ML20199K471
| ML20199K471 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 11/19/1997 |
| From: | Shirley Ann Jackson, The Chairman NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Horn S, Maloney C HOUSE OF REP. |
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| NUDOCS 9712010132 | |
| Download: ML20199K471 (8) | |
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November 19, 1997 D4 AIRMAN The Honorable Stephen Hom, Chairman Subcommittee on Govemment Management, Information and Technology Committee on Govemment Reform and Oversight United Otates House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515-6143 Deser Mr. Chairman:
In response to your request of May 20,1997, enclosed please find the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) November 1997 quarterly report on the Year 2000 as submitted to the Office of Management and Budget. I share your view that the Year 2000 is a crucial problem. I have given it my personal atteation to assure that we have pfans in place, including contingency plans in the event that unforeseen problems are encountered in addressing the Year 2000 computer problem.
In addition to providing the information requested in the quarterly reports, i would like to highlight our progress regarding other activities related to the Year 2000 poblem:
Our Chief Information Officer (CIO) continues to conduct an aggressive extemal and intemal awareness program to ensure that Congress, NRC's licensees, and NRC's staff are aware of the status of our Program. He briefed members of your staff on the NRC's Year 2000 Program in order to provide information that was not readily discernible from OMB's report of August 15,1997, on the progress of the Federal Govemment's Year 2000 conversion efforts. He provided our licensees with up-to-date information on Year 2000 activities through the ongol.eg operation of our Intemet list-server and Web site. The CIO continues to coordinate with NRC senior executives ;f cnd staff at alllevels to ensure that e high level of awareness of Year 2000 issues is i
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U As part of our regulatory responsibilities, we have issued a second information notice to medical licensees, veterinarians, and manufacturers / distributors of medical devices to inform them of a letter from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to medical device manufacturers about the Year 2000 problem. Both information notices are available on the Intemet at www.nrc. gov /nrc/ news / year 2000.
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2 We also hosted a public meeting with representatives of the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEl) and the Nuclear Utilities Software Management Group (NUSMG) on the nuclear industry's plans and actions to address Year 2000 camputer issues relating to nuclear power plants. At that meeting, the NEl/NUSMG presented Year 2000 guidance they developed for scoping the issue, implementing corrective adions, and documenting activities. After NEl/NUSMG issues its Year 2000 guidance, the NRC will use its existing regulatory framework to verify that all nuclear power plant licensees are Year 2000 ready. This verification will be obtained via NRC initiative (e.g., Generic Letter) or via an industry initiative. Specific aspects of the regulatory approach will be addressed in a subsequent quarterly report. To date, no concems regarding safety-related syttems have been identified. In addition, the NRC developed an action plan to assess the scope of the Year 2000 problem with our nuclear materials licensees and met with two of them to begin gathering information about potential Year 2000 issues.
If you would like a more in-depth discussion of the status of our Year 2000 program, the agency's ClO and our Year 2000 Program Manager are ava!!able to meet with members of your staff at your convenience.
Sincerely, Shirley Ann Jackson 1
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i The Honorable Carolyn _Maloney _
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Management, Information and Technology Committee on Govomment Reform and Oversight United States House of Representatives Weshington, D.C. 20515 614S F
Dear Congresswoman Maloney:
in response to your request of May 20,1997, enclosed please find the U.S. Nuclear j
Regulatory Commission's (NRC) November 1997 quarterly report on the Year 2000 as submitted to the Office of Management and Budget. I share your view that the Year 2000 is a crucial problem. I have given it my personal attention to assure that we have pfans in place, including contingency plans in the event that unforeseen problems are encountered in i
addressing the Year 2000 computer problem.
In addition to providing the information requested in the quarterly reports, I wmtid like to highlight nur progress regarding other activities related to the Year 2000 problem:
Our Chief Information Officer (ClO) continues to conduct an aggressive extemal a,td intemal awareness program to ensure that Congress, NRC's licensees, and NRC's staff are aware of the status of our Program. He briefed members of your staff on the NRC's Year 2000 Program in order to provide information that was not readily discemible from OMB's report of August 15,1997, on the progress of the Federal Govemment's Year 2000 conversion efforts. He provided our licensees with up-to-date information on Y0ar 2000 activities through the ongoing operation of our Intemet list-server and Web s:te. The CIO continues to coordinate with NRC senior executives and staff at all levels to ensure that a high level of awareness of Year 2000 issues is maintained throughout the agency. In concert with this effort, the Chairman of the agency's Executive Councilissued a detailed Year 2000 Program policy statement to all NRC offices that explicitly defied the responsibilities of all agency executives
. under the program.
As part of our regulatory responsibilities, we have issued a second information notice to medical licensees, veterinarians, and manufacturers / distributors of medical devices to inform them of a letter from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to medical device _ manufacturers about the Year 2000 problem. Both information notices are available on the intemet at www.nrc. gov /nrc/ news / year 2000.
