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Audit of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services Technology and Equipment Program Grants Awarded to the City of Union City, Union City, New Jersey
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) plans to invest approximately $7 billion to extend and preserve the life of its seven nuclear units over the next 20 years. Selection of suppliers responsible for maintenance or system upgrades within TVA’s nuclear fleet can affect TVA’s ability to maintain generation reliability. Because of the importance of supplier selections, we evaluated the solicitation and bid evaluation processes for Watts Bar Nuclear Plant (WBN). The objective of our evaluation was to determine if solicitation and bid evaluation processes were performed in accordance with TVA's policies and procedures for electrical, maintenance, and modifications services contracts at WBN.
We determined that solicitation and bid evaluation processes for two projects implemented between April 11, 2024, and November 30, 2024, were not performed in accordance with TVA policies and procedures. Specifically, Supply Chain was not involved in the solicitation and bid evaluation processes as required. During our evaluation, we also identified gaps in the independent estimation process. We determined that independent estimates were not always developed as required and checklists to support independent estimate development were not always completed in accordance with guidance.
DBR’s Quality Control Program Did Not Detect a Documentation Deficiency in Its Oversight of the FHLBank System’s Information Security and Cybersecurity Risk Management
We conducted this evaluation to determine whether American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grants for cleaning up brownfield sites achieved the Brownfields Program intent of cleaning up and reusing these sites.
Summary of Findings
As of May 2025, of the 38 brownfield sites that received American Recovery and Reinvestment Act cleanup grants in 2009, 29 sites, or 76 percent, had achieved the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act’s statutory intent of both cleanup and reuse of contaminated sites. Nine sites, or 24 percent, had not achieved that statutory intent.
We determined that USDA has not fully implemented cybersecurity and governance controls within Artificial Intelligence systems in compliance with federal standards, leaving the agency at risk of data breaches or reputational harm.
