< U.S.NRC UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Protecting People and the Environment

AGENCY

INFRASTRUCTU RE

Executive Director for Operations

Briefing to the Commission

May 16, 2008
AGENDA

* Introduction

* Human Capital

* Information Technology and

Information Management

* Administration

* Financial Programs

" Closing

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HUMAN CAPITAL

J. McDermott, Director

Office of Human Resources

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HUMAN CAPITAL

• Strengths

- Recruitment has been successful.

- Employee satisfaction remains high.

- High-quality technical training program.

- Exceptional leadership development programs.

* Challenges

- Meeting new priorities for engagement, training,

and retention.

- 1200 new employees here less than 3 years.

- Adapting to the multi-generational workforce.

- Establishing the infrastructure to support emerging

training technologies.

- Staying competitive with industry.

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HUMAN CAPITAL

* Planned Activities

- Enhance human capital flexibilities.

- Shorten time-to-competency for newly-hired staff.

- Balance training with real work.

-. Strengthen quality supervision and mentoring.

- Work to instill agency core values.

- Evaluate online and distance learning strategies.

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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

D. Ash, DEDIS/CIO

T. Boyce, Director Office of Information Services

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IT INFRASTRUCTURE

Strengths

- Baseline network connectivity provides good

foundation for future capability and growth.

- Early adoption of standard desktop environment

has strengthened security and support.

- History of strong network reliability and security.

- Broadband remote access system supports mobile

and remote workforce.

- Blackberrys have improved mobile communication.

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IT INFRASTRUCTURE

Challenges

- Keeping pace with business needs and current

technology.

- Supporting an increasingly mobile and dispersed

workforce with appropriate IT security.

-Providing for robust emergency response and

disaster recovery.

- Enabling secure electronic access to safeguards

and classified information.

Establishing an integrated high performance

computing environment.

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IT INFRASTRUCTURE

* Planned Actions

- Expand support for mobile, remote, and

collaborative IT environments.

- Modernize communication capabilities.

- Improve disaster recovery and emergency

communication capabilities.

- Implement systems to share safeguards and

classified information electronically.

- Improve high performance computing capabilities.

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IT APPLICATIONS AND

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

Strengths

- IT Business Council and IT Senior Advisory Council

providing business direction for IT investments.

- Project management improvement program

expected to strengthen IT project performance.

- Agency wide document repository and e-records

management recognized for excellence by NARA.

- NRC web sites rated well by users.

- FOIA program among the best in government.

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IT APPLICATIONS AND

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

Challenges

-Reducing stovepipe. databases and systems.

-Moving from paper-based processes to electronic

workflow and electronic signature.

-Providing bette .r access to our systems from mobile

and remote locations.

-Providing more effective search tools.

-Moving document management tools beyond

current capabilities.

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IT APPLICATIONS AND

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

* Planned Actions

Provide easy, convenient, and secure access to

business applications.

Improve data management, increase data sharing.

Improve management and access to unstructured

information in documents, web content, e-mails.

Use IT to conduct business transactions more

efficiently.

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ADMINISTRATION

T. Hagan, Director

Office of Administration

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OFFICE SPACE

* Strengths

- Buildings well maintained, safe, secure, and

accessible with excellent amenities.

- Meeting near-term operational needs for space.

- Housing strategies will accommodate agency

growth and consolidate headquarters at the WFC.

Regional needs being addressed.

* Challenges

- Maintaining the schedules for the Church Street

and Twinbrook moves, and for headquarters

consolidation.

- Refurbishing the WFC.,

- Establishing and maintaining occupant emergency

capability at multiple headquarters locations.

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OFFICE SPACE

* Planned Actions

- Relocate selected staff to Church Street and

Twinbrook buildings.

- Restore WFC conference rooms.

- Collaborate with GSA to acquire third WFC building.

- Develop comprehensive plan to refurbish WFC.

- Assess and acquire regional space.

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SECURITY

• Strengths

- Effective security clearance process.

- Effective drug testing program.

- Secure agency facilities.

* Challenges

- Timely adjudication of completed background

investigations.

- Complying with HSPD-12 requirements.

• Planned Actions

Lean Six Sigma review of adjudication process.

- Plan HSPD-12 physical and logical access controls.

- Implement expanded drug testing program.

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CONTRACT AND

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES

* Strengths

- Effective contract management program.

- Meet socio-economic contracting goals.

- Effective and timely employee services.

- Centralized administrative services.

* Challenges

- Too many manual contracting processes.

- Timeliness of contracting process.

Recruiting/retaining staff.

More NRC employees in dispersed locations.

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CONTRACT AND

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES

e Planned Actions,

-Leverage technology to improve procurement

planning and administrative services.'

-Acquire acquisition software integrated with

financial and property systems.

-Further streamline contracting process.

-Evaluate internal processes and controls to

balance cost. and risk.

-Implement plans to update management directives

and streamline rulemaking and petition processes.

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FINANCIAL PROGRAMS

J. Dyer, CFO

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FINANCIAL PROGRAMS

*Strengths

-External Financial Reporting

*Challenges.

- Integrating budget formulation and execution.

- Improving financial structure.

- Reducing financial system obsolescence.

- Improving payment timeliness and accuracy.

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FINANCIAL PROGRAMS

* Planned Actions

- Increase financial management discipline.

- Expand cross-servicing activities.

- Enhance independent financial analysis and

reporting.

- Modernize and integrate financial management

systems.

- Implement e-Travel.

- Implement performance improvement officer

responsibilities.

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CLOSING

*Conclusion.

*May 28, 2008 Commission Meeting on Equal

Employment Opportunity and Workforce

Planning.

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ACRONYMS

* CFO: Chief Financial Officer.

* CIO: Chief Information Officer.

* DEDIS: Deputy Executive Director for Information Services.

* FOIA: Freedom of Information Act.

* GSA: U.S. General Services Administration.

* HSPD-12: Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12.

IT: Information Technology.

* NARA: National Archives and Records Administration.

* WFC: White Flint Complex.

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