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B-291076 1 (2003-03-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacyfv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I G A 0Comptroller General A- Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Reimbursing Employees for Official Usage of Personal Cell Phones File: B-291076 Date: March 6, 2003 DIGEST The Nuclear Regulatory Commission may reimburse its employees for (a) the actual costs of maintaining personal cell phone services that meet the agency's minimum needs, and (b) the additional costs that may arise from any official calls actually made or received on the employee's cell phone. Safeguards included in the agency's proposal (requiring monthly, itemized service provider invoices, limiting claims to the expenses that the NRC would otherwise pay for such services, and adjusting claims to exclude the hidden costs of free services included in the service provider's plan) provide adequate assurance that the reimbursements will be limited to government-related calls. DECISION The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has requested our decision on a proposal to reimburse some of its employees for official access to and use of their personal cell phones. For the reasons given below, we conclude that NRC's proposal is consistent with existing legal authority, and we have no objection to it. BACKGROUND To respond to incidents involving nuclear materials at power plants or other nuclear facilities, NRC has established teams, located across the country, that it calls Incident Response Teams (IRT). NRC requires IRT staff to be available and accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Presently, NRC provides government-procured cell phones to the IRT staff to ensure their accessibility in the event of an emergency, and for efficient and cost-effective conduct of other government business when staff are away from the office and do not have ready access to the Federal Telephone System. NRC pays for activation and maintenance fees for these phones, as well as the costs for calls made. NRC also procures

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