Increase and improve wireless broadband coverage available to public safety users to support their ability to save lives and protect property in remote areas, as well as provides the general public access to wireless broadband coverage in rural areas.

This indicator tracks the Office of Space Commerce’s production or implementation of new business instruments that support the needs of the U.S. commercial space industry. These include government/industry workshops, online tools, markets studies, and reports.

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

The number of new and existing minority business enterprises (MBE) assisted through an MBDA program. A MBE is a business enterprise that is at least 51% owned and controlled by one or more socially or economically disadvantaged individual; and the management and daily business operations of which are controlled by one or more socially or economically disadvantaged individuals.

This measure captures the number of domestic and foreign firms, as well as domestic Economic Development Organizations, assisted by the Department of Commerce to attract inward investment into the United States. Commerce serves as the co-chair for the interagency Investment Working Group and is the lead coordinator of investment promotion across the USG.

Show that critical activities funded through the State and Local Implementation Grant Program (SLIGP) spurred the critical coordination with FirstNet and the necessary activities to adopt wireless broadband in a public safety environment. Those activities will be continued by States and Territories after the SLIGP grant funds expire.

The indicator tracks the percentage of progress made toward achieving full operating capability of the Commerce Department’s SSA function. The milestones account for multiple developments including expansion of human resources, establishment of Commerce personnel at thThis indicator tracks the percentage of progress made toward achieving full operating capability of the Commerce Department’s SSA function under presidential Space Policy Directive 3. The milestones account for multiple developments including expansion of human resources, deepening collaboration with the Department of Defense and other stakeholders, establishment of an open architecture data repository for SSA information sharing with industry, providing a proving ground for controlled experimentation and collaboration with academia, and declarations of initial and full operational capability.e Defense Department’s existing SSA operations center, development of data standards and an open architecture data repository for SSA information sharing with industry, demonstration and testing of DOD data dissemination and fusion, and declaration of operational capability. Space Policy Directive-3 requires the Department’s new SSA function to achieve full operating capability by 2024.

This measure evaluates Global Markets’ effectiveness in helping companies achieve their export objectives. Global Markets offers U.S. companies a robust set of capabilities to help them achieve their international exporting goals, whether those goals are to set up an overseas distribution channel, gain easier access to challenging markets, or meet additional foreign buyers for their goods. Global Markets focuses on understanding clients’ exporting needs, and providing services to meet those needs.

Deploy, maintain, and operate the Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network (NPSBN) - a mission critical, prioritized, nationwide interoperable broadband network for first responders throughout the nation, with adoption by firefighters, paramedics, law enforcement officers, and other public safety personnel.

This measure is the percentage of applications reviewed meeting the criteria for decision making conducted on random sample of applications including first office actions to determine the soundness of decision-making under the Trademark Act.