Sec. 6502. Mandate to revise Department of State metrics for successful economic and commercial diplomacy
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The Secretary shall, as part of the Department’s next regularly scheduled review on metrics and performance measures, include revisions of Department performance measures for economic and commercial diplomacy, by identifying outcome-oriented, and not process-oriented, performance metrics, including metrics that— measure how Department efforts advanced specific economic and commercial objectives and led to successes for the United States or other private sector actors overseas; and focus on customer satisfaction with Department services and assistance.
As part of the review required under subsection (a), the Secretary shall include a plan for ensuring that— the Department, both at its main headquarters and at domestic and overseas posts, maintains and fully updates data on performance measures; and Department leadership and the appropriate congressional committees can evaluate the extent to which the Department is advancing United States economic and commercial interests abroad through meeting performance targets. The Secretary shall prepare a report that lists and describes all the methods through which the Department conducts surveys of the private sector to measure private sector satisfaction with assistance and services provided by the Department to advance private sector economic and commercial goals in foreign markets.
Not later than 90 days after conducting the review pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees— the revised performance metrics required under subsection (a); and the report required under subsection (c).