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TVA Employees Charge Big Money

Posted on March 2, 2009 at 4:50 pm

From the News Sentinel:

Televisions, X-Boxes, alcohol, Internet software and tuition.

Inspector General auditors say those are just some of the questionable purchases made by Tennessee Valley Authority employees on their government charge cards.

An audit of the program created to pay for small business-related expenses finds spending has swelled to more than $75 million annually, with nearly a third of those purchases over $5,000.

One unidentified cardholder had nearly $6 million in charges on six cards in two years.

SEE ALSO: The Inspector General’s full report.

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10 Responses to “TVA Employees Charge Big Money”

  1. Art Staehling writes
    March 3rd, 2009 7:45 am

    Why not try something that our State agencies seem incapable of doing. Fire those who abused the system. I guarentee if that happened abuse of the system would drop off quickly. Especially in the current economy.

  2. cheryl writes
    March 3rd, 2009 9:48 am

    Just think they raised our rates so we can pay for things that we can’t even afford for our families. That is embezzlement and if we did that to our employers we would be sitting in jail.

  3. equeener writes
    March 3rd, 2009 9:49 am

    why unidentified? these people should be paraded
    in public to a fast trial and sentencing -
    and, of course, lose their jobs

  4. kenneth bland writes
    March 3rd, 2009 11:17 am

    We were told that our electric bill would increase by 20%, my bill almost tripled. I guess someone needed a new X-Box or cell phone. As I see it these people are stealing from the very people that are struggling to pay their electric bills and pay their salaries (and bonuses that reach many thousands of dollars).

  5. Moses writes
    March 3rd, 2009 12:25 pm

    Now we know why our electric bill is going up the roof. So we can pay for all of this, god only knows how many nmore are doinf the same living big on corporate cards! We demand to know the names of this people someone got to fix this!!

  6. mattgsxr36 writes
    March 3rd, 2009 1:12 pm

    just another shot to the public i am on ssi disabilaty living off of 380.00 dollors a month my electric bill is over 300.00 thanks for all the help tva those people sound like great employies i see now why my bill is so high

  7. Missy writes
    March 3rd, 2009 1:19 pm

    Its about time that “we the people” have easy access to 100% transparency. Some of the information contained in the report sounds like they hired a pack of wolves to guard the henhouse! I do not know how any financial program can be cost-efficient without having accountability at all levels. Talk about a broken level of trust with the people … and TVA has the audacity to increase their rates? PLEASE!!!!!!!!!

  8. Susan Heffernon writes
    March 3rd, 2009 1:55 pm

    TVA = Greedy, cheating, liars. It’s just spelled differently…

  9. Paul writes
    March 3rd, 2009 2:31 pm

    I agree they need to go back to school because their 20% is more like 45% or 50%. How can the American people keep paying for this kind of waste and then bail out all of the banks and automakers also. This is a disgrace and someone should not only loose their job but should sit in jail for several years also. At some point we have to say enough is enough and get rid of the politicians and these crooks so the regular person can actually live instead of scraping by each week.

  10. Lakeisha writes
    March 3rd, 2009 2:33 pm

    Will we be reimbursed for the increases used to pay these items? I’m sure nothing will come from this. Just letting us know one more thing(like the increase) we can do nothing about!!!!!!!!!

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