Documents/DOCFACA21420/1: Recommandations/1: Make, Accept, Implement/Indicator:3

Indicator: 3

[Outcome]

Measurements in/of Recommendations Partially Accepted

Relationships:

Department of Commerce - Narrower_Than

Other Information:

Industry Trade Advisory Committee on Standards and Technical Trade Barriers

Type Target Actual
StartDate 2010-10-01 2010-10-01
EndDate 2011-09-30 2011-09-30
Percentage n/a 0
Description There are sometimes a few proposals which were not funded in their entirety, those few being scaled back from their original level of requested funding (allowable under the program). Most feedback is rendered orally during meetings; when written advice is sent to the Secretary of Commerce and the USTR, or their designees, it is reviewed by Secretary''s policy staff and tasked to appropriate ITA unit to prepare draft response. Commerce internal procedures require that all responses for Secretarial signature (and/or joint signature with USTR) go through a formal concurrence process which ensures that the appropriate level Commerce officials are seeing the advice and have a chance for comment. The Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade reviews and clears prior to the Secretary''s review and signature, which ensures that ITAC advice is weighed and considered.

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