ATTACHMENT A

**PROJECT PERFORMANCE METRICS (DRAFT)**

REASoN projects are required to collect and report on the metrics noted
in Table A. These data will be reported from the projects on a monthly
basis with six month and yearly aggregations of data to coincide with
interim reporting obligations. The metric data provided by the REASoN
projects, once aggregated, will be made available for public inspection.
In addition to the specific metrics listed here, REASoNs are expected to
help aid in the development of new metrics through the Metrics Planning
and Reporting Working Group and may need to provide additional data
beyond those in Table A.

## TABLE A: Metrics to be reported by the REASoN project. 

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       Metric                    Definition and Implementation

  1    Number of Distinct Users  The number of distinct individual users
                                 (based on non-duplicated IP addresses)
                                 who request and/or receive products,
                                 services and/or other information during
                                 the reporting period.

  2    Characterization of       Classes of users who obtain products and
       Distinct Users Requesting services from the project. The metric
       Products and Information  will show the relative proportion of
       (by Internet domain)      users accessing data and services from
                                 a) first-tier domains: .com, .edu, .gov,
                                 .net, .mil, .org, summary of foreign
                                 countries, and unresolved , and b)
                                 second-tier domains, such as "nasa.gov",
                                 "unm.edu", etc.

  3    Number of Products        The number of separately cataloged and
       Delivered to Users        ordered data or information products
                                 delivered to users during the reporting
                                 period (by project-defined product ID).
                                 A 'product' may consist of a number of
                                 items or files that comprise a single
                                 item in a product catalog or inventory;
                                 our intent is to capture the user view
                                 of the products provided by the project
                                 (e.g., Suppose a Vegetation Index map is
                                 a type of product that is generated and
                                 kept track of in the inventory on a
                                 regional and monthly basis. Then, if 30
                                 users receive a Vegetation Index map of
                                 the Eastern U.S. for September 2001
                                 count them as 30 products delivered).

  4    Number of Distinct        A product type refers to a collection of
       Product Types Produced    'products' of the same type such as "sea
       and Maintained by Project surface temperature" products. The
                                 project may add many or few product
                                 types through time but these should be
                                 tracked independent of the number of
                                 'products' delivered. (This metric is
                                 not expected to change frequently and
                                 may not require updates on a monthly
                                 basis).

  5    Volume of Data            The volume of data and/or data products
       Distributed               distributed to users during the
                                 reporting period (in GB or TB as
                                 appropriate).

  6    Total Volume of Data      The total cumulative volume, as of the
       Available for Research    end of the reporting period, of data and
       and Other Uses            products held by the project and
                                 available to researchers and other users
                                 (GB or TB). This number can include data
                                 that is not on-line but is available
                                 through other means.
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       Metric                    Definition and Implementation

  7    Delivery Time of Products Response time for filling user requests
       to Users                  during the reporting period. Averaged
                                 and standard deviation summary times are
                                 to be collected for both electronic
                                 (including subscription services) and
                                 physical hard media transfers.

  8    Support for the ESE       The REASoN projects will include a
       Science Focus Areas       quantitative summary of the data
       *(when applicable)*       products supporting one or more of
                                 NASA's science focus areas, and report
                                 any changes at the next monthly metrics
                                 submission. The focus areas are:
                                 weather, climate change and variability,
                                 atmospheric composition, water and
                                 energy cycle, Earth surface and
                                 interior, and carbon cycle and
                                 ecosystems.

  9    Support for the ESE       The REASoN projects will include a
       Applications of National  quantitative summary of the data
       Importance *(when         products supporting one or more of
       applicable)*              NASA's Applications, , and report any
                                 changes at the next monthly metrics
                                 submission.. The 12 applications areas
                                 are: agricultural efficiency, air
                                 quality, aviation safety, carbon
                                 management, coastal management,
                                 ecosystems, disaster preparedness,
                                 energy forecasting, homeland security,
                                 invasive species, public health, and
                                 water management.

  10   Support for ESE Education In partnership with the Study Manager
       Initiatives *(when        the REASoN project will submit data
       applicable)*              pertaining to the adoption and use of
                                 educational products by noted audience
                                 categories (to be determined by project
                                 and study manager). These groups can
                                 include higher education, K-12, museums,
                                 informal education, and others as
                                 appropriate.
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[Project Product Mapping]{.underline}

To establish a baseline for the assessment of products and their support
of NASA's science and applications' goals all REASoN projects will
prepare an initial list of the current and pending products to be made
available. The Studies Manager will work with the REASoN project to map
these products and services to one or more of the six Science Focus
Areas and/or the twelve Applications of National Importance and
Education. Monthly reporting of Metric #3 will map the products
distributed by the project to the pertinent focus area , application or
education user category.

[How To Submit Metric Data]{.underline}

The REASoN projects will provide the metric information described above
using a NASA designated Internet portal. This on-line tool will allow
REASoN project representatives to enter the requested data into a web
form and data base that stores this information for later viewing and
retrieval. These data must be entered from 7-10 days following the end
of the month. The location of the REASoN metric web portal will be
provided to each REASoN project by a NASA representative. Only
designated NASA representatives will have access to individual project
metric data. If technical issues develop where project metric data
cannot be added using the web tool, you will be asked to submit this
information via email to a NASA representative or studies manager.