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Performance Measurement: Efforts to Evaluate the Advanced Technology Program

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date May 15, 1995
Report No. RCED-95-68
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Summary:

The Advanced Technology Program, which is run by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), seeks to provide support on a cost-sharing basis to research and development projects in industry. These projects are intended to stimulate economic growth and improve the competitiveness of U.S. industry. Funding for the program has risen from $68 million in fiscal year 1993 to $431 million in fiscal year 1995, more than doubling each year. The President has set a goal of $750 million in funding for the program by 1997. The agency has reported short-term results that it claims show the program is making an impact. This report (1) analyzes these short-term results and (2) reviews NIST's plans for evaluating the program in the future.

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