NRC Should Specify User Needs and Improve Cost Control for Its Document Control System.

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Abstract:

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission NRC has invested about 22 million in its document control systems, designed to assist in accelerating the nuclear power plant licensing process and improve decisions related to nuclear safety. Although the potential benefits of the system are substantial, GAO obesrved that 1 Less than half of NRCs staff is using the system and users are experienced serious problems related to incomplete information, poor quality of system output, and operating procedures that are difficult to use and 2 System costs have increased substantially and have not been adequately controlled. The NRC, which followed acceptable contracting procedures in acquiring the system, has initiated or planned actions to make the document control system more responsive to its staff needs and improve controls over system costs.

Author(s):
No Author(s) Identified
Author Organization(s):
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON DC ENERGY AND MINERALS DIV
Supplementary Note:
Report to the Chairman, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs House of Representatives.
Pagination:
0013

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Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
GAO/EMD-81-90
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_4.5_Operational Contract Support; JCA_7.2.1_Mitigate Lethal Effects; JCA_7.2_Mitigate; JCA_7_Protection; JCA_4.5.1_Contract Support Integration; JCA_4.2.3_Manage Global Supplier Networks; JCA_4.2_Supply; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_1.2.5_Lessons Learned; JCA_4.5.4_Requirements Definition; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_5.4_Decide
Communities of Interest:
Materials and Manufacturing Processes
Descriptor(s):
*MAN COMPUTER INTERFACE, *INFORMATION PROCESSING, *COMPUTER PROGRAM RELIABILITY, DATA BASES, DATA MANAGEMENT, COST ANALYSIS, DOCUMENTS, INFORMATION RETRIEVAL, NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS, USER NEEDS, SYSTEMS ANALYSIS, BUDGETS
Field(s)/Group(s):
Information Science, Human Factors Engineering and Man Machine Systems
Keyword(s):
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Report Date:
1981 Jun 03