The indicator measures the average number of days required by NTIS to fully execute the agreements on a per project basis between NTIS' Joint Venture Partners (JVPs) and Federal, State, and Local Agencies on a yearly basis. The lower the number of days required to fully execute a Joint Venture Authority agreement between NTIS, its Joint Venture Partners, and Federal, State, and Local Agencies, the more investments made by the Federal Government in technology.

Seasonal outlooks are used by sectors of the U.S. economy, such as energy, agriculture, transportation, etc. as one factor in resource decision making. Seasonal outlooks are reported as the probability of temperature being above normal, near normal, below normal or, where no definite seasonal guidance can be provided, equal chances. The seasonal outlooks are the cumulative skill calculated for regions where predictions are made. These forecasts are verified using a 48 month running mean of Heidke Skill score computed for seasonal outlooks for each 3-month seasonal mean (e.g., January-February-March mean; February-March-April mean; March-April-May mean; and so on).

Continue to advocate for U.S. industry interests affecting commercial space activities, including exports, and support and participate in discussions surrounding a framework for novel activities in space.

The Commerce Data Governance Board (CDGB) develops and publishes a Data Strategy Action Plan. This measure reports the percent of the actions in the plan that have been completed within one month of the scheduled due date.

The NWS Partnership Strategy aims to improve the overall NWS partnership experience, enhance and develop new ways of leveraging and using partnership capabilities to help realize the NWS vision for a Weather-Ready Nation and understand the landscape of NWS partnerships and develop a clear strategic vision of which key partnerships we are looking to enhance or develop. To that end, the NWS will convene at least 3 national-level stakeholder/partner meetings to help meet the goals of the NWS Partnership strategy.

For more than two decades, the emergency management community has articulated a need for real-time, street-level flood inundation maps depicting the areal extent, depth, and infrastructure impacted by flood waters, to inform critical decisions that save lives and property before, during, and, after a flood event. NOAA will collect and integrate high-resolution bathymetric and topographic data to advance flood and inundation mapping capabilities, particularly for previously underserved communities inland and along the coast. NOAA tracks the progress of making real-time flood inundation mapping services available for 100% of the U.S. population, using Oak Ridge National Laboratory LandScan 2019 data and the latest Census data to assess how many residents lie within the areas served by FIM.

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.

New or improved PBL parameterizations will lead to improving the accuracy of atmospheric models and forecasts such as for precipitation lead time.