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GAO-22-105602 1 (2022-06-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaonew0001 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States June 3, 2022 The Honorable Christopher Hanson Chairman U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Priority Open Recommendations: Nuclear Regulatory Commission Dear Chairman Hanson: The purpose of this letter is to provide an update on the overall status of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) implementation of GAO's recommendations and to call your continued personal attention to areas where open recommendations should be given high priority.1 In November 2021, we reported that, on a government-wide basis, 76 percent of our recommendations made 4 years ago were implemented.2 NRC's recommendation implementation rate was 89 percent. As of April 2022, NRC had 18 open recommendations. Fully implementing these open recommendations could significantly improve agency operations. Since our April 2021 letter, NRC has implemented one of our six open priority recommendations.3 Specifically, in August 2021, NRC incorporated skill set estimates as part of its strategic workforce planning process. In doing so, it addressed key elements identified in our 2017 report to improve NRC's ability to strategically manage its workforce and respond to changes in the nuclear industry.4 We ask for your continued attention to the remaining five priority recommendations. We are not adding any new recommendations at this time. (See the enclosure for the list of recommendations and actions needed to implement them.) The five remaining priority recommendations fall into the following two areas: 1Priority recommendations are those that GAO believes warrant priority attention from heads of key departments or agencies. They are highlighted because, upon implementation, they may significantly improve government operations, for example, by realizing large dollar savings; eliminating mismanagement, fraud, and abuse; or making progress toward addressing a high-risk or duplication issue. 2GAO, Performance and Accountability Report: Fiscal Year 2021, GAO-22-4SP (Washington, D.C.: Nov. 15, 2021). 3GAO, Priority Open Recommendations: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, GAO-21-453PR (Washington, D.C.: Apr. 21, 2021). 4GAO, Strategic Human Capital Management: NRC Could Better Manage the Size and Composition of Its Workforce by Fully Incorporating Leading Practices, GAO-17-233 (Washington, D.C.: Apr. 27, 2017). GAO-22-105602 NRC Priority Recommendations Page 1

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