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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
In this semiannual period, our audit, evaluation, and investigative activities identified more than $7.1 million in questioned costs, funds put to better use, and recoveries and opportunities for TVA to improve its programs and operations.
The investigation substantiated that a TVA employee negotiated employment with a contractor for whom he approved invoices; however, he did so with the knowledge and apparent support of TVA management. After becoming an employee of the contractor, he continued to approve invoices for the contractor...
Contractor approved temporary living allowance (TLA) for contract employee based on a claim of permanent residence when the residence claimed was actually owned by the contract employee’s father and rented at a low monthly rate that was paid sporadically. The contract between TVA and the contractor...
A TVA manager was accused of improperly providing employees with gifts. While no federal ethics standards were implicated, it was determined TVA Standard Programs and Processes 11.418, Employee Recognition and Acknowledgment (TVA SPP-11.418), was not followed.
The Office of the Inspector General conducted a review of the Johnsonville Combustion Turbine (JCT) organization to identify factors that could impact JCT’s organizational effectiveness. During the course of our evaluation, we identified behaviors that had a positive impact on JCT. These included...
The Office of the Inspector General conducted a review of the Commercial Energy Solutions Pricing, Structuring, Analysis/Contracts (P&C) organization to identify factors that could impact P&Cs organizational effectiveness. During the course of our evaluation, we identified behaviors that had a...
The Office of the Inspector General conducted a review of the Commercial Energy Solutions Energy Services and Programs (ES&P) organization to identify factors that could impact ES&Ps organizational effectiveness. During the course of our evaluation, we identified behaviors that had a positive impact...
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...
