A progress report is a specific kind of memo that summarizes ... Memos are less formal than scientific papers or lengthy technical reports, but they should still show a respectful and professional ...

Bresnahan, Timothy, and Shane Greenstein. "Technical Progress and Co-Invention in Computing and in the Use of Computers." Brookings Papers on Economic Activity. Microeconomics (1996): 1–78.

The ERCC is identifying and establishing metrics for the technical performance of control ... sites to perform testing in a variety of sample types. Ultimately the ERCC plans to host a controls ...