ML18254A265
| ML18254A265 | |
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| Issue date: | 09/30/2018 |
| From: | Leong E Governance & Enterprise Management Services Division |
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| Edwin Leong, (301) 415-6704 | |
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| ML16200A335 | List: |
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| SRM-LTR-16-0382-2-OCIO | |
| Download: ML18254A265 (3) | |
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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Open Government Plan Update September 2018 1 Purpose of the 2018 Updat e t o the NRC Ope n Government Plan In 2009, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) instruct ed Government agencies to incorporate the principle s of transparency, participation, and collaboration i nto daily operations. Previously publishe d U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Open Government Plans from 2010 to 2017 identified and provided evidence on how the NRC incorporated these principles into the agencyPrevious plan s gave examples showing how the NRC has always viewed these principles and the environment. The NRC Open Government Plan s describe concrete, measurable steps the agency has impleme nted to openly conduct it s work, publish information onli ne, and meet disseminatio n obligations. The 2018 updat e provide s examples of recent activities that build on previou s NRC Open Government Plan s published on the NRC Open Government We b page at https://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/open/philosophy.html#plan and continue s to demonstrate how the NRC integrates openne ss into the agencyThe updated plan do es not restate material from previously published plans. The NRC continu es t o pursue and expand on the key initiatives described in pri or Open Government Plan s an d stat us updates. Recent Activities The NRC executive leadership is committed to practice s that promot e transparency and encourage participation in agency activities. Thi s participation is vital in providing valuable insights to help focus agency efforts to ensure safety and security, while appropriately balancing the interests of NRC stakeholders. xamples show how the NRC proactively promotes transparency and encourages participation: From August 2017 through July 2018, the NRC held over 850 public meetings to engage,activities.The NRC continues to focus on creating quality content for its social media platforms,primarily focused on Twitter and Facebook. Integrating expanded use of social media into helps increase engagement among audienceswithout overburdening limited resources. Examples of these expanded uses are live-tweeting from the Regulatory Information Conference, and creating short and interestingvideos for Facebook that inform and educate. Audience size, engagement and viewership ments, likes onThe NRC published a searchable online version of the 20182019 Information Digest athttps://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1350/. The Information Digestprovides an all-in-one resource highlighting the licensing activities. It is an easy-to-use quick reference that illustrates notable facts aboutthe NRC, including information on the reactor decommissioning timeline and an appendixlisting all commercial nuclear power reactors in the United States
.In 2018, the NRC set up a dedicat ed W eb link to the privacy program
,https://www.nrc.gov/privacy/. The privacy program responds to the Privacy Act of 1974, asimplemented by OMB Circular A
-130, 2 updated July 27, 2016; the E-Government Act of 2002
- and NRC policies. The privacy program objective is to balance the information requirements and operational needs of the NRC against the privacy interests of the individual.
The NRC is committed to making public participation as expansive and meaningful aspossible.
In 2018, the NRCinitiated a project to assess ways of transforming its regulatory framework, culture, andinfrastructure related to the regulation of nuclear technology.
The overallobjective of this initiative is to identify potential transformative changes to further enhance agility, efficiency, and effectiveness in accomplishing its safety and securitymission. As part of this effort, the NRC reached out to a wide range of stakeholders andother interested parties, including those in the countries of Finland and Japan; the NuclearEnergy Agency, Nuclear Innovation Alliance, Nuclear Energy Institute, Dominion Energyand Lockheed Martin, the U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. General ServicesAdministration, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; members of the publiclicensees; and the Union of Concerned Scientists. In 2018, the NRC updated the publicly releasable datasets cataloged in the Enterprise DataInventory (EDI) as human and machine-readable publications.
All agency datasets and theEDI are downloadabpage for high-value datasets at https://www.nrc.gov/data and from the Data.gov Web site at https://www.data.gov. The NRC has continued to routinely examine material for proactive disclosure as set forth inTitle 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 9.15, e of proactivedisclosure in the annual NRC Annual Chief Freedom of Information Act Officer Reports. NRCs spending details are provided at https://www.usaspending.gov/#/agency/554.In 2018, to address the requirements of the Dr. Chris Kirkpatrick Whistleblower ProtectionAct of 2017, the NRC required all supervisors to complete a new Personnel P The NRC recorded thecourse material and presentation for employees to view as well.