Date: June 29, 2010

To: Darryl K. Hairston

Associate Administrator for Management and

Administration

/s/ Original Signed

From: Debra S. Ritt

Assistant Inspector General for Auditing

Subject: The Planning and Award of the Wide Area Network Optimization Contract Using Recovery Act Funds, ROM 10-17

This report presents the results of our audit of the Small Business Administration's (SBA's) planning and award of the Wide Area Network (WAN) Optimization contract funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). This is the second in a series of audit reports related to our ongoing audit of Information Technology (IT) contracts awarded with Recovery Act funds. Our first report addressed the planning and award of the Customer Relationship Management contracts.

For further information, please refer to the attachment document.