Tennessee Valley Authority

We reviewed 40 contracts awarded by Procurement during fiscal year 2006 and found: (1) insufficient competition existed in the award of seven of the contracts because only one bid had been received and evaluated; (2) Technical Contract Managers contacted vendors and received pricing quotes prior to...

We performed a pre-implementation review of security, application testing, and data loading for TVA's Electronic Access Protection System (EAPS). We determined the EAPS security plans and procedures and TVA's plans for application testing and data loading provided adequate controls over security...

We previously issued an audit report (2007-019F) that noted (among other things) significant duct leaks at two fossil plants. Management agreed with our recommendation to work to promote a culture of transparent reporting throughout TVA organizations. We have now closed a joint investigation with...

We audited $16.5 million of costs billed to TVA by a contractor for providing cleaning and removal services using high-powered vacuum and hydro-blasting services to various TVA locations. In summary, we found the contractor had (1) overbilled TVA an estimated $115,617 in unsupported and ineligible...

A review of trust funds administered by Economic Development (ED) found the majority of the trust funds were inactive, and according to ED management, had been established between 1983 and 1991 for a variety of purposes. ED management said they found no activity in the majority of these trusts. ED...

We reviewed $14.2 million of costs billed to TVA by a contractor for providing right-of-way clearing and restoration services and found:TVA had been overbilled $81,533 including (a) $38,796 in unallowable miscellaneous material costs, (b) $34,776 in duplicate billings for initial clearing costs, and...

We completed agreed-upon procedures to assist the Center for Resource Solutions (CRS) in determining TVA's compliance with the annual reporting requirements of CRS' Green Pricing Accreditation Program for the year ended December 31, 2007. The required information on TVA's renewable energy initiative...

We audited $22.1 million of costs paid by TVA to a contractor for construction and modification services at TVA facilities. In summary, we foundAn estimated $20.8 million billed by the contractor for craft augmentation labor using hourly billing rates was inflated by approximately $619,000 because...

We initiated a special project to determine if (1) TVA's policies, procedures, and practices for handling lost or stolen computer equipment were adequate; (2) those policies, procedures, and practices were followed; and (3) the lost or stolen computers contained sensitive or restricted information...

While TVA has taken several actions to better protect social security numbers (SSNs), we found opportunities to further protect or reduce the usage of SSNs that will lower the risk of exposure. TVA's Information Services has several initiatives under way to improve protection of SSNs. We are...