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If you know about fraud, waste, abuse, misconduct, or whistleblower reprisal relating to a Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) program, contract, or employee, you may report it to the TVA OIG EMPOWERLINE. Examples of topics investigated include: contractor fraud; employee wrongdoing; workers’ compensation fraud; environmental crimes; healthcare/prescription drug fraud; partisan political activity; and conflict of interest. TVA OIG also has jurisdiction to investigate allegations of whistleblower retaliation involving employees of TVA contractors or subcontractors.
• Emergencies involving imminent threat of death or serious bodily injury (911 emergencies) • EEO Complaints • Union Grievances
As part of our annual audit plan, we audited $5.2 million in costs billed to TVA by a contractor for subcontract services provided on the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Unit 1 (BFN U1) recovery project. Under its subcontract, the subcontractor provided engineers for the BFN U1 project to assist in the...
We reviewed the TVA dam safety inspection process to determine whether it (1) met federal guidelines for dam safety, (2) was being followed by Dam Safety inspection personnel, and (3) was adequately supported by an information database. In summary, we determined River Operations' (1) inspection...
We identified 21 TVA contractors who held purchasing cards from March 28, 2004, to March 28, 2007, incurring 35,605 transactions totaling about $16.7 million. This included six contractors whose purchases each totaled more than $1 million for the period. A review of documentation supporting selected...
Our audit of $5.9 million of costs billed to TVA by a contractor that conducted various projects and programs from April 1999 through September 2007 found the costs were fairly stated and agreed with the terms of the contract. However, about 20 percent of the payments TVA had made to the contractor...
TVA entered into a contract with a vendor to provide a fully integrated prescription drug program that would include both retail and mail order prescription drug services. The contractor was required to (1) maintain a Participating Pharmacy Network to provide retail pharmacy services, (2) provide...
While IT Security has made strides in establishing the technology infrastructure, we found (1) IT Security lacks a business-level mechanism to provide cross-agency oversight, a strategic TVA-wide approach, and grounding in risk management; (2) coordination and communication with business units were...
The recent restructuring of the Information Services (IS) operations area mirrors leading practices. In addition, IS' methodologies and tools for conducting information technology projects are above those of its peers. However, our review showed some areas needed improvement, such as, TVA needs to...
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...
