ML20210M550
| ML20210M550 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 07/17/1999 |
| From: | Dicus G, The Chairman NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Larkins J NRC ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON NUCLEAR WASTE (ACNW), Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards |
| References | |
| ACRS-GENERAL, COMSECY-99-018, NACNUCLE, NUDOCS 9908100106 | |
| Download: ML20210M550 (2) | |
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SELF ASSESSMENT OF ACRS AND ACNW PERFORMANCE PURPOSE The purpose of this paper is to provide to the Commission the results of the ACRS and ACNW self assessment for Calendar Year 1998 and to request Commission approval to replace the periedic assessment reports with ACRS and ACNW Operating Plans.
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BACKGROUND In response to a draft circular from the Office'of Management and Budget dated August 3,1994, the ACRS and ACNW each reviewed its planned activities and developed performance 4
measures and assessment standards. These were provided to the Commission in a February 14,1995 memorandum. Subsequently, as part of the agency's strategic assessment, an issue paper was developed on independent oversight [COMSECY-96-028, Strategic Assessment 1ssue Paper: Independent Oversight (DSI-19)]. In a Staff Requirements Memorandum (SRM) of August 21,1996, associated with COMSECY-96-028, the Commission requested each h[;
Committee "to produce a set of criteria, for Commission consideration, under which the
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performance of the Committee would be evaluated in the future. The Committee should then l
periodically review itself against these criteria and provide the results of this evaluation to the l
Commission."
The Executive Director of the ACRS/ACNW Office responded to this Commission request in a memorandum dated December 23,1996. Subsequently, the Commission announced the development of an agency-wide Strategic Plan that included a requirement for each NRC office to prepare an Operating Plan. Because the requirements of the Operating Plan overlapped those of the August 21,1996 SRM, the Executive Director of the ACRS/ACNW Office and' members of his staff met with representatives of each Commissioner's Office to discuss performance criteria that would meet both the requirements of the SRM and the Strategic Plan initiative. It was agreed that the ACRS and the ACNWwould each prepare an Operating Plan that would include self-assessment criteria and other suggestions contained in the SRM. If the Commission approves, the ACRS and ACNWOperating Plans will henceforth replace the periodic assessment reports requested in the August 21,1996 SRM.
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CHAIRMAN DICUS' COMMENTS ON COMSECY-99-018, "SELF ASSESSMENT OF ACRS AND ACNW PERFORMANCE" i
i-I I concur with Commissioner Diaz's comments approving the ACRS/ACNW's request to L:
replace periodic self-assessment reports with the Committees' Operating Plans, i
provided that the self-assessment portion of the combinei report continues to contain l
l the information currently provided (i.e., Summary Matrix). As a point of clarification, the Operating Plans should continue to be prepared quarterly, and on an annual basis, the self-assessment information should be combined with the Operating Plan and submitted to the Commission for review.
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