Federal Reports

This Office of Inspector General (OIG) Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection Program report describes the results of a focused evaluation of the leadership performance and oversight by Veterans Integrated Service Network 9: VA MidSouth Healthcare Network in Nashville, Tennessee. This evaluation focused on five key areas of clinical and administrative operations:• Leadership and organizational risks• Quality, safety, and value• Medical staff credentialing and privileging• Environment of care• Mental health (focusing on suicide prevention)The OIG issued three recommendations for improvement in the environment of care area:• Comprehensive Environment of Care compliance report• Comprehensive Environment of Care Compliance and Assessment Tool data• Emergency Management Committee’s annual review of the Veterans Integrated Service Network-wide strengths, weaknesses, priorities, and requirements for improvement

An Assistant Supervisory Plumber based in New York, New York, violated Amtrak policy by engaging in outside employment at two construction companies while on Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and receiving Railroad Retirement Board benefits. The employee resigned in lieu of his disciplinary hearing and is ineligible for rehire.

As part of our annual audit plan, we performed an audit of costs billed to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) by the Steam Generating Team, LLC (SGT) for steam generator replacement services under Contract No. 11144. Our audit objective was to determine if costs were billed in accordance with the contract's terms. Our audit scope included approximately $35.9 million in costs paid by TVA from January 1, 2020, through January 31, 2022.In summary, we determined SGT overbilled TVA $1,903,315 including:$1,163,835 in ineligible overhead and fee markups applied to services, equipment, and other costs provided by TVA under the contract. $689,748 in labor costs, including:$685,880 for labor billing rates that exceeded adjusted rates that had been approved through the contract's change order process. In addition, we found the adjusted rates were never incorporated into the contract's pricing schedules.$1,304 for unsupported labor costs.$2,564 for ineligible labor costs.$38,579 in travel costs, including (1) $37,316 in duplicate costs and (2) $1,263 in ineligible costs. $11,153 in miscellaneous costs for ineligible subscription renewals.(Summary Only)

Our objective was to assess the Postal Service’s ongoing actions to reduce non-career employee turnover rates. For this audit, we reviewed non-career employee turnover and retention for fiscal years (FY) 2019 through 2022, nationwide. We conducted site visits to 26 judgmentally selected facilities where we held interviews to identify underlying causes of non-career employee turnover. In addition, we interviewed headquarters personnel regarding their responsibilities, processes, and procedures on non-career employee retention strategies and initiatives.