Federal Reports

The Office of the Inspector General performed an audit to determine if the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has designed and implemented privacy requirements in accordance with the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005. Our scope was limited to TVA’s privacy program responsibilities as defined in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005. We determined TVA had privacy policies in alignment with the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005. In addition, TVA had implemented requirements from the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005, such as sustaining privacy protection, assuring compliance with fair information practices, proposals, congressional reporting, protecting, PII, training, compliance with policies, and recording.However, we identified six issues that should be addressed by TVA management to further comply with the requirements of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005, and TVA policy. Specifically, we found:1. Discrepancies between TVA privacy system inventory and the PIA inventory.2. PIAs did not follow TVA policy.3. The privacy continuous monitoring program was outdated.4. Hard copy RPII and a restricted area were not secured.5. The PIA template did not contain all required information.6. Privacy policies were not consistent with applicable legal guidance.TVA management agreed with our recommendations.

The NCUA OIG conducted this audit based on OIG’s 2023 Annual Work Plan to assess the NCUA’s revised process to charter new federal credit unions. The objectives of our audit were to determine whether: (1) the NCUA’s efforts to streamline its chartering process made it more efficient and effective for potential organizers interested in applying for a new federal credit union charter; and (2) the NCUA adequately communicated its revised chartering process to potential organizers. The scope of our audit covered the NCUA’s chartering activities from January 2019 through June 2024.

Maurice Driver, a former Amtrak lead service attendant based in Washington, D.C., was sentenced in U.S. District Court, District of Columbia, on November 6, 2024, for making false statements. He was sentenced to time served and a criminal fine of $200.
 

According to court documents, Driver was working as a Lead Service Attendant in the café car on an Amtrak train, which departed from Washington, D.C., in the afternoon of January 3, 2024, and ended in Chicago, Illinois, on the morning of January 4, 2024.
While working on that train, Driver met a passenger, spoke, and texted with the passenger, and allowed the passenger to use a vacant sleeper car on the train. On January 4, 2024, in Chicago, that passenger reported to Amtrak Police that Driver sexually assaulted her in a sleeper car on the train. Amtrak OIG then initiated an investigation of the sexual assault allegations. During an interview with an Amtrak OIG Special Agent, Driver made multiple false and misleading statements about his communications and contacts with the passenger, denying that he gave the passenger his personal phone number, texted with the passenger, and that he showed the passenger to a sleeper car. On August 8, 2024, Driver pleaded guilty to lying to a federal agent, and he was terminated from the company on October 31, 2024. He is not eligible for rehire.