ML20198P434
ML20198P434 | |
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Issue date: | 01/14/1998 |
From: | Hoyle J NRC OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (SECY) |
To: | Callan L NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
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REF-10CFR9.7 SECY-97-225-C, NUDOCS 9801220122 | |
Download: ML20198P434 (2) | |
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MEMORANDUM TO: L. Joseph Callan .
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SUBJECT:
STAFF REQUIREMENTS - SECY-97-225 - ENHANCING NRC i EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY :
i This is to advise you that the Commission has not objected to the p aposed c'evelopment of
- detailed plans to implement the strategies included in the FY 1998 NRC Excellence Plan and
- the activities pite.ned to support ongoing efforts to enhance NRC effectiveness and efficiency subject to the comments below. The detailed Excellence Pisn should be submitted for Commission review.
- (EDO) (SECY Suspense: 2/27/98) t-
- The staff should:
- a) cleany identify the role and value added by the Regulatory Effectiveness Organization in bui; ding on existing init%tives. Any new responsibilities and roles for RES, AEOD,01, and OE which are specifically focused on enhancing NRC effsetiveness enri efficiency should be in tified.
? b) defer action on strategy 13, assessing the NRC culture, in view of the IG's initiative in this arsaf if, at the end of a year, the results of the IG initiative do not dovetail with the staff's objectives,' the staff may propose to the Commission to proceed w?h its own study, c) mount a more inclusive =>ffort for the materials program. Specifically, the need
- for an improved program to assure licensee control and accountability of i- radioactive devices and sealed sources should be included as a candidate in
- strategy 5.
d)" consider incorporating efficiency improvements in the agency-wide events assessment and review of operational data function, and other outstanding - ,
candidate efficiency improvements discussed in SECY-95-154, in the hepulatory ;
- Excellence Plan.'
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4 e) discuss how and when it w iintegrate the initiatives outlined in SECY-97-225 into the routine agency planning yocess, and when the Commission can expect to
" sunset" this effort a9 a separate management activity.
.e staff effort in this program should be closely monitored to ensure the proje:ted efforts contained in SECY-97 225 are not exceeded.
- er cc: Chairman Jackson Commissioner Dicus Commissioner Diaz '+
Commissioner McGaffigan OGC CIO CFO OCA OlG Office Directors, Regions, ACRS, ACNW, ASLBP (via E-Mail)
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