Planning at NIST Planning at NIST

Patrick D. Gallagher Patrick D. GallagherDeputy Director Deputy Director
Planning at NIST

 Planning at NIST. NIST Three Year Plan. Status and next steps.
Planning at NIST

 NIST is committed to improving planning. NIST is making progress in strategic planning.  Much work remains. We look to the VCAT to help guide our planning pro
Major Ingredients

 Our mission. Our programs. Defined focus and objectives. Planning data.

 Current capabilities. Drivers. Gaps and opportunities.

 Program plans. Assessment (performance data).
 Our mission. 

 Our programs. Defined focus and objectives. Planning data.

 Current capabilities. Drivers. Gaps and opportunities.

 Program plans. Assessment (performance data).

NIST 3-year 

Major Ingredients
 Our mission. 

 Our programs. Defined focus and objectives. Planning data.

 Current capabilities. Drivers. Gaps and opportunities.

 Program plans. Assessment (performance data).

NIST 3-year 

NIST program 

Major Ingredients
 Our mission.

 Our programs. Defined focus and objectives. Planning data.

 Current capabilities. Drivers. Gaps and opportunities.

 Program plans. Assessment (performance data).

Major Ingredients
NIST Three Year Plan

 NIST Mission. NIST Programs. Programmatic Priorities.
NIST Three Year Plan
NIST Three Year Plan

Priorities in the New Administration’s Agenda

NIST 

Investment 

Priority Areas

Economy Technology Energy and Environment Homeland Security 

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Environment

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Manufacturing

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Health Care

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Infrastructure

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Information 

Technology

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Alignment of NIST Investment Priority Areas 

National Priorities in President’s Agenda

www.whitehouse.gov/agenda
Identifying Investment Priority Areas 

 Developed a set of criteria to use in identifying po

areas

• Is this a compelling innovation or competitiven

the nation needs NIST to address?

• Is there a clear match to our mission and goal• Does this address an urgent and compelling n• Is this part of an ongoing priority for NIST (as 

previous budget and planning documents)?

• Is this part of a coordinated national policy are

of policy officials).

 Path forward

• Two working groups (Planning group and OU 

criteria to identify areas for Deputy Director de
Selected VCAT Feedback on Three Ye

“What is said is just fine and DOES let the readethe priorities will be placed. However, it reads mexecutive summary of a programmatic plan ratheplan. There are few examples of implantation. Wbeef to assure the reader that you have ANY IDEimplement what you’ve discussed?”
“Firstly I am a bit disturbed by the fact that as yo

priorities, Information technology (IT) is last .I beshould not separate IT since I believe that IT is Iall your other priorities, Energy, environment, hemanufacturing...”

Selected VCAT Feedback on Three Ye
“There is almost NOTHING in the plan about sta

part of NIST is standards and I think it should ge“What about the issue of a global economy and International Standards activities? I know that Nconsiders this very important, yet there is nothinwork.”Selected VCAT Feedback on Three Ye
Other NIST Planning Activities

 NIST Planning Studies. “Measurement Challenges to Innovation in 

the Biosciences: Critical Roles for NIST.”

 NIST Facilities Planning.
Next Steps: Planning

 Strengthen annual planning and evaluation process

• Programmatic studies.

• Identify needs and drivers, current NIST act

programs, gaps and opportunities, key NIST 

• Program planning.

• Goals, outputs/outcomes, management plan

etc.

• Program assessment.

• Collect, analyze, conduct assessments.
Next Steps: Beyond Planning

 Program management. Strategic investment. Engagement. Clarifying NIST roles.