Tennessee Valley Authority OIG

The TVA has stated its future depends on effective succession planning and faces a potential workforce challenge due to retirement within the next five years. Also, TVA has identified a risk of senior leadership attrition that could leave a gap in key positions. This review was conducted as a follow...

Preventive maintenance (PM) is important to the reliable operation of assets. As a result of recent issues with nuclear performance, the OIG conducted a review of Nuclear Power Group's (NPG) PM program. The objective of this review was to determine if nuclear plant PM had been performed in...

This review was initiated in follow up to a recent OIG review of TVA's project management software, PowerPlant. During that review, we identified several areas for further analysis related to timely project approvals, delegated approvals, and project charges allocated incorrectly. The objective of...

The OIG evaluated the (1) security controls for protecting TVA data transmitted to and handled by ActiveHealth and (2) adequacy of and compliance with TVA contract terms for security and data protection. In summary, we determined, (1) appropriate controls were in place to effectively protect...

We performed four agreed-upon procedures that were requested solely to assist management in determining the validity of the Winning Performance payout awards for the year ended September 30, 2011.Results of the procedures applied follow. In summary,The fiscal year (FY) 2011 WP goals were properly...

We reviewed the effectiveness of TVA's budget process. Our objective was to review the adequacy of the processes used in preparing, reviewing, and adopting the fiscal year 2011 budget. In general, we determined the overall design of the budget process was sufficient to achieve the desired results...

The OIG audited the electric system of Volunteer Energy Cooperative (Volunteer), a distributor based in Decatur, Tennessee. The objective of the audit was to determine compliance with provisions of the power contract between TVA and Volunteer for the period July 2008 through June 2010. For fiscal...

We reviewed the TVA compliance with the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) of 2002. In summary, we determined that while TVA has made some progress in implementing information technology controls required by FISMA and work on some previously recommended actions continues, additional...

The OIG audited the handling and processing of personally identifiable information (PII) provided to Cartus Corporation, a contractor for TVA. Our audit evaluated the (1) processes used to safeguard data transmitted from TVA to Cartus (2) handling, processing, and security of the data at Cartus, and...

This review included identifying (1) performance trends based on Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO) reports, (2) major contributing factors affecting performance trends, and (3) patterns of behavior that impact culture. Our review found Nuclear Power Group's (NPG) performance with respect...