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EMD-79-37 1 (1979-03-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaytb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGToN. O.C. IONS RELEASED MARCH 7,1979 B-164105 it'll ,,,Vc e ,. ll ThV P. aart, Chairman .... The Honorable Alan K. Simpson Ranking Minority Member Subcommittee on Nuclear Regulation Committee on Environment and Public Works United States Senate In a joint letter dated June 6, 1978, from Senator Hart and Senator James A. McClure, the former ranking minority member, it was pointed out that the Nuclear Regulatory Com- -mission had recently received adverse publiciVyr (garding Lpossible mismanagement and overpayment of i con- sultants' Interest was also expressed in obtaining informa- tion on, ommission practices and procedures for using con- tractors and the Department of Energy's laboratories for carrying out the Commission's various missions and respon- sibilities. Accordingly, we were requested to conduct a study of the Commission's system for acquiring and using outside assistance and expertise. In accordance with the request, we (1) conducted a broadly based review of the Commission's practices for ac- quiring goods and services from external sources and, as agreed with your respective offices, (2) focused the detailed portion of our review efforts on those aspects which appeared to be weak. We conducted our review primarily at the Commis- sion's and the Department's headquarters offices in Washing- ton, D.C., and at the following Department laboratories: Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Idaho Falls, Idaho; Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee; Pacific Northwest Laboratories, Richland, Washington; and Sandia Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico. We also conducted our review at those Department field operations offices having administrative oversight responsibilities over these laboratories. More than half of the Commission's annual budget is spent for acquiring outside goods and services. The vast majority of these expenditures--86 percent--are for research and tech- nical assistance acquired from the Department's various EMO-79-37 (30049) 108779 ....... , i

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