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Abbreviation
TVA
Agencies
Tennessee Valley Authority
Federal Agency
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What to Report to the OIG Hotline

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.

What Not to Report to the OIG Hotline

• Emergencies involving imminent threat of death or serious bodily injury (911 emergencies) • EEO Complaints • Union Grievances

Selective Catalytic Reduction Catalyst

2006
2005-044C
Audit
Tennessee Valley Authority OIG
Tennessee Valley Authority

We reviewed a contractor's material cost adjustments and profit sharing calculations and determined the contractor (1) had understated the material cost adjustment due TVA by $5,933 and (2) could not provide verifiable documentation of the material weights used in its catalyst production. TVA...

Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant (BFN) Tools Control Analysis

2006
2005-526I
Audit
Tennessee Valley Authority OIG
Tennessee Valley Authority

The Office of the Inspector General was requested by the Vice President, BFN Unit 1 Restart, to review tool management associated with the restart project. TVA is providing all necessary tools for the BFN Unit 1 Restart. Work is primarily being completed by engineering and modification contractors...

Agreed-Upon Procedures: TVA Fiscal Year 2005 Performance Measures

2006
2005-063F
Audit
Tennessee Valley Authority OIG
Tennessee Valley Authority

Winning Performance is the process TVA uses to manage its performance. It is a single, integrated process that includes strategic planning, operational planning and budgeting, performance monitoring and reporting, and employee development and compensation. We performed procedures agreed-upon by...

Asset Retirement Obligation

2006
2005-057F
Audit
Tennessee Valley Authority OIG
Tennessee Valley Authority

As part of our annual audit plan, we audited the asset retirement obligation (ARO) controls relied on by management to ensure the ARO balances in the TVA's financial statements are accurate and complete. Controls over the balance in this and other related ARO accounts included quarterly...

Nuclear Security Services

2006
2005-050C
Audit
Tennessee Valley Authority OIG
Tennessee Valley Authority

We reviewed adjustments to provisional billings of indirect costs submitted by a contractor. We determined the contractor's adjustments for calendar years 2002 through 2004 were overstated $80,615 due to errors in the contractor's reconciliation of previously billed costs. Also, we found the...

Chemicals and Water Treatment Services

2006
2005-017C
Audit
Tennessee Valley Authority OIG
Tennessee Valley Authority

We audited $18.4 million of payments TVA made to a contractor for chemicals and water treatment services during Fiscal Year 2004 and found 23 percent of the payments were authorized by technical contract managers who did not have adequate controls in place to ensure the products or services had been...

Audit of PricewaterhouseCoopers Audit of TVA's FY 2005 Financial Statements

2006
2005-041F
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Tennessee Valley Authority OIG
Tennessee Valley Authority

TVA contracted with the independent certified public accounting firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to audit the balance sheets as of September 30, 2005 and 2004, and the related statements of income, changes in proprietary capital, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended...

Calvert City Coal Terminal

2006
2005-530I
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Tennessee Valley Authority OIG
Tennessee Valley Authority

We performed an inspection to determine why Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has incurred significant coal adjustments stemming from TVA's receipt of coal through Calvert City Terminal (CC). TVA has contracted with CC through 2008 for transloading, stockpiling, and blending coal. We determined that...

Intragovernmental FY 2005 3rd Quarter Activity and Balances

2006
2005-061F
Audit
Tennessee Valley Authority OIG
Tennessee Valley Authority

Each quarter federal agencies, including TVA, submit intragovernmental balances by federal trading partner (TP) to the U.S. Treasury (UST) to assist in preparing the annual governmentwide consolidated financial report. To facilitate TVA's reconciliation with its TPs at yearend, we reviewed the FY...

TVA IG Agreed-upon Procedures for Intragovernmental Activity and Balances

2006
2006-006F
Audit
Tennessee Valley Authority OIG
Tennessee Valley Authority

We completed agreed-upon procedures and issued a report to the U.S. Treasury Financial Management Service and Government Accountability Office to assist in the preparation and audit of the fiscal year 2006 U.S. government-wide consolidated financial report. Summary Only

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