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Submits Approval of FY99 Performance Plan,Subj to Listed Changes Based on NRC Strategic Plan & Associated Transmittal to OMB
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Issue date:	02/09/1998
From:	Mcgaffigan E; NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
To:	Hoyle J; NRC OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (SECY)
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COMF20Y 98-003 - FY 1999 PERFORMANCE PLAN l apprave the FY 1999 Performance Plan, subject to the following conforming change based on the NRC Strategic Plan and its associated transmittalletter to OMR of September 30,1997. On page 4 under the heading Cross-Cutting Functions, a footnote should be added to clarth that, separate from the Strategic Plan, NRC is scsking legislation that would eliminate the overlap in the standard setting authority of NRC and EPA with regard to Atomic Energy Act sites and materials in the area of reactor and non-reactor decommissioning. Similar language is also appropriate in a footnote on pages 24 and 54 of the Performance Plan, consistent with the language on pages 7 and 19 of the Strategic Plan. I have included markups of these pages to reflect these changes.

Additional suggested minor editorial corrections are also noted in the attached pages.

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i Separate from the NRC Strategic Plan for FY 1997 2002, NRC is seeking legislation that would eliminate the overlap in standard setting authority of the NRC and the Environmental Protection Agency with regard to Atomic Energy Act sites and materials by recognizing the NRC's and Agreement State's standards in the area of reactor and non-reactor decommissioning.

Separate from the NRC Strategic Plan for FY 1997 2002, NRC is seeking legislation that would eliminate the nerlap in standard setting authority of the NRC and the Environmental Protection Agency with regard to Atomic Energy Act sites and materials by recognizing the NRC's and Agreement State's standards in the area of reactor and non reactor decommissioning.

Separate from the NRC Strategic Plan for FY 1997 2002, NRC != seeking legislation that would eliminate the overlap in standard setting authority of the NRC and the Env:ronmental Protection Agency with regard to Atomic Energy Act sites and materials by recognizing the NRC's and Agreement State's standards in the area of reactor and non reactor decommissioning.

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Licensing actions are issues that require NRC review and approval before they can be implemented by licer. sees. These issues include (1) amendments oflicenses, (2) issuing orders

3o impose requirements on licensees or license modifications resulting kom changes in ownership, (3) reliefs from in service testing or inspection requirements, (4) exemptions &om the regulations, and (5) notices ofenforcement discretion.

Output Measure:

Licensing actions completed per year.

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1,500 actions, including conversions to $r3o s!mdard technical specifications.

Responsible Organization: Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Output Measure:

Size officensing action inventory.

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1500 actions or less.

Responsible Organization: Office ofNuclear Reactor Regulation Output Measure:

Age oflicensing action inventory.

FY 1999 Targets:

80% ofinventory 1 year old or less; 95% 2 years old or less; all actions 3 years old or less.

Responsible Organization: Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Other licensing tasks include (1) responding to petitions from interested parties requesting action pursuant to 10 CFR Part 2.206, or (2) evaluating infonnation received from indisidual licensees in response to requests for information (e.g., generic letters and bulletins) or as required by regulation or license conditions as part of the NRC's responsibility for reviewing the safety of the operating licensed facilities (e.g., final safety evaluation report updates,10 CFR Part 50.59 reports, and changes to quality assurance safeguards, and emergency preparedness plans.)

Output Measure:

Other licensing tasks completed per year FY 1999 Target:

600 Responsible Organizations:gOffice of Nuclear Reactor Regulation / Regions The NRC must license all pe.sonnel authorized to operate reactors. Initial examinations are administered by the NRC to ensure that operating plants are staff'ed by qualified personnel NRC also examines candidates for new operator licer,ses on generic fundamentals to measure the candidates' knowledge of reactor theory, plant components, and thermodynamics.

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Number of operator examinations administered

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Output Measure:

Number ofintegrated Materials Performance Evaluation Program (IMPEP) reviews of Agreement States and NRC Regional Offices completed.

FY 1999 Target:

Complete 10 Agreement State IMPEP reviews, and 2 NRC regionalIMPEP reviews.

Responsible Organisation: Office of State Programs / Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards REGUtATORYEffEerfVENESS Program Output:

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Responsible Organir.ation: Office of the ChiefInformation Officer.

Program Output:

Computer Security The NRC's computer security program Favides administrative, technical, and physical secuiity measures for the protection of the agency's information, automated information systems, and information technology infrastructure. This includes special safeguards to protect classi6ed information, unclassified safeguards information, and sensitive unclassified.information that is

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Raise awareness of potutial threats to the security of NRC informrtion and prevent computer vims attacks through p

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Provide (I ual computer security awareness training for [p NRC head arters and regional employees; (2) computer h

security awareness briefings for small groups at NRC headquarters and regions as requested; ar.d (5) new employee computer security awareness training on a weekJy basis as required.

Responsible Organization: OfFce of the ChiefInformation Officer.

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IT Knov4 edge and Skills Ensures that agency staff have the appropriate IT knowledge and skills to araly inforntion technology to accomplish the agency's goals.

Output Measure:

IT skilllevels of OCIO strJf.

FY 1999 Target:

Implement a training and development program for OCIO staff to address skill gaps identified through a skills assessment.

Responsible Organizatk a: Office of the ChiefInformation Officer / Office ofHuman Resources Output Measure:

Number of NRC senior managers who have been trained to effectively ma. age Vormation resources in order to realize improved retum ca agency IT investments.

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By the end of FY 1999, all NRC senior executives will have completed the basic IT training for managers.

Responsible Organization: Office of the ChiefInformation Officer / Office ofHuman Resources

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Systems Development and Integration ProviCes development and malatenance support for NRC's application systems, including corrections to systems to avoid problems associated with the turn of the century. To ensure that NRC gets a good return on its major systems investments, NRC has implemented a'i IT Capital Planning and Inve4... eat Control (CPIC) Process. The first two systems identi6ed for the CPIC portfolio are a major Agency Document Access and Management System (ADAMS), and a Reactor Proparns System. These systems are discussed further in Appendix V.

Output Measuit:

All systems meetic.g the criteria for inclusion ir. NRC's IT Capital Planning and Investment Control (CPIC) process will develop performance measures and targets.

FY 1999 Target:

Prevent any significant deviations (as defined in the Information Technology Management Reform Act of 1996) from the system targets.

Rasponsible Organization: C: rectors of Offices sponsoring projects in the NRC's IT C:pital Planning and Investment Control Portfolio.

Output Measure:

Renovation and Installation of corrected mission-c$ical and business-essential systems to handle dates from Janary 1,2000 l

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FY 1999 Target:

By December 31,1998, all maintained app!! cation systems that i

are identified as mission-critical or business-essentia'. will have l-had their computer source code renovated so they will be able to process dates beyond January 1,2000.

Responsible Organization: Office of the ChiefIrformation Officer Program Output:

Technology Infrastructure Provides costsfrective, reliable, comprehensive, integrated, and easy-to-use telecommunications, networking, and connectivity services. Operates the Customer Support Center (CSC) help desk that assists NRC employees in using the information technology infrastructure and applications.

Acquires, installs, maintains, and remover personal computers used by NRC st K Output Measuit:

Number of resident inspector site 3 with a dire A connection to the agencywide network.

FY 1999 Target:

Eighty percent of resident sites will have a direct connection to the agencywide network for access to agencywide applications and network resources.

Responsible Organization: Office of.ac ChiefInformation Officer Replacement of agencyhvmUAo Output Measure:

yin Pentium-class systems for users who need them to use ADAMS and RPS.

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