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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

This indicator reflects the requirement to maintain compliance and alignment with OMB initiatives, including the guiding principles reflected in the OMB system modernization requirements (split projects into smaller, simpler segments with clear deliverables; focus on most critical needs first; and provide ongoing, transparent project oversight) data center consolidation requirements, and cloud computing requirements (Infrastructure as a Service; Software as a Service). A Score of "1" indicates compliance. A Score of "0" indicates non-compliance. The data is a subjective rating based on the Department’s interactions with OMB, Treasury, and GSA regarding the modernization of the Department's financial, acquisition, and property management systems.

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.