Semi-Annual Report to Congress - Spring 2006
Date Issued: Friday, March 31, 2006

The attachment details the Office of Inspector General's Spring 2006 Semiannual Report to Congress. The following topics are included:

  • Overview of SBA and the OIG

  • Agency Management Challenges

  • Significant OIG Activities

    • Disaster Loans

    • Small Business Access to Capital

    • Small Business Development, Contracting, Education, and Training

    • Agency Management

    • Other Significant OIG Activities.

  • Statistical Highlights

  • Appendix

    • I. OIG Reports Issued

    • II. OIG Reports with Questioned Costs

    • III. OIG Reports with Recommendations that Funds Be Put to Better Use

    • IV. OIG Reports with Non-Monetary Recommendations

    • V. OIG Reports from Prior Semiannual Periods with Overdue Management Decisions as of March 31, 2006

    • VI. OIG Reports Without Final Action as of March 31, 2006

    • VII. Significant Recommendations from Prior Semiannual Reporting Periods

    • Without Final Action as of March 31, 2006

    • VIII. 6-Month Significant Recommendations Summary as of March 31, 2006

    • IX. List of Events/Activities Where SBA Used its Cosponsorship Authority Over the Last 6 Months

    • X. 6-Month Legal Actions Summary

    • XI. OIG Organizational Chart

  • Additional Semiannual Legislative Reporting Requirements from the Small Business Act, as Amended:

    • SBA Cosponsorship and Fee-Based Administration-Sponsored Events—Small Business Act, Section 4(h)

    • SBDC Surveys—Small Business Act, Section 21(a)(7)

    • SBA Gift Authority—Small Business Act, Section 4(g)(2)

To read the complete report, please see the attached document.