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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 a wireless carrier issued credits to TVA employees due to an internal system error. The credits pertained to inactive accounts and therefore had no impact on TVA's master account. The carrier was unable to validate (1) who the checks were issued to, (2) how many checks were issued, and...
We determined (1) current inventory cycle count controls may not ensure inventory on-hand is accurately counted and entered into PassPort; (2) in some warehouses, access to plant inventories is not restricted to Material Management Services (MMS) personnel or MMS-escorted personnel during non...
We determined controls related to the identification and reduction of inventory and financial reporting could be improved. Specifically, we determined (1) policy and procedure documentation were not complete, (2) business unit reviews for surplus/obsolete inventory were not effective, (3) signatory...
We reviewed $148.9 million billed to TVA by a contractor for providing uranium hexafluoride and enrichment services. We determined (1) TVA would need to revise the contract if it intended to pay the contractors actual market price for enrichment services and (2) the contractor could not comply with...
We completed agreed-upon procedures to assist the Center for Resource Solutions (CRS) in determining TVA's compliance with the annual reporting requirements of CRS' Green Pricing Accreditation Program for the year ended December 31, 2004. The required information on TVA's renewable energy initiative...
We determined a contractor overbilled TVA $563,773 (out of $6.2 million that had been billed) for providing welding services for various nuclear projects. The overbilling included (1) labor costs due to the contractor's use of incorrect labor rates, misclassifications of personnel, and unsupported...
We determined market value payments (MVPs) to distributors for installed water heaters and heat pumps were generally applied correctly and total invoice amounts were generally accurate, including adjustments to applicable invoices. However, (1) the energy right ? Information System (erIS) does not...
We determined TVA had been overbilled $103,007 (out of $10.9 million that had been billed) for services performed at BFN Unit 1 by a subcontractor. The overbilling included (1) unsupported labor hours, (2) ineligible fees that had been applied to travel and relocation costs, and (3) ineligible jury...
We audited $33.6 million of costs billed to TVA by a contractor for the administration of TVA's dental benefit program. We questioned $381,392, including (1) unsupported and duplicate claims, (2) claims paid for ineligible individuals, (3) claim payments that exceeded plan limits, and (4) ineligible...
We reviewed TVA's ethics practices and identified industry best practices which TVA could implement including (1) an ethics committee to oversee the ethics initiative, (2) a communication strategy that ensures all employees have ethics information, (3) requiring all employees to complete ethics...
