Documents/FTC2010/2: Maintain Competition/2.3: Consumer Education/Indicator:4

Indicator: Performance Measure 2.3.4

[Qualitative::Outcome]

Measurements in/of Respondents finding the FTC’s advocacy comments and amicus briefs “useful.”

Relationships:

Type Target Actual Target Actual Target Actual Target Actual Target Actual Target Target
StartDate 2005-10-01 2005-10-01 2006-10-01 2006-10-01 2007-10-01 2007-10-01 2008-10-01 2008-10-01 2009-10-01 2009-10-01 2010-10-01 2011-10-01
EndDate 2006-09-30 2006-09-30 2007-09-30 2007-09-30 2008-09-30 2008-09-30 2009-09-30 2009-09-30 2010-09-30 2010-09-30 2011-09-30 2012-09-30
Percentage 50 100 50 50
Description n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 50.0% of respondents Target exceeded. The FTC mails advocacy recipients a survey designed to gauge the usefulness of agency advocacy comments and amicus briefs. “Usefulness” is assessed by the recipient. The target percentage recognizes that comments critiquing a recipient’s proposed action may not be assessed positively. In FY 2010, 8 of 8 survey responses classified the FTC’s submissions as useful. Data Source: A formal survey distributed to advocacy recipient