BEA must continually develop new statistical products to keep pace with the ever-changing U.S. and global economies. The BEA Strategic Plan outlines the bureau’s plans for developing new statistical products. This indicator measures the bureau's progress toward achieving milestones of their development.

This indicator describes a major service that ES provides to its customer base via the IT Tower -- that being full installation, maintenance (including print supplies), and repair services for a growing base of high performance printing resources located at the Department’s headquarters. The sources for these data are the Cartridges Technologies Incorporated (CTI) Systems, and the ES Tableau Data Environment.

This KPI looks into the Patents service level on satisfaction from customers filing an initial application form for a trademark registration. This is in line with OMB A-11 Sec. 280 HISP requirements.

The Frames Program will enhance and link the Census Bureau's four primary frames (Business Frame, Demographic Frame, Geospatial Frame, and Job Frame) to facilitate more efficient and effective exchange and use of data throughout the enterprise. The enterprise-wide linked frames will be agile in structure, accessible for production or research on a need-to-know basis, and that adhere to best practices in terms of technology usage, data management, and methodology.

The Opportunity Project is a data product accelerator led by the Census Bureau, which catalyzes industry innovation using open data from the Census Bureau’s current survey programs. Through collaborative technology sprints, the project brings together government, data, policymakers, the technology industry, and communities to rapidly prototype solutions to our greatest economic challenges, including access to jobs, stimulating economic development, and access to quality education.

The number of policy papers related to minority businesses.

This KPI looks into the Trademarks service level on customers that indicated the trademarks employees they interacted with were helpful. This is in line with OMB A-11 Sec. 280 HISP requirements.

Sound acquisition practices help guard against inefficiency and waste and improve the ability to obtain quality supplies and services that are on time and within budget. There are many ways to achieve savings through more effective acquisition practices, including: ending contracts that do not meet program needs; negotiating more favorably priced contracts; developing more strategic acquisition approaches; and reengineering ineffective business processes. This element will measure the Department’s progress in reducing spending through more effective acquisition practices.