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International Trade Administration: U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

The program assists US companies, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises, in pursuit of foreign trade opportunities. It provides products and services, some at cost, to US businesses through a network of domestically based Export Assistance Centers and overseas offices.

Rating

What This Rating Means

PERFORMING
Adequate

This rating describes a program that needs to set more ambitious goals, achieve better results, improve accountability or strengthen its management practices.
  • While the program overall is well-managed, it lacks a standard approach to understanding costs and pricing products accordingly. As a result, not all of its products and services may be appropriately priced to ensure that US businesses are not unfairly subsidized by US taxpayers.
  • The program performed inconsistently on past targets it set. However, the program's performance is subject to critical external factors in the trade environment, including relative strength of the US currency, which in some cases may adversely affect the demand for US exports.

Improvement Plan

About Improvement Plans

We are taking the following actions to improve the performance of the program:

  • Implementing a financial system to better track how resources are applied to program goals and the actual cost of services provided.
  • Developing additional measures of program efficiency and effectiveness.

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