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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

Organizational Effectiveness – Sequoyah Nuclear Radiation Protection

2021
2020-15743
Inspection / Evaluation
Tennessee Valley Authority OIG
Tennessee Valley Authority

The Office of the Inspector General conducted a review of the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant (SQN) Radiation Protection (RP) organization to identify factors that could impact SQN RP’s organizational effectiveness. While we identified certain behavioral attributes that had a positive impact on SQN RP, we...

Turnover of Projects to Power Operations

2021
2019-15684
Inspection / Evaluation
Tennessee Valley Authority OIG
Tennessee Valley Authority

The Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) Generation Projects and Fleet Services organization supports the execution of TVA’s strategic asset plan and outage plans through projects and services, including capital projects for the Power Operations (PO) organization to support equipment reliability at...

Purchasing Card Usage

2021
2020-15694
Audit
Tennessee Valley Authority OIG
Tennessee Valley Authority

We audited the Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) purchasing card (P-Card) usage to determine if personnel complied with TVA's P-Card policies and procedures. Our audit scope included approximately $79.8 million in transactions occurring from October 1, 2017, through September 30, 2019. Our audit...

Monitoring of Ernst & Young LLP's Audit of the Tennessee Valley Authority Fiscal Year 2020 Financial Statements

2021
2020-15767
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 2020 financial statements performed by Ernst and Young LLP (EY) to assure their work complied with Government Auditing Standards. Our review of EY's work...

Maintenance of Coal Combustion Residual Storage Facilities

2021
2019-15661
Inspection / Evaluation
Tennessee Valley Authority OIG
Tennessee Valley Authority

Following the 2008 ash spill at Kingston Fossil Plant, TVA’s Office of Inspector General, in conjunction with Marshall Miller & Associates (engineering consultant), performed an inspection that determined there was poor maintenance of coal combustion residual storage facilities, such as not...

Agreed-Upon Procedures for TVA Fiscal Year 2020 Performance Measures

2021
2020-15753
Other
Tennessee Valley Authority OIG
Tennessee Valley Authority

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

Employee Misconduct

2021
19-0297
Investigation
Tennessee Valley Authority OIG
Tennessee Valley Authority

This investigation addressed an allegation that an employee violated federal ethics laws by obtaining outside employment with a TVA contractor while still employed with TVA. The investigation revealed that the employee obtained outside employment only after TVA eliminated his position and he began a...

Travel Expenses Reimbursed Within 50 Miles of Official Station

2021
2020-15726
Audit
Tennessee Valley Authority OIG
Tennessee Valley Authority

We audited the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) travel expenses reimbursed within 50 miles of an official station to determine if they complied with Federal Travel Regulation and TVA policies and procedures. Our audit scope included approximately $500,000 of travel expenses within 50 miles of a...

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