ML19240A373
| ML19240A373 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 09/12/2019 |
| From: | Margaret Doane NRC/EDO |
| To: | Harris C US Government Accountability Office (GAO) |
| Susan Salter, OCHCO | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML19226A169 | List: |
| References | |
| 102588, GAO-19-188, LTR-19-0315-1-OCHCO | |
| Download: ML19240A373 (2) | |
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September 12, 2019 Ms. Carol C. Harris, Director Information Technology Acquisition Management Issues U.S. Government Accountability Office 441 G Street, NW Washington, DC 20226
Dear Ms. Harris:
On behalf of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), I am responding to your e-mail dated August 12, 2019, which provided the NRC an opportunity to review and comment on the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) draft report GAO-19-188, Information Technology: Agencies Need to Fully Implement Key Workforce Planning Activities.
The NRC staff appreciates the opportunity to review the draft report, as well as, the GAO staffs professionalism and constructive interactions during this GAO engagement. The NRC does not agree with the findings, specifically that we have not developed competency requirements or established a workforce planning process. In 2017, the NRC formed a working group whose purpose was to develop a plan for a comprehensive, integrated, and systematic Strategic Workforce Planning (SWP) process. This process was informed by GAOs report titled Strategic Human Capital Management: NRC Could Better Manage the Size and Composition of its Workforce by Further Incorporating Leading Practices (GAO-17-233). This enhanced SWP process was being implemented at the time of this review, and I am happy to report that it has now been fully implemented resulting in the identification of strategies and action plans to address potential Information Technology (IT) skill gaps.
In the enclosure to this letter, we have provided comments on the current state of our IT workforce planning activities, including our efforts to identify competencies at the agency and to further strengthen that activity by joining other Federal agencies that are part of the Office of the Chief Information Officer Council to build career paths/competency models for 64 IT security roles across the Federal Government.
Thank you again for the opportunity to provide comments on the GAO report. Please feel free to contact Mr. John Jolicoeur at (301) 415-1642 or John.Jolicoeur@nrc.gov if you have questions or need additional information.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Margaret M. Doane Executive Director for Operations
Enclosure:
NRC Comments on Draft Report C. Harris
SUBJECT:
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