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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
We determined Procurement has made Purchasing Card Program changes to address control weaknesses identified in our previous report on the program; however, travel and travel-related expenses are still being charged to the purchasing cards. We also noted (1) weaknesses in supervisory review and...
TVA's helicopter fleet consists of seven helicopters that TVA owns and self-insures. Based on our review of FlightWatch1 data and discussions with the Manager of Helicopter Services, TVA's helicopters are used for a variety of missions, including:Inspecting TVA's 17,000 circuit miles of transmission...
We reviewed the process and controls for emissions data reporting. Our objective was to ensure that controls are prescribed and functioning to ensure accurate emissions data reporting. The Continuous Emissions Monitoring System (CEMS) is in place at TVA fossil plants and combustion turbine...
We performed a limited scope review to assess the processes and controls over the sale of TVA assets on eBay, including how eBay is chosen for the sales mechanism, reserves are determined, and payments are received and accounted for. Our review of the TVA Investment Recovery (IR) procedures for eBay...
TVA's previous contract for administration of dental benefits went into effect on January 1, 1999. In April 2005, TVA's Employee Benefits and Procurement sent out a Request for Proposal for quotes from seven companies interested in providing administrative services for dental benefits to TVA's...
As a result of our review of the procedures and key control activities used to track and account for tools at Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant (Inspection No. 2005-526I), we performed an inspection to assess the processes and key control activities used to track and account for tools at SQN. TVA Nuclear...
We assessed the adequacy of controls applicable to the accounting for costs associated with non-nuclear insurable losses. TVA has negotiated and obtained insurance to cover two areas of non-nuclear operations: (1) non-nuclear property and (2) unplanned outages. The unplanned outage insurance covers...
We reviewed TVA's contracts with a contractor that provided boiler pressure parts and burner parts and determined the contracts' compensation clauses were not adequate for determining and evaluating prices to be billed for the parts. We recommended TVA management (1) incorporate specific pricing...
We assessed TVA's compliance with applicable policies, procedures, and laws/regulations when conducting land disposal transactions. TVA's land disposal actions include easements, sales, abandonments, deed modifications, transfers, and leases. The TVA Act grants TVA authority to transfer land to...
We reviewed $5.7 million of payments TVA made to a contractor for providing analysis and licensing support for tritium production at Sequoyah Nuclear Plant and determined the contractor had overbilled TVA $78,653. The overbilling included (1) an estimated $76,075 in unsupported labor costs and (2)...
