The Company Statistics Division prepared this report. Charles A. Funk, Assistant Division Chief for Surveys and Programs, was responsible for the overall planning, management, and coordination. Primary assistance for planning and implementation were under the direction of Valerie C. Mastalski, Chief, Business Investment Branch, assisted by Venita Holland, Demetrius Lambeth, and Sara Prebble, Section Chiefs, Business Investment Branch. Primary staff assistance was provided by Ayub Abdallah, Sergey Adamenko, Ebenezer Amoako, Samantha Angley, Kevin Ball, Linda Gaich, William Gainor, JungJin Kang, Spencer Knoll, Dimitrios Leondaridis, Jonathan Miller, Conrad Munger, Madelyn Nieves, Omar Nix, Mabel Ocasio, Sherrita Powell, Renaldo Simpson, Alan Tominack, and Justin Wilson.

General direction for statistical methodology was provided by Carol Caldwell, Assistant Division Chief for Research and Methodology, and James Hunt, Chief, Statistical Research and Methods Branch. Jeffrey L. Dalzell, Jared Martin, and Beth Newman developed and implemented the sample design, estimation and adjustment methodologies.

Data Processing Team Lead for Economic Programs, Christine Moseley, coordinated iCADE data capture and Centurion. Primary assistance was provided by Jennifer Deppe, Hector Aguirre and Leigh Ann Smith. Shelley Karlsson, Chief, Mailout and Data Capture Branch, coordinated survey mailout and data collection with Christopher Berbert, Section Chief. Primary assistance was provided by Loretta Brawner and Michael Zabelsky.

The staff of the National Processing Center, Angela Feldman-Harkins, Assistant Division Chief for Processing, performed mailout preparation and receipt operations, clerical and analytical review activities, and data entry.

The Economic Statistical Methods and Programming Division, Kenneth Keer, Chief, Current Manufacturing and Company Statistics Annuals Branch, developed and implemented computer processing systems. Nestor Baez Jr., Supervisory Computer Specialist Systems Analyst, supervised the preparation of computer programs. Stephen Potemkin was responsible for frame creation and sample selection. Kristy Harley and Megha Singal were assigned primary programming responsibilities.

Finally, a special acknowledgment is due to the many businesses whose cooperation was essential to the success of this report.

If you have any questions concerning the statistics in this report, call 301-763-3324.