Program Coordination Office

generating strategies, guidelines and formats for planning and supporting planning functions;

performing program and policy analyses, especially those that cross the Institute's program and organizational lines;

carrying out economic impact analyses for NIST as a whole and providing analytical leadership for impact assessment efforts of the Operating Units and programs;

working closely with the NIST Budget Division in developing budget documents and in developing analytical techniques for reviewing NIST programs;

articulating and documenting NIST program plans and status for internal and external use;

coordinating and carrying out issue studies;

administering multi-organization processes such as the Competence Program competition;

collecting, organizing, verifying, and presenting Institute-level data relating to activities, accomplishments, and impacts.