ML20059B242
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| Issue date: | 10/01/1993 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL (OIG) |
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FOLLOWUP ON NRC ACTIONS TAKEN ON RECOMMENDATIONS CONTAINED IN OIG'S REPORT ENTITLED I
" REVIEW OF NRC'S DEBT COLLECTION PROCESS" i
OIG/93A-27 October 1,1993 1
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Review of NRC's Debt Collection Process SYNOPSIS The Office of the Inspector General's (OIG) followup review of recommendations contained in its May 1991 report on the Nuclear Regulatory l
Commission's (NRC) debt collection process disclosed that corrective action has been taken and the recommendations have been satisfactorily implemented.
The recommendations stemmed from OIG's review of NRC's debt collection process to ascertain NRC's compliance with the followup provisions of the i
Debt Collection Act of 1982 and the Office of Management and Budget Circular A-129, " Managing Federal Credit Programs".
In its report, OlG noted that NRC had not billed debtors for approximately
$7,200 in interest and other late charges. NRC was allowing debtors a 5-to-10 day grace period, in addition to the 30 days normally allowed, before sending out second notices. In addition, NRC was not routinely computing and billing interest, penalty and administrative charges nor billing debtors for amounts due in a timely manner. OIG determined that these problems were due to y
the lack of an automated system for ensuring that applicable interest and late charges were computed and that collection notices were sent out in a timely manner.
OIG recommended that NRC's Controller:
ensure that the concept development of an automated collection system include provisions to ensure timely billing and
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followup of all applicable interest and late charges on 1
delinquent accounts, and eliminate grace periods being granted to debtors.
NRC has developed and implemented an automated collection tracking system which provides for timely billing and followup of delinquent accounts, and eliminated the granting of grace periods as recommended by OIG. His report completes action on OIG's May 1991 review.
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U.S. NRC Organizational Chart II Major Contributors To This Report l
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Review of NRC's Debt Collection Process INTRODUCTION In May 1991, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issued an audit report on its review of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) debt collection process. The purpose of this review was to ascertain NRC's compliance with the followup provisions of the Debt Collection Act of 1982 and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-129," Managing Federal Credit Programs".
OIG's review found that NRC had not billed debtors for approximately $7,200 in interest and other late charges based on a sample of 124 accounts receivable. Specifically, NRC was allowing debtors a 5-10-10 day grace period, in addition to the normal 30 days allowed for billing purposes, before sending out second notices. Furthermore, NRC was not routinely computing and billing interest, penalty and administrative charges on amounts not paid in a timely manner. OIG determined that these problems were due to the lack of an automated system for ensuring that followup collection notices are sent out in a timely manner and computing applicable interest and other late charges.
Thus, OIG made two recommendations to the Controller to:
eliminate the grace period being granted to debtors, and ensure that the concept development of an automated collection system include provisions to ensure timely followup and billing of all applicable interest and late charges on delinquent accounts.
On May 24,1991, the Deputy Executive Director for Nuclear Safety, l
Safeguards and Operations Support agreed with OIG's recommendations and provided a plan of action to implement the recortmendations.
FINDINGS Our followup disclosed that corrective action has been taken and that the recommendations have been satisfactorily implemented.
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