CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - The Tennessee Valley Authority announced it will eliminate up to 120 jobs in its information technology office in an effort to cut cost s and improve performance. The agency said Tuesday that it would outsource about 1 of every 5 jobs in its IT department starting in the spring, The Chattanooga Times Free Press reported. He said most utilities and corporations that aren’t technology based generally rely on outside contractors now instead of writing their own software. “It was time to reflect the mirror on IT and see how we could be better,” Fisher said. ”Among the 500 employees in the agency’s IT division, more than 20% are expected to receive layoff notices in the spring quarter starting in April.

Source: thestar January 29, 2020 22:52 UTC