled releases issued on time. BEA has an outstanding record of releasing its economic data on schedule.