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… out-innovate the rest of the world. Over the past two and a half years, President Obama has enacted sweeping changes to … reinvest, and revitalize America’s economy in the wake of a major recession. As a result, large U.S. firms are now making powerful new …

… Development. The SCORE Association (SCORE) is a single cooperative agreement recipient for the program. Established in 1964 as a national, volunteer nonprofit organization, SCORE has been … goals. We determined that program officials need to make major improvements to ensure effective oversight of the …

… gifts on behalf of SBA after proper approvals, including a conflict of interest determination by SBA’s Office of …

… though SBA made improvements to the program, SBA could make further improvements to better reach the target …

… initial disaster assistance response to Hurricane Irma, a Category 5 hurricane that made landfall on September 6, … response to Hurricane Irma and found that SBA established a meaningful presence in the storm’s immediate aftermath. … Within 20 days after Hurricane Irma was declared a disaster in Florida, SBA provided 127 staff for 27 recovery …

… effectiveness of STEP.  The purpose of SBA’s STEP is to make grants to states to carry out programs that assist …

… gifts on behalf of SBA after proper approvals, including a conflict of interest determination by SBA’s Office of …

… Information Memorandum 15-17: The OIG High-Risk 7(a) Loan Review Program This memorandum provides an update on our oversight activities of the High Risk 7(a) Loan Review Program from April 2015 to September 2015. … this loan was purchased in October 2010, we did not make any formal recommendations to SBA. Office of Inspector …

… in the area of Security Capital Planning, and needs to make significant improvement in the area of Configuration …

… his authority. Additionally, the COR failed to develop a Statement of Work to ensure the requested work was … order SBA-HQ-11-M-0018, to review all invoices and make a determination of whether all work that was billed to the …

… necessary to ensure adequate and proper documentation for a complete audit trail, or providing justification for many … locate and retrieve records. The servicing centers lack a clearly defined records management and documentation process, and therefore, did not consistently make and preserve records containing adequate and proper …

… effort was initiated in November 2005 in an effort to make the LMAS independent from the mainframe, which was … risks, and was based on obsolete technology.  It is one in a series of attempts by the SBA during the past several years … to Quality Standards, and (4) the SBA has not finalized a Quality Plan for the LMAS Project. The chief Information …

… this change to its regulations to implement Section 412(a) of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic … Revenue Code, except for areas in Puerto Rico, which for a limited time will use the IRS Code definition without …

… consolidate the All Small Mentor Protégé Program and the 8(a) Business Development Mentor Protégé Program into one … consolidate the All Small Mentor Protégé Program and the 8(a) Business Development Mentor Protégé Program into one program. This rule will also make other revisions in the Government Contracting programs, …

… single gateway to all of SBA’s contracting programs and a vehicle to improve small business participation in federal … of in-progress applications, automate repetitive tasks, make document review straightforward, and provide tools for … program analysts and program participants. We identified a need for improved planning and performance oversight …