Reports - NRC

The NRC could improve its IT services and support through more consistent management with an emphasis on service level agreements (SLAs) and the closeout of IT-related contracts. Consistent with federal regulations and prudent business practices, contract requirements should be clearly defined, and the appropriate performance standards should be developed so the contractors’ performance can be measured. However, the NRC does not consistently use SLAs when awarding IT contracts because the agency has no specific guidance on how or when to use SLAs.

The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) determined that U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) information technology (IT) assets were not managed effectively throughout aspects of the IT lifecycle management process. The OIG substantiated four allegations, and found that some NRC assets were not returned upon employee separation from the NRC. Specifically, three employees separated from the NRC without returning four laptops. Additionally, NRC IT assets are not located in the locations that are shown in the configuration management database.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) contracted with Crowe LLP under contract/order number 31310023A0002 to conduct an identification and assessment of risks related to the oversight performed by the NRC on the decommissioning trust funds (DTF) used by licensees during the decommissioning of nuclear reactor sites.

2024 Peer Review Results of the Office of the Inspector General for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, Investigations Division