Federal Reports

The audit objectives were to determine whether program funds were managed in accordance with the ARC and Federal grant requirements.

We substantiated allegations that an operator placed safety systems in bypass and did not immediately notify BSEE of the subsequent oil discharge. 

The Office of the Inspector General performed an audit of the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Program due to the increased use of unmanned aircraft in TVA operations.  Our audit objectives were to determine if TVA's (1) UAS Program was in compliance with applicable federal requirements and (2) use of unmanned aircraft was in compliance with applicable TVA policies.  Our audit scope included TVA's use of unmanned aircraft from January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024.

In general, we determined TVA's (1) UAS Program complied with applicable federal requirements and (2) use of unmanned aircraft complied with applicable TVA policies.  However, we determined 2 of 64 pilots did not have the remote pilot certificate required to operate UAS.  We made one recommendation to management to address verification of remote pilot certificates.

The audit objectives were to determine whether program funds were managed in accordance with the ARC and Federal grant requirements.

The audit objectives were to determine whether program funds were managed in accordance with the ARC and Federal grant requirements.

The audit objectives were to determine whether program funds were managed in accordance with the ARC and Federal grant requirements.

This Office of Inspector General (OIG) Healthcare Facility Inspection program report describes the results of a focused evaluation of the care provided at the VA Louisville Healthcare System in Kentucky. This evaluation focused on five key content domains:
•    Culture
•    Environment of care
•    Patient safety
•    Primary care
•    Veteran-centered safety net

The OIG issued 13 recommendations for VA to correct identified deficiencies in four domains:
1.    Culture
•    Telephone system improvements
2.    Environment of care
•    Exit signs
•    Detectable warning surfaces
•    Clean and safe patient care areas
•    Electrical cord management
•    Biological hazard signs
•    Biohazardous waste disposal
•    Liquid nitrogen use and storage
•    Environment of care trends, improvement plans, and outcome measures
3.    Patient safety
•    Service-level workflows for test result communications
•    Test result communication policy
•    Test result communication performance metrics
4.    Primary care
•    Panel sizes