Federal Reports

The Office of the Inspector General performed this review as part of its ongoing effort to provide oversight of the Kingston Recovery Project to determine if TVA is meeting its commitments for the Kingston Recovery Project.Our review found TVA has met or is meeting its commitments for the Kingston Recovery Project. Community leaders and regulatory personnel interviewed were satisfied with TVA's actions to meet its commitments.In order to address these commitments, TVA has taken a number of steps. Specifically, TVA has cleaned up the ash spill and restored the area, protected public health and safety, kept the public and stakeholders informed and involved in the process, and helped with the economic development of Roane County. Some community leaders believe TVA has worked to make the area better than it was before the spill.

Our audit sought to determine whether the Ohio Department of Education (the Ohio SEA) accurately and completely reported RTT grant performance data to the Department, ensured that it and its participating LEAs and charter schools would have the capacity to deliver and sustain results described in its RTT grant application after all Federal funds had been expended, and whether they spent RTT funds only on allowable activities and in accordance with program requirements and the Ohio SEA’s approved grant application. We examined two of the six educational topic areas on which the Ohio SEA spent RTT funds—data systems to support instruction and its Great Teachers and Leaders programs—and two of its LEAs—the Lorain City Schools and the Toledo Public Schools. We found that although the Ohio SEA reported all required performance data for the two areas reviewed and ensured that it and the two LEAs had the capacity to deliver and sustain results, it did not always report accurate data and did not ensure that the LEAs spent RTT funds on allowable activities and in accordance with program requirements and the Ohio SEA’s approved grant application.

This report was withdrawn and reissued as OIG-SBLF-14-013R on June 26, 2015, to reflect changes made on pages 2, 3, 5, and 8. The changes correct the number and total dollar amount of State Small Business Credit Initiative obligated or spent loans we reviewed. These corrections do not affect the findings, conclusions, and recommendations as reported.