FrontMatter -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Lessons Learned from Developing Metrics -- 3 Principles for Developing Metrics -- 4 Characterizing and Reducing Uncertainty -- 5 Process of Developing Metrics -- 6 Metrics for the Climate Change Science Program -- 7 Conclusions and Next Steps -- Appendixes -- Appendix A Measuring Government Performance -- Appendix B Case Study Metrics for the Climate Change Science Program -- Appendix C Pool of Generic Metrics for Science and Technology -- Appendix D Biographical Sketches of Committee Members -- Appendix E Abbreviations and Acronyms.