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We also hosted a public meeting with representatives of the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) and the Nuclear Utilities Software Management Group (NUSMG) on the nuclear industry's plans and actions to address Year 2000 computer issues relating to nuclear power plants. At that meeting, the NEl/NUSMG presented Year 2000 guidance they developed for scoping the issue, implementing corrective actions, and documenting activities. After NEl/NUSMG issues Ms Year 2000 guidance, the NRC will use its existing regulatory framework to verify that all nuclear power plant licensees are Year 2000 ready. This verification will be obtained via NRC initiative (e.g., Generic Letter) or via an industry initiative. Specific aspects of the regulatory approach will be addressed in a subsequent quarterly report. To date, no concems regarding safety-related systems have been identified. In addition, the NRC developed an action plan to assess the scope of the Year 2000 problem with our nuclear ma'.4nw, licensees and met with two of them to beMn gathering information about potential Year 2000
- issues, if you would like a more in-depth discussion of the status of our Year 2000 program, the agency's CIO and our Year 2000 Program Manager are available to meet with members of your staff at your convenience.
Sincerely, Shiriey Ann Jackson
Enclosure:
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Status of the Nuclear Reaulatorv Commission's Year 2000 Efforts Quarterly Report for November 1997 1.
Ornanizational Responsibilities. Describe how your Department /Agencyls organized to track progress in addressing the Year 2000 problem.
Describe responsible organizations for addressing the Year 2000 problem and a.
p< ovide an organization chart if organizations have changed from the previous report.
Subsequent to the previous report, the rgancy's information resources management area was reorganized. Arnold Levin is still the agency's Year 2000 Program Manager but his title is now Director, Applications Development Division. The Year 2000 Program Manager has overall responsibility for NRC's Year 2000 Program and reports directly to the NRC Chief Information Officer (CIO). The ClO reports te *he Chairman. A revised organization chart is attached, b.
Describe processes for assuring internal accountability of responsible organizations. Include quantitative measures used to track performance and other methods to determine whether the responsible organizations are performing according to plan.
Internal accountability for performance of Year 2000 activities is assured through continuous monitoring of the progress of all offices against,
established milestones. To assure proper accountability for Year 2000 activities, we now require the Senior Executive Sarvice directors of agency offices involved in the remediation of Year 2000 non-compliant systems to provide progress reports to the Year 2000 Program Manager on a monthly basis. These reports are used to update a central Year 2000 lnventory System database. Reports from the database are generated monthly showing the status of Year 2000 efforts for each office in meeting our milestone dates, c.
Describe the management actions taken and by whom, when a responsible organization fMis behind schedule, e
Progress reports are reviewed on an ongoing basis by the Year 2000 Program Manager and deviations from established schedules are reported to the CIO. If any such deviations are reported, the CIO will discuss them with the managers who are responsible for the systems. As part of this.
discussion, the CIO will determine the remedial actions to be taken. The CIO will periodically brief the Chairman, the Exer,utive Director for Operations, and the Chief Financial Officer of the NRC on any schedule deviations and tht> status of eny remedial actions taken. None have occurred to date.
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Describe how internal performance reports are verified.
Our procedures require that the head of each responsible unit submit acd cerfly performance reports on a regular basis.
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11 thin. Provide a report of the status of agency efforts to address the Year 2000 computer problems.
An agency wide status of the total number of emission critical systems.
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Total Number of Number Already Number being Number being l Number being Mission-critical Compilant henlaced Repaired Retired 7
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The status of the mission-critical systems being repaired.
4 Assessment flenovation Validation implementation Mile *ones Sep 1997 Dec 1998 Jan 1999 Apr 1999
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A bnef narrative description of where algnificant progress has been made in c.
addressing the problem in mission critical systems, systems other then mission critical systems, and problems beyond information technology systems. Also describe any significant problems affecting progress.
The following significant prog ess has been made since the last report:
o Assessment of all systems is complete.
e Renovation of all mission-critical systems has begun.
o One mi sion-critical system was renovated, validated, and implemented on November 1,1997.
Contingency plans for all mission-critical systems have been developed.
Renovation has been completed for five non-mission-critical systems.
e Significant problems affecting progress include the following:
We are unable to precisely determine and document the status of o
systems that are outside agency control. This category includes systems services provided by other Government agencies and 1
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systems acquired from commercial sources. Most of the services are previded by major vendors such as AT&T, Bell Atlantic, Microsoft, IBM, and so on. We are confident that these providers will correct any Year 2000 problems in such a manner as to prevent interruption of the business functions of their customers.
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Gg111. If estimates of Year 2000 information technology costs have changed from the amotnts most recently reported to OMB, report the new estimates.
NRC's cost estimates were previously provided to OMB and reported to Congress in OMB's Report Getting Federal Computers Ready for 2000, dated February 6,1997.
These figures will be refined, if necessary, as renovation is performed.
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Exception Rcoort on System.s No exceptions to report.
If you have any quertions, please contact Arnold E. (Moe) Levin at 301-415 7458or via electronic mail at AEL1@NRC. gov.
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