The Weed and Seed Strategy

By Rickman, Stephen E.

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Title:	The Weed and Seed Strategy
Author:	Rickman, Stephen E.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Legislation., Government Printing Office (U.S.)
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Citation APA MLA Chicago E. Rickma, B. S. (n.d.). The Weed and Seed Strategy. Retrieved from https://self.gutenberg.org/

Excerpt
Excerpt: Originally established in 1903 as the Department of Commerce and Labor (32 Stat 825;), the Department of Commerce was redefined under the name it uses today on March 4, 1913 (15 USC 1501). The role of the new Department of Commerce was “to foster, promote, and develop the foreign and domestic commerce, the mining, manufacturing, and fishery industries of the United States.”

Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS Secretary’s Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Organization Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Understanding our Strategic Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Mission Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Strategic Goals and Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Achieving Goals and Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Relationship between Long-Term Goals and Annual Performance Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Crosscutting Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 External Factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Program Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Strategic Goal 1: Provide the Information and the Framework to Enable the Economy to Operate Efficiently and Equitably. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Objective 1.1: Provide the Infrastructure to Enable the Participation of All Americans in the New Economy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Performance Goal: Promote competition within the telecommunications sector and promote universal access to telecommunications services for all Americans (NTIA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Performance Goal: Promote exports by small and medium-sized enterprises (ITA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Performance Goal: Increase U.S. exports by implementing the National Export Strategy through government-wide coordination of trade promotion and trade finance programs (ITA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Performance Goal: Support job creation and private enterprise in economically distressed communities (EDA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Performance Goal: Improve opportunities for minority-owned businesses to have access to the marketplace (MBDA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Performance Goal: Improve opportunities for minority-owned businesses to pursue financing (MBDA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 Objective 1.2: Promote Responsible Economic Growth and Trade while Protecting American Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Performance Goal: By use of a dual-use export control system that continuously is refined to respond to changing requirements, transactions that are contrary to U.S. security interests are deterred and transactions without proliferation potential are facilitated (BXA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Performance Goal: The United States is in full compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and all confidential business information of U.S. companies subject to inspection under the CWC is effectively protected (BXA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Performance Goal: The U.S. defense industrial base is healthy and competitive (BXA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

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