Tennessee Valley Authority OIG

The Office of the Inspector General audited the effectiveness of TVA’s phishing training provided to TVA users and determined that it was ineffective. In addition, we found TVA does not have formal procedures for conducting periodic phishing exercises, follow-up training for users who failed the...

The Office of the Inspector General audited the effectiveness of the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) implementation of a new identity and access management (IAM) solution. We found the TVA project team has effectively implemented the IAM program and related projects. TVA expanded the IAM program...

Due to the importance of having critical spare parts available to reduce the amount of recovery time after events that may affect the transmission system, we conducted an evaluation to determine if Transmission is effectively managing critical spare parts. Transmission manages its critical spare...

The Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA) requires each agency’s Inspector General (IG) to conduct an annual independent evaluation to determine the effectiveness of the information security program (ISP) and practices of its respective agency. Our objective was to evaluate...

The Office of the Inspector General conducted a review of the Hydro Generation, Central Region (Hydro Central) to identify strengths and risks that could impact Hydro Central’s organizational effectiveness. Our report identified strengths that positively affected the day-to-day activities of Hydro...

Nuclear Power Group Standard Programs and Processes 03.21, Fatigue Rule and Work Hour Limits, includes rules regarding required average minimum days off for covered individuals, as well as overtime rules for how many hours can be worked in specific time periods. Our review of sampled employee and...

The Office of the Inspector General conducted a review of Hydro Generation, Raccoon Mountain (Hydro RM) to identify operational and cultural strengths and risks that could impact Hydro RM’s organizational effectiveness. Our report identified strengths within Hydro RM related to (1) organizational...

We identified nine contractor employees who were H-1B visa nonimmigrants betweenJanuary 31, 2017, and January 31, 2019. We determined the nine contractor employees we identified as being H-1B nonimmigrants met selected criteria of the visa regulations. However, we could not confirm the actual number...

The Office of the Inspector General conducted a review of the Hydro Dispatch Control Center (HDCC) to identify operational and cultural strengths and risks that could impact HDCC’s organizational effectiveness. Our report identified strengths within HDCC related to (1) organizational alignment, (2)...

In keeping with its responsibilities under the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, the OIG monitored the audit of TVA's fiscal year 2019 financial statements performed by Ernst and Young LLP (EY) to assure their work complied with Government Auditing Standards. Our review of EY's work...