; (iii) overseeing compliance with the contractual obligations of the Operating Entity; (iv) establishing evaluation criteria for the NAIRR; (v) overseeing asset allocation and utilization; (vi) identifying an external independent evaluation entity; (vii) assessing the performance of the Operating Entity on not less than an annual basis and, if such performance is unsatisfactory, ending the agreement with such Operating Entity and selecting a new Operating Entity in accordance with clause (ii); (viii) developing multi-agency funding opportunities for the selection of NAIRR resources; and (ix) coordinating resource contributions from participating Federal agencies; and (B) delegating, with appropriate oversight, operational tasks to the Operating Entity, including— (i) coordinating the provisioning of resources of the NAIRR; (ii) maintaining a portal and associated services for users to access resources of the NAIRR; (iii) developing policies and procedures for the NAIRR; (iv) hiring and managing a staff (including experts in cyber infrastructure management, data science, research design, privacy, ethics, civil rights and civil liberties, and legal and policy matters) to support the operations of the NAIRR; (v) continually modernizing NAIRR infrastructure; (vi) recommending key performance indicators for the NAIRR, in coordination with the NAIRR Steering Subcommittee and any relevant Advisory Committee; (vii) publishing publicly available annual reports reviewing the performance of the NAIRR, the resources of the NAIRR, and the NAIRR governance structures; (viii) establishing and administering training to new users on accessing a resource of the NAIRR, research design, and issues related to privacy, ethics, civil rights and civil liberties, safety, and trustworthiness of artificial intelligence systems; (ix) facilitating connections to AI testbeds