GCR 06-891 - Bridging from Project Case Study to Portfolio Analysis in a Public R&D Program
A Framework for Evaluation and Introduction

Acknowledgements

I acknowledge the support of ATP and its Economic Assessment Office (EAO) for making this work possible. I particularly wish to thank Stephanie Shipp, EAO Director, and Connie Chang, EAO senior economist and project coordinator, for their oversight, helpful guidance, and many useful comments throughout the process. Aaron Kirtley, former EAO staff member, Lee Bowes, EAO economist, and Dennis Leber, a statistician at NIST, provided helpful comments through their review of the final draft. I also wish to express my gratitude for their thoughtful and in-depth reviews of an earlier draft manuscript to Harris Liebergot, former program manager in ATP's Information Technology and Electronics Office, and Susannah Schiller, leader of ATP's Information Resources Group. Elissa Sobolewski, Director, ATP Information Technology and Electronics Office; Lorel Wisniewski, ATP Deputy Director; and Brian Belanger, former ATP Deputy Director (and currently consultant to ATP), reviewed and provided additional comments on the final report.

I am also indebted to two groups who attended pre-report presentations on the approach. Those who attended presentations at NIST on the composite performance rating system pro­vided valuable insight through their questions, and gave direct assistance through their helpful suggestions. Those who attended a presentation on the framework, given at the Expert Lec­ture Series of the American Evaluation Association Annual Conference, November 8, 2002, Crystal City, Virginia, included staff from other government agencies in the United States and abroad who provided useful insight through their questions and comments.

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