Performance Evaluation (Impact Studies)

Performance Plans and Reports
Economic Impact Studies
Peer Review and Other Forms of External Assessment
OMB and Congressional Performance Assessments and Guidance

NIST evaluates its programmatic performance over time by utilizing a diverse yet complementary set of performance indicators and measures. NIST has designed its performance evaluation system to accommodate the Institute's diverse outputs as well as to respond to the intrinsic difficulty of measuring the results of investments in scientific and technological products and services. NIST evaluates its performance and plans its work through several distinct evaluation methods: economic impact studies, peer review and other forms of external assessment, customer feedback, and quantitative output metrics. NIST reports its performance through Department of Commerce GPRA documents as well as through the NIST Financial Statements.

Performance Plans and Reports

The following documents describe NIST's performance evaluation system and provide specific performance plans and results for individual fiscal years, as required by Congress and the Administration / OMB. As a unit of the Department of Commerce, NIST's formal performance plans and reports are included, respectively, within the annual DOC budget justification and Performance and Accountability Report.

• The FY 2012 Annual Performance Plan for NIST as included on page NIST-19 in the President' s FY 2012 Budget Submission to Congress
• The FY 2011 Annual Performance Plan for NIST as included on page NIST-18 in the President's FY 2011 Budget Submission to Congress
• The FY 2010 Annual Performance Plan for NIST as included on page NIST-22 in the President's FY 2010 Budget Submission to Congress
• The FY 2011 Performance and Accountability Report for the Department of Commerce
• The FY 2010 Performance and Accountability Report for the Department of Commerce
• The FY 2009 Performance and Accountability Report for the Department of Commerce
• The FY 2008 Performance and Accountability Report for the Department of Commerce
• The FY 2007 Performance and Accountability Report for the Department of Commerce
• The FY 2006 Performance and Accountability Report for the Department of Commerce
• The FY 2005 Performance and Accountability Report for the Department of Commerce
• The FY 2004 Performance and Accountability Report for the Department of Commerce
• The FY 2003 Performance and Accountability Report for the Department of Commerce, which includes a specific chapter for the Technology Administration, including NIST