Federal Reports

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 North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System. 

This evaluation focused on five key content domains:
   •    Culture
   •    Environment of care
   •    Patient safety
   •    Primary care
   •    Veteran-centered safety net

The OIG issued seven recommendations for improvement in two domains:
  1.    Environment of care
   •    Maintain, inspect, and test medical equipment
   •    Secure medications
   •    Store oxygen tanks
   •    Clean food storage areas
   •    Remove expired supplies
   •    Mark equipment for repair and remove dirty items from storage areas
  2.    Patient Safety
   •    Sustained compliance with Joint Commission accreditation standards

At the request of the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) Supply Chain, we examined the cost proposal submitted by a contractor for designing, fabricating, and delivering hydraulic turbine runners and components as specified by TVA.  Our examination objective was to determine if the contractor's cost proposal was fairly stated. 

In our opinion, the contractor’s cost proposal was overstated.  Specifically, we determined the contractor’s proposed (1) markup rates were overstated compared to recent actual costs and (2) fixed price project costs included excessive contingency costs and profit.  We estimated TVA could avoid about $14.1 million over the potential $75 million contract by (1) negotiating appropriate reductions to the markup rates, (2) removing excessive contingency costs from fixed price projects, and (3) reducing the profit on fixed price projects. 

National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) Semiannual Report to the NCUA Board and the Congress highlighting our accomplishments and ongoing work for the 6-month period ending March 31, 2025.