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Tennessee Valley Authority: Information on Certain Contractinq
and Personnel MSnagement Activities. CED-77-4; B-185101.
December 29, 1976. Released January 25, 1977. 4 pp. + 4
appendices (24 pp.).
Report to Rep. John E. Moss; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller
General.
Contact: Community and Economic Development Div.
Budget Function: Natural Resources, Environment, and Energy:
Water Resources and Power (3)1).
Organization Concernedz Tennessee Valley Authority.
Congressional Relevance: Rep. John R. Moss.
r The appropriateness of contracts awarded to and the
efLectiveness of the financial disclosure system of the
Tennessee Valley Authority were examined. TVA is not subject to
Federal procurement regulations, bu' it has developed
regulations whiech incorporate provisions of the Federal
regulations. FizA.ings/Conclusions: During fiscal year 1975, the
Authority awarded 36,b73 contracts amounting to $3.6 billion. Of
these contracts, 56.1 percent were awarded through formal
advertising, 31. . percent were awarded (in an emergency basis,
and 8.8 percent were negotiated on either a sole-source or
competitive basis after unsuccessful advertising. It appears
that the Authority awarded less than four percent of the dollar
value of its contzacts in 1975 without attempting to secure
competition. TVA has established a financial disclosure system
applicable to employees, consultants, and personal service
contractors. Of the 354 statemeats that should have been
received in 1975, 45 were missing. On Deceme-er 31, 19759 TVA had
310 retired Federal employees on the payroll cr about ore
percent of the total work force. ThI authority dces not have a
promotion-oriented public relation- program, and only 23 of the
59 Information Office employees are engaged in information
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