Commerce Data Dissemination Agreements

Operating Unit

Agreement Partner

Type of Agreement

Purpose

Census Bureau

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Joint Project Agreement

Establish NY Census Research Data Center at Baruch College, New York City.

Census Bureau

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Joint Project Agreement

Establish Boston Census Research Data Center at NBER Headquarters, Cambridge, MA.

Census Bureau

Duke University

Joint Project Agreement

Establish Triangle Census Research Data Center,

Durham, NC.

Census Bureau

University of Michigan

Joint Project Agreement

Establish Michigan Census Research Data Center,

Ann Arbor, MI.

Census Bureau

Northwestern University

Joint Project Agreement

Establish Chicago Census Research Data Center.

Census Bureau

Cornell University

Joint Project Agreement

Establish Census Research Data Center, Ithaca, NY.

Census Bureau

University of California,

Los Angeles

Joint Project Agreement

Establish California Census Research Data Center in Los Angeles.

Census Bureau

University of California, Berkley

Joint Project Agreement

Establish California Census Research Data Center in Berkley.

Census Bureau

State agencies, universities, libraries, regional and local governments

Cooperative Partnership

Make data available locally to the public through

State agencies, universities, libraries, regional, and local governments.

Economic Development Administration

Indiana University Business Research

Joint Project Agreement

Maintain a web site for area distress determinations and data on regional innovation.

Economic Development Administration

National Association of Development Organizations

Joint Project Agreement

Maintain the Know Your Region Web site, which freely distributes local economic development practitioner curriculum and provides access to some tools and other information. Delivery of the Know Your Region curriculum to local economic development practitioners through a series of seminars and web-based training.

Economic Development Administration

Harvard University

Joint Project Agreement

Develop a national map that presents region-specific data on the presence of clusters and on business environment conditions.

Economic Development Administration

State Science and Technology Institute (SSTI)

Joint Project Agreement

Map innovation assets, assess the effectiveness of innovation networks, and provide technical assistance to innovation networks.

Economic Development Administration

Portland State University

Joint Project Agreement

Build on the existing body of research and experience related to the triple bottom line concept to identify, develop, and disseminate appropriate metrics for practitioners and policymakers to utilize to assess the broad array of impacts that economic development efforts have in their regions.

International Trade Administration

FedEx

Cooperative Marketing Agreement

Creates a “force multiplier effect” to reach as many small and medium-sized businesses as possible with export and marketing information

International Trade Administration

UPS

Cooperative Marketing Agreement

Creates a “force multiplier effect” to reach as many small and medium-sized businesses as possible with export and marketing information.

International Trade Administration

PNC Bank

Cooperative Marketing Agreement

Creates a “force multiplier effect” to reach as many small and medium-sized businesses as possible with export and marketing information.

National Institute of Standards and Technology

National Conference on Weights and Measures

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)

Secure uniformity in weights and measures laws and methods of inspection in accordance with the Technology Act and NIST guidelines.

NOAA/NCDC

Education and Research Consortium of Western Carolinas

Memorandum of Agreement (MOA)

Provide broadband telecommunications service and connectivity to the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC).

NOAA/NCDC

Consortium of Universities for Advancement of Hydrological Science, Inc.

Memorandum of Agreement (MOA)

Establish data publication and sharing services between academic research community and NCDC.

National Telecommunications and Information Administration

IBM

Contract

Provide services for the Digital-to-Analog Converter Box Coupon Program.

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

European Union Patent Office and Japanese Patent Office

Trilateral Exchange Agreement

Agreement addresses permitted uses of exchanged data internally by each Trilateral Office and by the public and other third parties, e.g., commercial vendors.

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Intellectual Property Offices (IPO) world-wide

Bilateral Exchange Agreement

Paper and electronic data provided helps examiners in Intellectual Property Offices world-wide access current PTO published data for search purposes.

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

USPTO public library search facilities nation-wide (main public search facility is located in Alexandria, VA)

Joint Project Agreement

Provides public access to patent and trademark information in a variety of formats including on-line, microfilm and print. Trained staff are available to assist public users.

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Pilot Project at the University of New Hampshire

Contract

Develop a prototype system to provide creditors and financiers with simple access to various types of patent information.

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Various resellers of bulk patent and trademark data

Contract

Approximately 50 value-added resellers, including large corporations, small companies, law offices, and individuals use and re-sell bulk patent and trademark data on a subscription or pay-for-use basis.

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Google

No-cost, two-year agreement

USPTO is providing Google with existing, bulk electronic files, which Google will host without modification for the public free of charge.