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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

Chief Human Resource Office’s Organizational Effectiveness

2018
2016-15445
Inspection / Evaluation
Tennessee Valley Authority OIG
Tennessee Valley Authority

The Office of the Inspector General conducted a review of the Chief Human Resource Office’s (CHRO) organization to identify operational and cultural strengths and risks that could impact CHRO’s organizational effectiveness. Our report identified strengths within CHRO related to (1) organizational...

2017 Federal Information Security Modernization Act

2018
2017-15489
Audit
Tennessee Valley Authority OIG
Tennessee Valley Authority

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 practice of its respective agency. Our objective was to evaluate...

Sequoyah Nuclear Plant Corrective Action Program

2018
2017-15464
Inspection / Evaluation
Tennessee Valley Authority OIG
Tennessee Valley Authority

We evaluated TVA's Corrective Action Program (CAP) to determine if the CAP was effective in resolving employee concerns at Sequoyah Nuclear Plant. We determined the Sequoyah CAP was generally effective in resolving employee concerns during calendar years 2015 and 2016. Specifically, we determined...

Reflections: Impact of an IG

2017
SAR63
Semiannual Report
Tennessee Valley Authority OIG
Tennessee Valley Authority

The TVA OIG meets its legal requirement to report to Congress on its results twice a year through its Semiannual Report to Congress (SAR). This SAR edition takes a walk through the past 14 years of TVA's first Presidentially-appointed and longest-running Inspector General, Richard Moore, who became...

Monitoring of Ernst & Young LLP's Audits of the Tennessee Valley Authority Fiscal Year 2017 Financial Statements

2018
2017-15507
Audit
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 2017 financial statements performed by Ernst and Young LLP (EY) to assure their work complied with Government Auditing Standards. Our review of EY's work...

TVA Nuclear Corrective Action Program - Watts Bar

2018
2017-15461
Audit
Tennessee Valley Authority OIG
Tennessee Valley Authority

We evaluated TVA’s Corrective Action Program (CAP) to determine if the CAP was effective in resolving anonymous condition reports (CRs) at Watts Bar Nuclear Plant. We determined TVA took actions to address the anonymous CAP CRs in a timely manner. Specifically, we found for 22 of the 25 CAP CRs...

Agreed-Upon Procedures For TVA Fiscal Year 2017 Performance Measures

2018
2018-15522
Audit
Tennessee Valley Authority OIG
Tennessee Valley Authority

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) performed procedures which were requested and agreed to by TVA management solely to assist management in determining the validity of the Winning Performance (WP) payout awards for fiscal year (FY) ended September 30, 2017. The WP payout award data that was...

Actions to Address Issues Identified in Assessments of Nuclear Quality Assurance

2017
2017-15466
Inspection / Evaluation
Tennessee Valley Authority OIG
Tennessee Valley Authority

TVA's Nuclear Quality Assurance (QA) provides monitoring and assessment of plant activities to ensure they are conducted in a quality manner. Periodically, reviews are performed (internal and external) of QA that identify improvement opportunities. Due to the importance of QA's role in monitoring...

Organizational Effectiveness Follow-Up – Environmental Permitting and Compliance

2017
2017-15497
Inspection / Evaluation
Tennessee Valley Authority OIG
Tennessee Valley Authority

The Office of the Inspector General previously conducted an evaluation of Environmental Permitting and Compliance (EP&C) (Evaluation Report 2016-15366 issued September 28, 2016) to identify strengths and risks that could impact EP&C’s organizational effectiveness. Our final report identified several...

Surplus and Disposal of Information Technology Equipment

2017
2017-15455
Audit
Tennessee Valley Authority OIG
Tennessee Valley Authority

The Office of the Inspector General audited the adequacy of the Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) process to surplus and dispose of information technology (IT) equipment due to the risk of (1) protected information disclosure and (2) environmental compliance and regulatory compliance violations...

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