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Special announcement
Senate Democrats voted to block a clean federal funding bill (H.R. 5371), leading to a government shutdown that is preventing the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) from serving America’s 36 million small businesses.
Every day that Senate Democrats continue to oppose a clean funding bill, they are stopping an estimated 320 small businesses from accessing $170 million in SBA-guaranteed funding.
As a result of the shutdown, we wanted to notify you that many of our services supporting small businesses are currently unavailable. The agency is executing its Lapse Plan and as soon as the shutdown is over, we are prepared to immediately return to the record-breaking services we were providing under the leadership of the Trump Administration.
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Summary:
This SBA OIG report reviewed SBA’s history of disclaimers and material weaknesses from fiscal years 2020 to 2024, open recommendations, and SBA’s new strategy for addressing material weaknesses and obtaining a clean audit opinion.
Summary:
The SBA Office of Inspector General is issuing this report to present the results of our evaluation of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) processes to forecast and request appropriation dollars for its disaster loans program account.
Summary:
This report contains the recommendations from U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) reports that remained open as of June 30, 2025.
Summary:
This report presents the results of our evaluation of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) handling of cash contributions and gifts.
Related programs:
COVID EIDL,
Disaster,
Pandemic Oversight
Summary:
SBA OIG is issuing this audit report to determine the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) efforts to collect on delinquent Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) with collateral and personal guarantors.
Summary:
SBA OIG is issuing this inspection report to assess the SBA's initial response to Hurricane Milton, including staffing, loan application volume, response time to applicant queries, and timelines of disaster loan approvals.
Summary:
The Office of Inspector General is issuing this inspection report to assess the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) initial response to Hurricane Helene, including staffing, loan application volume, and timeliness of disaster loan approvals.
Related programs:
COVID EIDL,
Disaster,
Pandemic Oversight
Summary:
OIG is issuing this management advisory to present the results of our review of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) incomplete reviews of COVID-19 EIDL and grants disbursed to borrowers who self-disclosed their business establishment dates.
Summary:
The Office of Inspector General is issuing an inspection report to determine whether the New Jersey Small Business Development Center met financial, programmatic, and performance requirements.
Summary:
This Congressional Budget Justification reflects the President's Budget request for the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the most current Fiscal Year.
Related programs:
COVID EIDL,
Disaster,
Pandemic Oversight
Summary:
OIG is issuing this management advisory to gain an understanding of the SBA's COVID-19 servicing processes and determine its capability to service more than 2 million COVID-19 EIDL.
Related programs:
7(a),
Agency Management,
CDC/504,
Disaster,
PPP,
RRF
Summary:
This independent auditors’ report on the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) improper payment reporting is required by the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019.
Summary:
This report presents the results of our management advisory bringing SBA's attention to concerns regarding forgiven PPP loans subsequently flagged as potentially ineligible using hold code 70.
Summary:
This SBA OIG report summarizes the results of our fiscal year 2024 Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA) evaluation and assessment of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) information security program.
Summary:
OIG is issuing this management advisory to bring to SBA’s attention possible security threats from personally owned devices accessing the agency’s information technology network from national and international locations with only a username and password.
Related programs:
Disaster,
Pandemic Oversight,
PPP
Summary:
This report updates Congress on progress made by the U.S. Small Business Administration on the 39 open pandemic-related recommendations referenced in Office of Inspector General Report 23-09, COVID-19 Pandemic EIDL and PPP Loan Fraud Landscape.
Summary:
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) is issuing this evaluation report to assess the Small Business Administration’s process for awarding Small Business Lending Company (SBLC) licenses and its compliance with licensing procedures.
Related programs:
Credit/Capital,
Pandemic Oversight,
PPP
Summary:
OIG is issuing this management advisory to bring attention to concerns regarding SBA’s use of hold codes for potentially fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans referred by lenders.
Summary:
OIG is issuing this inspection report to determine whether data sharing between the Employment and Training Administration and SBA could mitigate the risk of fraudulent unemployment insurance benefit payments and SBA disaster program disbursements.
Related programs:
Credit/Capital,
Pandemic Oversight,
PPP
Summary:
In this evaluation report, the Office of Inspector General assessed the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) oversight of non-bank lenders, including financial technology (fintech), and third-party service providers in the PPP.
Related programs:
Disaster,
Pandemic Oversight,
PPP
Summary:
The Office of Inspector General is issuing this evaluation report to determine whether SBA approved disaster loan applications with related COVID-19 EIDL or PPP loans with fraud hold codes.
Summary:
This SBA OIG report presents the results of our verification inspection of the SBA's corrective actions for the two recommendations from the OIG audit report SBA’s 504 Loan Liquidation Process (Report 16-23).