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Due to a lapse in appropriations, the NRC has ceased normal operations. However, excepted and exempted activities necessary to maintain critical health and safety functions—as well as essential progress on designated critical activities, including those specified in Executive Order 14300—will continue, consistent with the OMB-Approved NRC Lapse Plan.

The NRC's Office of Public Affairs: What We Do, Who We Are

Sponsored by the Office of Public Affairs
This exhibit will focus on the key elements of external communications with stakeholders, including the media, emphasizing the office's professional staff and the products and platforms used to educate and inform. The exhibit will cover five topics: (1) Transparency—providing accurate and timely information through media relations, news releases, and the Information Digest, (2) Information and Education—the role of the Office of Public Affairs in public meetings and developing written and online content with an emphasis on clear, understandable plain language, (3) Social Media—strategies and practices for communicating quickly and effectively using modern and evolving tools to inform and educate, (4) Crisis Communication—using public service announcements, emergency event and rumor control web pages, and social media during an emergency, and (5) Who We Are—highlighting the office's communicators, including regional and headquarters staff.

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