Federal Reports

Semiannual Report

U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) Semiannual Report to Congress for the reporting period, October 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024.

North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Emergency Preparedness and Operations (EOP) standard 011-2, was approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on August 24, 2021, with an effective date of April 1, 2023. EOP-011-2 includes a requirement to implement and maintain a cold weather preparedness plan for generating units with 7 required elements. EOP-011-2 also includes a requirement for evidence documenting the plan was implemented and maintained as well as evidence that applicable personnel completed training on the cold weather preparedness plan. Due to the risk of weather-related generation asset outages, we performed an evaluation to determine if TVA completed cold-weather plans in accordance with NERC reliability standard for Emergency Preparedness and Operations. We determined TVA generally completed cold-weather plans in accordance with the NERC reliability standard for EOP-011-2. However, we identified minor discrepancies in (1) one cold weather plan, (2) certification letters, and (3) training.

This Office of Inspector General (OIG) Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection Program report describes the results of a focused evaluation of the quality of care delivered in the inpatient and outpatient settings of the Roseburg VA Health Care System, which includes the Roseburg VA Medical Center and multiple outpatient clinics in Oregon. This evaluation focused on five key operational areas:• Leadership and organizational risks• Quality, safety, and value• Medical staff privileging• Environment of care• Mental health (suicide prevention initiatives)The OIG issued 11 recommendations for improvement in four areas:1. Leadership and organizational risks• Root cause analyses for sentinel events2. Medical staff privileging• Focused and Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation completion• Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluationso Specialty-specific datao Equivalent specialized training and similar privileges• Executive committee review of professional practice evaluation results• VISN oversight of privileging processes3. Environment of care• Panic and over-the-door alarm testing in the mental health inpatient unit4. Mental health• Comprehensive Suicide Risk Evaluation completion• Reporting of suicide behaviors to suicide prevention team• Suicide prevention outreach activities