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GAO-24-107311 1 (2024-05-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaoqgq0001 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 May 10, 2024 The Honorable Christopher T. 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.' In November 2023, we reported that, on a government-wide basis, 75 percent of our recommendations made 4 years ago were implemented.2 NRC's recommendation implementation rate was 70 percent. As of April 2024, NRC had 17 open recommendations. Fully implementing these open recommendations could significantly improve agency operations. Since our May 2023 letter, NRC has implemented one of our eight open priority recommendations.3 Specifically, in September 2023, NRC provided updated privacy policies and procedures, which specify the role of the Senior Agency Official for Privacy in key risk management steps for systems with personally identifiable information (Pll), as we recommended. By taking this step, NRC increased the assurance that privacy protections are adequately incorporated into systems with Pll.4 We ask your continued attention to the remaining seven open priority recommendations. We are also adding one new recommendation related to addressing the security of radiological sources. This brings the total number of priority recommendations to eight. (See the Enclosure for the list of recommendations.) The eight 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 2023, GAO-24-900483 (Washington, D.C.: Nov. 15, 2023). 3GAO, Priority Open Recommendations: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, GAO-23-106462 (Washington, D.C.: May 10, 2023). 4GAO, Privacy: Dedicated Leadership Can Improve Programs and Address Challenges, GAO-22-105065 (Washington, D.C.: Sept. 22, 2022). GAO-24-107311 NRC Priority Recommendations Page 1

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