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Audit of the NRC’s Prohibited Security Ownership Process

Report Information

Date Issued
Report Number
OIG-21-A-17
Report Type
Audit
Joint Report
Yes
Participating OIG
Nuclear Regulatory Commission OIG
Agency Wide
Yes (agency-wide)
Questioned Costs
$0
Funds for Better Use
$0

Recommendations

Clarify roles and responsibilities for completion, tracking, and retention of security ownership forms.

Develop and implement quality assurance measures for the prohibited securities process to ensure staff adherence to timeliness metrics and ethics guidance.

Develop and implement quality assurance measures to ensure adequate monitoring of prohibited securities records including record retention and external audit capability.

Revise MD 7.7, Security Ownership, to include roles and responsibilities clarifications, and remove inconsistencies and outdated information.

Develop, finalize, and implement the prohibited securities desk guide.