Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) Inspector General concluded that the agency was compliant with the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 (PIIA) in the most recent compliance audit. PIIA requires agencies to review and assess all programs and activities with annual outlays greater than $10,000,000 for improper payment risk at least once every three years to identify those susceptible to significant improper payments. Historically all NRC programs have been deemed low risk, and the NRC conducts a risk assessment on a triennial basis to determine whether any programs were susceptible to making significant improper payments.
The FY 2025 preliminary risk assessment did not identify any programs that were susceptible to making significant improper payments. Although the results of the FY 2025 preliminary risk assessment identified NRC programs as low risk, NRC continues to monitor its payment processes, in addition to conducting periodic reviews of key controls for PIIA programs identified by management. The agency will continue to conduct a risk assessment on a triennial basis, in accordance with PIIA and OMB guidance. The next NRC PIIA risk assessment will take place in FY 2026. In addition, risk assessments evaluating new programs or programs that experience any significant legislative changes and/or significant increase in funding will be done to determine if the NRC continues to be at low risk for making significant improper payments at or above the threshold levels set by PIIA. Lastly, the NRC maintains payment integrity through strong pre-payment eligibility controls and continuous monitoring.
Supplemental Information
At the Nuclear Regulatory Commission vendor files are uploaded quarterly into DNP to see which vendors are flagged as DNP. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission also runs daily payment schedules reviews with treasury to see if there are any matches. Although there are routine matches with vendors on the vendor file, we have never processed a payment to a vendor that should not have been paid, because our Acquisition Management Division monitors potential vendors before entering into a contract with them by using the same systems Do Not Pay uses. To date, our daily payment schedules reviews have not returned a match.
The Working System has reduced/prevented improper payments:
NRC has not identitied incorrect information in the Working System.
NRC was found compliant during the most recent PIIA compliance review.
Show full list of compliant programs 
Compliant programs:
- Commercial
- Employee
- Payroll
- Purchase Cards
- Relocation
- Travel Cards
- U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Minority Serving Institutions Program (MSIP)
- U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Research Financial Assistance Program
- U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Scholarship and Fellowship Program
| Program name | When was the last improper payment risk assessment conducted? | Likely to be susceptible to significant improper payments? | Substantial changes made to the assessment methodology used for the reporting cycle |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial | 2024 |
 No
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| Employee | 2024 |
No
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| Payroll | 2024 |
No
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| Purchase Cards | * | ||
| Relocation | * | ||
| Travel Cards | * | ||
| U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Minority Serving Institutions Program (MSIP) | 2024 |
No
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| U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Research Financial Assistance Program | 2024 |
No
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| U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Scholarship and Fellowship Program | 2024 |
No
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* Assessment year is not displayed because one or more of the following statements is true:
- Not required to conduct a risk assessment under the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019,
- Already assessed for improper payment risk under a different name in a prior reporting period, and/or
- New and planning to perform a risk assessment in the future.
Effective stewardship of taxpayer funds is a critical responsibility of the NRC, and the Chief Financial Officer has the responsibility for all financial management operations and activities at the NRC. The agency has recently modernized the applicable SORNs to include language that covers the Do Not Pay process which will aid in the reduction of improper payments, if any.