On March 29, 2018, we issued an audit report on the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) fixed-wing aircraft (FWA) which identified significant weaknesses in the FWA program.1 Subsequent to the issuance of this report, we received a concern that TVA-owned FWA flew to Oxford, Mississippi, home of TVA Board Chair Richard Howorth, at least 76 times between January 2013 and February 2018. The concern stated “These trips to Oxford may represent additional occurrences of fraud and/or abuse, which deserve investigation by OIG. At the least, the Oxford trips are likely an inefficient use of TVA resources, which resulted in a significant number of flight legs where the aircraft [was] empty of passengers.”
