America is Open for Business Strategic Plan FY 2014-2018

The America is Open for Business Strategic Plan FY 2014-2018 is a national multi-sectoral strategic plan. Its main objective is to serve as the principal document within the U.S. Department of Commerce’s comprehensive performance manage¬ment framework.
More specifically, it aims to expand the U.S. economy through increased exports and inward foreign investment that lead to more and better American jobs; increase opportunities for U.S. companies by opening markets globally (ITA, NOAA, NTIA, USPTO); increase U.S. exports by broadening and deepening the U.S. exporter base (BIS, EDA, ESA, ITA, MBDA, OS); increase high-impact inward foreign direct investment into the United States (EDA, ESA, ITA); strengthen fair competition in international trade for U.S. firms and workers by addressing and resolving foreign unfair trade practices and enforcing international trade agreements (ITA); foster a more innovative U.S. economy—one that is better at inventing, improving, and commercializing products and technologies that lead to higher productivity and competitiveness; grow a more productive, agile, and high-value manufacturing sector through partnerships and collaborations that accelerate technology development and commercialization (NIST); increase the capacity of U.S. regional economies to accelerate the production of value-added goods and services by providing services to and investments in businesses and communities (EDA, ESA, MBDA, NIST, USPTO); strengthen the Nation’s digital economy by championing policies that will maximize the potential of the Internet, expanding broadband capacity, and enhancing cybersecurity (NIST, NTIA, USPTO); accelerate the development of industry-led skills strategies that result in a productive workforce for employers and high-quality jobs for workers (EDA, ESA, NIST); accelerate growth of innovation-intensive economic sectors by building public and private capacity to invent, improve, and commercialize new products and services (EDA, NIST, USPTO); ensure communities and businesses have the necessary information, products, and services to prepare for and prosper in a changing environment; advance the understanding and prediction of changes in the environment through world class science and observations (NIST, NOAA); improve preparedness, response, and recovery from weather and water events by building a Weather-Ready Nation (ESA, NOAA); strengthen the resiliency of communities and regions by delivering targeted services to build capacity (EDA, ESA, NIST, NOAA); foster healthy and sustainable marine resources, habitats, and ecosystems through improved management and partnerships (NOAA); enable U.S. businesses to adapt and prosper by developing environmental and climate-informed solutions (ESA, ITA, NIST, NOAA); improve government, business, and community decisions and knowledge by transforming Department data capabilities and supporting a data-enabled economy; transform the Department’s data capacity to enhance the value, accessibility and usability of Commerce data for government, business and the public (ESA, NIST, NOAA, NTIS); improve data-based services, decisionmaking, and data sharing within the Department and with other parts of the federal government (BIS, ESA, ITA); collaborate with the business community to provide more timely, accurate, and relevant data products and services for customers (ESA, NOAA); deliver better services, solutions, and outcomes that benefit the American people; and strengthen organizational capabilities to drive customer-focused, outcomes-driven mission performance (OS, All Bureaus).