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Abbreviation
TVA
Agencies
Tennessee Valley Authority
Federal Agency
Yes
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

Monitoring of Ernst & Young LLP's Audit of the Tennessee Valley Authority Fiscal Year 2021 Financial Statements

2022
2021-17306
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 2021 financial statements performed by Ernst and Young LLP (EY) to assure their work complied with Government Auditing Standards. Our review of EY's work...

Federal Information Security Modernization Act

2022
2021-17247
Audit
Tennessee Valley Authority OIG
Tennessee Valley Authority

The Office of the Inspector General is required by the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA) to conduct an annual independent evaluation that determines the effectiveness of the information security program (ISP) and practices of its respective agency. Our objective was to...

TVA’s Internet Perimeter

2022
2020-15723
Audit
Tennessee Valley Authority OIG
Tennessee Valley Authority

We performed an audit of the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) Internet perimeter. Our objective was to identify cybersecurity weaknesses in TVA’s Internet perimeter through penetration testing. In summary, we identified some vulnerabilities in TVA’s internet perimeter. Specifically, we (1)...

Former TVA Senior Project Manager Pleads Guilty To Falsifying Financial Information As Part Of A Fraudulent Scheme

Former TVA Senior Project Manager Pleads Guilty To Falsifying Financial Information As Part Of A Fraudulent Scheme
Article Type
Investigative Press Release
Publish Date

Former TVA Senior Project Manager Pleads Guilty To Falsifying Financial Information As Part Of A Fraudulent Scheme CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – On November 5, 2021, James Christopher Jenkins, aka Chris Jenkins, 60, of Chattanooga entered a guilty plea to one count of making a false official statement, in,,,

Corporate Contributions

2022
2021-15794
Audit
Tennessee Valley Authority OIG
Tennessee Valley Authority

The Office of the Inspector General included an audit of Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) corporate contributions in our annual audit plan due to the potential reputational risk associated with contributions that do not comply with TVA policies and procedures. Our audit objective was to determine...

External Organizations Board Practice

2022
2021-17259
Inspection / Evaluation
Tennessee Valley Authority OIG
Tennessee Valley Authority

In response to requests from stakeholders, we scheduled an evaluation to determine if the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) complied with the 2016 Board Practice regarding memberships in external organizations.We found no evidence TVA was out of compliance with the TVA Memberships in External...

False Claims

2022
19-0203
Investigation
Tennessee Valley Authority OIG
Tennessee Valley Authority

A contractor employee received temporary living allowances of $80,857.70 to which he was not entitled. Contrary to what the contract employee claimed on his TLA applications, he did not have a qualifying dependent living at the claimed residence and did not incur substantially all of the expenses...

Organizational Effectiveness – Lagoon Creek Combustion Turbine Plant

2022
2021-17257
Inspection / Evaluation
Tennessee Valley Authority OIG
Tennessee Valley Authority

The Office of the Inspector General conducted a review of the Lagoon Creek Combustion Turbine (LCCT) Plant to identify factors that could impact LCCT’s organizational effectiveness. During the course of our evaluation, we identified behaviors that had a positive impact on LCCT; however, we also...

Organizational Effectiveness – Lagoon Creek Combined Cycle Plant

2022
2021-17250
Inspection / Evaluation
Tennessee Valley Authority OIG
Tennessee Valley Authority

The Office of the Inspector General conducted a review of the Lagoon Creek Combined Cycle (LCCC) Plant to identify factors that could impact LCCC’s organizational effectiveness. During the course of our evaluation, we identified behaviors that had a positive impact on LCCC including positive...

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