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Information Technology Equipment Inventory

Report Information

Date Issued
Report Number
2022-17343
Report Type
Audit
Description
The Office of the Inspector General audited TVA’s information technology (IT) equipment inventory to determine if TVA had controls and processes in place to maintain an accurate and complete inventory of IT equipment. Due to the inventory inaccuracies and control weaknesses, we did not test for inventory completeness. Although we found access controls to IT inventory data were effective, we found TVA’s controls and processes in place to maintain an accurate and complete inventory of IT equipment were ineffective. Specifically, we found IT inventory (1) records were not accurate, (2) lacked reconciliation processes, (3) lacked a deployment and tracking policy, and (4) policies and procedures were not reviewed and updated timely. TVA management agreed with our recommendations.
Joint Report
Yes
Participating OIG
Tennessee Valley Authority OIG
Agency Wide
Yes (agency-wide)
Questioned Costs
$0
Funds for Better Use
$0
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Recommendations

We recommend the Vice President and Chief Information and Digital Officer, Technology and Information, review and update the information technology inventory records to ensure users and owners are accurately assigned and maintained.

We recommend the Vice President and Chief Information and Digital Officer, Technology and Information, update policies and procedures to reflect the current process where users and owners are no longer assigned for shared assets.

We recommend the Vice President and Chief Information and Digital Officer, Technology and Information, develop and implement policy and procedures to address reconciliation of assets without assigned users and owners, including infrastructure assets.

We recommend the Vice President and Chief Information and Digital Officer, Technology and Information, implement policies and procedures for the automated reconciliation process for assets with assigned users and owners.

We recommend the Vice President and Chief Information and Digital Officer, Technology and Information, document policy and procedures for deployment and tracking, including identification of duplicate asset records and asset identifiers.