Where Do The Data Come From?

The ATP uses a variety of tools to measure the progress of its projects and programs. Chief among these are in-depth surveys and economic case studies, generally conducted by private-sector researchers under contract to the ATP. Beginning with the 1993 awards, the ATP also collects data through an automated "quarterly report" system designed to provide ongoing economic data on ATP projects while minimizing the paperwork load on participating companies.

Statistics cited in this report are drawn from the following primary sources:

• The Advanced Technology Program, An Assessment of Short-Term Impacts: First Competition Participants. Solomon Associates, February 1993.
• Advanced Technology Program: Economic Study of the Printed Wiring Board Joint Venture After Two Years. Albert N. Link, April 1993.
• Advanced Technology Program: Economic Study of the Joint Venture Project on Short-Wavelength Sources for Optical Recording After Three Years of a Five-Year Research Program. Albert N. Link, March 1994.
• Advanced Technology Program: Economic Study of the Advanced Manufacturing Technology for Low-Cost Flat Panel Displays Joint Venture After Three Years. Albert N. Link, August 1994. [Draft]
• Internal survey of small-business participants in the first four ATP competitions [untitled]. ATP Staff, November 1994.
• Quarterly business progress reporting system. Data reported directly by ATP participants, 1994.
• A Private Sector Evaluation of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Advanced Technology Program. The Auto Body Consortium, January 1995.
• Survey of ATP Pilot Program Awardees: Interim Report. Silber & Associates, March 1995. [Early results of an ongoing survey.]

Quotes from managers at individual companies and details of their experiences under the Advanced Technology Program are drawn from individual interviews or testimony before the Congress. All quotes used to illustrate this section are from principal managers at for-profit companies currently or previously working on ATP-funded projects.

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