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B-223837 1 (1987-01-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmoz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: C 'A The Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Installation of Government Telephones in the Resi- Matterof. dences of Nuclear Regulatory Commission Officials File: B-223837 Date: January 23, 1987 DIGEST Installation of Government telephones in the residences of certain nigh Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) officials would be proper, notwithstanding the general prohibition in 31 U.S.C. S 1348(a)(1) (1982) on the use of appropriatea funds for the installation of telephones in private residences. GAO has recognized the inapplicability of the prohibition when the telephone service is one of limited use or it is a service involving numerous safeguards and the separate service is essential. Here, NRC reasonably has determined that the telephone service is required to establish immediate communication with high NRC officials in the event of a nuclear accident. The telephones to be installed would be capable of dialing only NRC internal telephone numbers. DECISION This decision is in response to a request from Lanao W. Zech, Jr., Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), for a decision regarding the propriety of the installation of Government telephones in the residences of the Chairman, the Executive Assistant to the Chairman, and the Executive Direc- tor for Operations of the NRC. For the reasons set forth below, we conclude that installation of the telephones in question in the circumstances described by Chairman Zech would be proper. Chairman Zech points out that the telephones would be necessary in emergency situations: It is crucial that top level Agency officials become involved in the management of nuclear events at the earliest possible moment. This substantially improves our ability to respond

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