ML20030D799
| ML20030D799 | |
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| Issue date: | 09/04/1981 |
| From: | Palladino N NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Brooks J HOUSE OF REP., GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS |
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| NUDOCS 8109160282 | |
| Download: ML20030D799 (2) | |
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[ORl September 4, 1981 The Honorable Jack Brooks, Chainnan Comittee on Government Operations United States House of Representatives
-Washington, DC 20515
Dear Mr. Chainnan:
In accordance with Section 236 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of I
1970, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission's Statement of Actions being taken on recomendations in the General Accounting Office's
. June 3,1981, report entitled, "NRC Should Specify User Needs and Improve Cost Control for its Document Control System," is submitted.
In its report, the GA0 made three specific recommendations.
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agrees with the substance of these recommendations.
Staff actions, both i
completed and ongoing, as noted below, are responsive to these recommendations.
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First, the GA0 recomended that the needs of NRC staff for an automated technical information and Document Control System (DCS) should be specified.
In December,1980 a DCS Policy Advisory Group was formed to provide manegement and pMicy oversight of the DCS.
As a result of this group's work, user nee 6 are being sharpened and some aspects cf the system have been eliminated, with a reduction in projected costs of about $5 million.
In addition, a DCS Requirements and Feasibility Study is now under way to evaluate the more long-term technical information and document control
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needs of NRC staff.
I anticipate that this study will be completed in the spring of 1982.
Second, the GA0 reconrsnded that NRC resolve problems the staff was experiencing in using the system. 'Several actions are under way or have been completed in this area.
A comprehensive maqagement directive on DCS document coverage should be published by September,1981.
A DCS Newsletter is now published monthly and distributed to all staff.
Video terminals have been eliminated and the quality of microfiche upgraded.
Finally, a user oriented Boolean Search System.is being evaluated for use by the staff.
Third, the GA0 recomended that NRC take steps to prevent the processing of duplicate documents.
On July 6, 1981, new procedures were implemented agency-wide to minimize duplicate copies by accepting only original documents for DCS processing.
The impact of these procedures will be monitor d to ensure that duplicate rates are substantially lowered.
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2ILtrust that you.will find these actions; responsive to the report.
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