Document ID: EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-0926-0006
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2009-03-13T04:00Z

Long-Term Outcome Measures

As part of its comprehensive reviews, the BOSC will provide ratings of
the program’s progress toward each long-term goal (LTG).

					            	         	    	 

Long-Term Goal	Measure	2007  Actual	2011 Target

LTG 1	Utility of ORD-identified and developed metrics for quantitatively
assessing environmental systems for sustainability	N/A	Baseline1

LTG 2	Utility of ORD-developed decision support tools and methodologies
for promoting environmental stewardship and sustainable environmental
management practices	Exceeds Expectations	Exceeds Expectations

LTG 3	Utility of innovative technologies developed or verified by ORD
for solving environmental problems and contributing to sustainable
outcomes	Meets Expectations	Exceeds Expectations

 The BOSC will not rate the program on LTG 1 until the next review in
2011.

Bibliometric Analysis Measures

Through bibliometric analyses conducted every two years, the program
assesses the extent to which the scientific community uses program
publications. Specifically, the program measures the percentage of
publications that are deemed “highly cited” (within the top 10% of
papers most cited).

                                                           

Measure	2005 Baseline	2007 Actual	2009 

Target	2011

Target

Percentage of Science and Technology for Sustainability (STS)
publications in "high impact" journals	30.4%	34.3%	35.3%	36.0%

Percentage of Science and Technology for Sustainability (STS)
publications rated as highly cited publications	N/A	28.2%	29.2%	30.2%

Annual Output Measures

At the end of each fiscal year, the program reports on its success in
completing its planned annual outputs (Annual Performance Measures). 

Percentage of planned outputs delivered in support of STS's LTG 1, that
decision makers adopt ORD-identified and developed metrics to
quantitatively assess environmental systems for sustainability.	

2000

Baseline	2001

Actual	2002 Actual	2003 Actual	2004 Actual	2005 Actual	2006 Actual	2007
Actual	2008 Actual

N/A	N/A	N/A	100%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	100%

Percentage of planned outputs delivered in support of STS's LTG 2, that
decision makers adopt ORD-developed decision support tools and
methodologies to promote environmental stewardship and sustainable
environmental management practices.	

2000

Baseline	2001

Actual	2002 Actual	2003 Actual	2004 Actual	2005 Actual	2006 Actual	2007
Actual	2008 Actual

N/A	N/A	N/A	75%	78%	67%	100%	100%	100%

Percentage of planned outputs delivered in support of STS's LTG 3, that
decision makers adopt innovative technologies developed or verified by
ORD to solve environmental problems, contributing to sustainable
outcomes. 

2000

Baseline	2001

Actual	2002 Actual	2003 Actual	2004 Actual	2005 Actual	2006 Actual	2007
Actual	2008 Actual

N/A	N/A	N/A	75%	29%	90%	94%	100%	100%

Annual Efficiency Measure

Based on recent National Academy of Sciences (NAS) recommendations on
research efficiency measurement, this measure utilizes an approach
similar to Earned Value Management.

Percent variance from planned cost and schedule.

2003 Actual	2004 Actual	2005 Actual	2006 Actual	2007 Actual	2008 Actual

N/A	-52.8%	-64.9%	-4.3%	1.1%	Data lag

Science and Technology for Sustainability Research Program 

Long-Term and Annual Measures