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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

Radiological Respiratory Protection Program

2024
2023-17439
Inspection / Evaluation
Tennessee Valley Authority OIG
Tennessee Valley Authority

Due to the risk of employee exposure to airborne radioactive materials and industrial/chemical airborne hazardous materials at the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) nuclear plants, we performed this evaluation of the radiological respiratory program. We found the selected respiratory requirements...

TVA's Preemployment Investigation and Onboarding Processes

2024
2023-17416
Inspection / Evaluation
Tennessee Valley Authority OIG
Tennessee Valley Authority

The Office of the Inspector General conducted an evaluation to determine if the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is performing preemployment suitability and onboarding steps necessary for access in a timely manner. We found TVA was allowing access to TVA facilities while not always performing...

Health and Safety Committees

2024
2023-17410
Inspection / Evaluation
Tennessee Valley Authority OIG
Tennessee Valley Authority

Due to the importance of monitoring the performance of the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) Safety Program, the TVA Office of Inspector General (OIG) performed an evaluation of TVA’s health and safety committees (HSC). The objective of this evaluation was to determine if HSCs were effectively...

Continuity of Operations Plan

2024
2023-17415
Audit
Tennessee Valley Authority OIG
Tennessee Valley Authority

Continuity of operations (COOP) is an effort within the executive office of the President of the United States and individual federal executive departments and agencies to ensure that mission essential functions continue to be performed during disruption of normal operations. Mission essential...

Office of the Inspector General Semiannual Report - Fall 2023

2023
Semiannual Report
Tennessee Valley Authority OIG
Tennessee Valley Authority

We are pleased to present our report for the period April 1, 2023, to September 30, 2023. In this semiannual period, our audit, evaluation, and investigative activities identified more than $67.7 million in questioned costs; funds to be put to better use; recoveries, fees, and fines; waste/other...

Monitoring of Ernst & Young LLP’s Audit of the Tennessee Valley Authority Fiscal Year 2023 Financial Statements

2024
2023-17460
Other
Tennessee Valley Authority OIG
Tennessee Valley Authority

In keeping with its responsibilities under the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, the OIG monitored the audit of TVA's fiscal year 2023 financial statements performed by Ernst and Young LLP (EY) to assure their work complied with Government Auditing Standards. Our review of EY's work...

Section 26a Permit Management

2024
Inspection / Evaluation
Tennessee Valley Authority OIG
Tennessee Valley Authority

Section 26a of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Act requires TVA's approval prior to construction, operation, or maintenance of any dam, appurtenant works, or other obstruction affecting navigation, flood control, or public lands or reservations across, along, or in the Tennessee River and its...

Agreed-Upon Procedures for TVA Fiscal Year 2023 Performance Measures

2024
2023-17467
Other
Tennessee Valley Authority OIG
Tennessee Valley Authority

The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) performed the procedures, which were requested and agreed to by Tennessee Valley Authority management solely to assist management in determining the validity of the Winning Performance/Executive Annual Incentive Plan (WP) Measures for fiscal year (FY) ending...

Pandemic Recovery Credit

2024
2023-17414
Audit
Tennessee Valley Authority OIG
Tennessee Valley Authority
Pandemic

On August 20, 2020, in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) created the Pandemic Relief Credit (PRC) to provide a measure of relief to local power companies (LPCs), industries, businesses, and people of TVA’s seven state service region. Relief was...

Organizational Effectiveness - Technology Portfolio Management

2024
2023-17430
Inspection / Evaluation
Tennessee Valley Authority OIG
Tennessee Valley Authority

The Office of the Inspector General conducted a review of TVA’s Technology Portfolio Management (TPfM) organization to identify factors that could impact TPfM’s organizational effectiveness. Interviews with TPfM personnel revealed positive interactions within TPfM. However, we identified issues that...

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