ML20125B923

Details Answers Provided by 810421 Telcon W/B Baney to Questions Re Gao Draft Rept, Improvements Needed in NRC Ofc of Inspector & Auditor. Specifics Provided Re Group Suggestions Ignored & Delayed Action on Rept Findings

ML20125B923
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Site:	Zimmer
Issue date:	04/22/1981
From:	Wiest T NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTOR & AUDITOR (OIA)
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTOR & AUDITOR (OIA)
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ltE110RA'iDijM FOR: File 8CA-36 FROM: Tracy Wiest, Audito b Office 'of Inspe.ctor and luditor

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.GAO DRAFT REPORT ENTITLED "IMFROVEMENTS NEEDED IN NRC'S OFFICE OF INSPECTOR AND AUDITOR" On April 21, 1981, Bob Baney of-GAO called to provide the following i, infor ation in response to our specific questions on the subject draft report.

We had previously provided GAO with a list of 18 questions regarding additional information we felt was needed to prepare our response to the subject draft report. GA0 agreed to provide additional information only on questions 6, 8, and 15 (see attached questions). GAO had answered question ne=ber 17 in a meeting held between OIA and GAO on April 16, 1981.

6. Page 13, paragraph 1, lines 4-6 "... we found that audit or investigative suggestions from cae group to the other were usually ignored or otherwise discounted."

Question: Please provide specific cases in which GAO determined suggestions were ignored; discounted?

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-- Background Screening of Te:porary Security Personnel

-- NRC Office of Personnel

-- Contract by IE to Outside Party to Develop Position Dei:riptions for IE Employees

-- Adequacy of NRC's Source !!aterial Data Base

-- Reactor Safeguards Program .

-- Apparent Deficiency in Radiographer Testing

-- Failure to Collect Fees for Searches in Response to FOIA Requests

-- Retention of Guard Qualification and Training Records

-- Safety Plan Weaknes'ses

-- Inadequate Security System at the Trojan Plant

-- Padding of Travel Vouchers 8506110599 850117 PDR FOIA BAUSERS4-415 PDR ,

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. 8. Page 19, paragraph 2, lines 6-7: "We found other instances where recommendations were nearly two years old and have not been followed up on by OIA."

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! Question: Which specific reports?

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-- Review of Export Licensing Procedures

-- Public Document Room j -- Review of Consultant Services

-- Review of the llse and Controls Over Long Distance Commercial Telephone Calls

55. Page 27, paragraph 2: " In one case, .. . In another case. . ."

-l Question: Which two audits are these examples referring to?

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1st case - Review of Travel Voucher Processing 2nd case - Review of Standardization Policy

17. Did GAO interview: .

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Dircks .- no (talked to Cornell and Rehm)

Gossick - no *

! Budnitz - maybe on phone Murley - yes Bickwit - no Stello - yes Denton yes Davis - yes Minogue - yes Smith - no i

Abston - no -

McTiernan - no

! cc: Cummings

! Messenger Schnebelen

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