2024-03-10-美国商务部-FY25_Department_of_Commerce_Evaluation_Plan_49页_4mb

Overview

The U.S. Department of Commerce's Fiscal Year 2025 Evaluation Plan outlines key evaluations to support evidence-based policymaking under the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act. The plan addresses 14 significant evaluations, with a focus on modernizing economic and demographic statistics, promoting equitable economic development, advancing AI safety and deployment, enhancing coastal resilience, expanding broadband access, and protecting intellectual property rights. A primary distribution shows that four evaluations (29%) aim to establish causal links through impact assessments, while others focus on formative, outcome, or process evaluations. The plan emphasizes equity, with cross-cutting themes including regional equity and inclusive data practices.

• Evaluation Distribution: The plan includes four impact evaluations (establishing program-caused benefits), eight formative (early feasibility and learning), five outcome (measuring successes), and three process or implementation (assessing delivery and operations) evaluations.

• Key Evaluation Areas:

  • Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA): Assesses impediments to gathering source data for environmental economic accounts to inform policy decisions.
  • U.S. Census Bureau: Evaluates methods for assigning race and ethnicity data to improve accuracy in demographic statistics and support equity.
  • Economic Development Administration (EDA): Focuses on impact evaluations of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) investments and CARES Act funding to measure economic development outcomes, job growth, and capacity-building, particularly for underserved communities.
  • International Trade Administration (ITA): Examines the effectiveness of an online portal for the Section 232 steel and aluminum tariff program to enhance processing and user experience.
  • Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA): Measures the Capital Readiness Program's impact on minority business growth, job creation, and capital access, with an equity focus.
  • National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST): Evaluates the U.S. Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute's effectiveness in advancing safe AI development through guidelines and tools.
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): Assesses impact-based decision support services during weather events and economic/social impacts of coastal resilience grants.
  • National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA): Identifies data needs for high-quality impact evaluations of broadband programs under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO): Investigates examiner behaviors, organizational structure, and guidance effects on patent examination quality and equity in intellectual property rights.

This plan supports the department's strategic objectives and aims to fulfill the President's Budget, with findings disseminated through reports, stakeholder engagement, and public channels.