Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board : improvements needed to strengthen internal control and promote transparency : report to congressional requesters.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office, author, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board--Rules and practice.

United States.

United States. Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board--Management.

United States. Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board.

Nuclear facilities--United States--Safety measures.

Nuclear facilities.

Nuclear energy--United States--Safety measures.

Nuclear energy.

Nuclear facilities--Safety measures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ii, 46 pages)

Other Title:

Nuclear safety board

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : United States Government Accountability Office, 2015.

Summary:

Congress established DNFSB in 1988 to provide independent analysis and recommendations to the Department of Energy (DOE) to ensure adequate protection of public health and safety at defense nuclear facilities. DNFSB consists of a five-member Board, which currently has two vacancies, and about 103 technical, legal, and administrative staff. Until fiscal year 2012, DNFSB was not required to have an IG and did not have routine independent oversight by any other federal entity. GAO was asked to review the operations and oversight of DNFSB. This report examines the extent to which DNFSB had (1) policies and procedures governing the activities of the Board and technical staff; (2) assessed its internal controls; (3) meeting and voting practices that are transparent to the public; and (4) taken steps to obtain IG oversight and the results of those steps. GAO reviewed relevant federal laws, regulations, and guidance; analyzed DNFSB documents, including records of internal control assessments; interviewed officials from DNFSB, NRC-OIG, and DOE; and gathered information from 14 other federal agency IGs. GAO recommends, among other things, that DNFSB document its internal control assessment activities and implement a policy to publicly disclose the results of Board votes.

Notes:

"January 2015."

"GAO-15-181."

"Revised 3/2/15 to correct page 25. The corrected sentence reads: The report’s author stated that notational voting may hamper collegiality among board members."

This is a publication issued by the United States federal government or produced with federal funds.

In scope of the U.S. Government Publishing Office Catalog and Indexing Program (C&I) and Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (GAO, viewed February 20, 2015).

OCLC:

903696210