Tennessee Valley Authority

Due to the importance of having qualified personnel in safety-sensitive positions, we initiated an evaluation to determine if minimum job requirements for safety-sensitive positions in Power Operations were met at the time of promotion or hire.We reviewed minimum job requirements for 56 of 141...

The Office of the Inspector General audited TVA’s information systems categorization process to determine if TVA’s information systems categorization process was effective and in compliance with Federal Information Processing Standards Publication 199 and National Institute of Standards and...

Due to the importance of an effective response in the event of an emergency, we conducted an evaluation to determine if (1) emergency response plans at coal plants were up to date and (2) required systems were available and functional.We found the majority of emergency plans for active and retired...

We reviewed training for Nuclear Security, Emergency Preparedness, and Fire Brigade to determine if required nuclear training was being taken by TVA personnel. We reviewed training completion records for a sample of employees assigned to fire brigade, nuclear security, and emergency preparedness...

The Office of the Inspector General audited TVA’s documentation related to vendor selection in TVA’s project to replace the current human resource system with a cloud-based human capital management solution. We found TVA had not identified project risks related to ongoing changes in the federal...

The Office of the Inspector General conducted an organizational effectiveness review of Paradise Fossil Plant (PAF) to identify operational and cultural strengths and risks that could impact PAF’s organizational effectiveness. Our report identified strengths related to (1) organizational alignment,...

As part of our annual audit plan, we audited the tool controls at Sequoyah Nuclear Plant (SQN). Our audit objective was to determine if SQN is in compliance with the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) Nuclear Power Group Business Practice 226 (BP-226), Tool and Equipment Accountability. In summary...

The Office of the Inspector General audited TVA’s internal controls in place to prevent, detect, and report unauthorized access and disclosure of human resource (HR) system Personally Identifiable Information (PII). We found TVA has weaknesses in its internal controls to prevent and detect...

The Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA) requires each agency’s Inspector General (IG) to conduct an annual independent evaluation to determine the effectiveness of the information security program (ISP) and practices of its respective agency. Our objective was to evaluate...

We performed an evaluation to determine whether demolition and decontamination activities at Widows Creek Fossil Plant (WCF) (1) adhered to safety principles found in the TVA Decommissioning, Deactivation, Decontamination, and Demolition (D4) Program Guide and (2) complied with selected safety...