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READOUT: Administrator Guzman Visits Navajo Nation Tribal Leaders and Native American Small Business Owners to Highlight Small Business Recovery Efforts
https://www.sba.gov/article/2022/feb/24/readout-administrator-guzman-visits-navajo-nation-tribal-leaders-native-american-small-business… Indigenous-owned & operated small businesses at a Flea Market in Window Rock, Az. Caption: U.S. Small Business … -
Coffee Shop in West Point Keeps Brewing Up Hospitality With PPP Loan from SBA
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/coffee-shop-west-point-keeps-brewing-hospitality-ppp-loan-sba… Know what you want to, make a plan, understand your market, and go for it!” The Center For Rural Affairs (CFRA), … enough revenue for them. “In our tiny towns, there is a market and a need for these things. I have a good handle on … -
Why Veterans Are Well-Suited to Become Business Owners—And the Lessons You Can Learn from Them
https://www.sba.gov/blog/why-veterans-are-well-suited-become-business-owners-lessons-you-can-learn-them… if you have the requisite data—R&D, customer feedback, market studies, and so forth—to back up the decision. When in … -
Business Leaders Applaud SBA’s Improved Empower to Grow (E2G) Program
https://www.sba.gov/article/2024/01/30/business-leaders-applaud-sbas-improved-empower-grow-e2g-program -
ICYMI: On Equal Pay Day, See What Americans Are Saying About SBA Efforts to Empower Women Entrepreneurs
https://www.sba.gov/article/2022/mar/15/icymi-equal-pay-day-see-what-americans-are-saying-about-sba-efforts-empower-women-entrepreneurs -
From Boots to Business
https://www.sba.gov/article/2020/jan/21/boots-business… sector resources. The training also includes a feasibility analysis practical exercise and an instructor-led, eight-week … -
SBA Administrator McMahon’s Statement on GDP Report for 3rd Quarter of 2018
https://www.sba.gov/article/2018/oct/29/sba-administrator-mcmahons-statement-gdp-report-3rd-quarter-2018… the following statement after the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported the U.S. economy expanded at a … -
SBA Administrator McMahon’s Statement on GDP Report for 2nd Quarter of 2018
https://www.sba.gov/article/2018/jul/30/sba-administrator-mcmahons-statement-gdp-report-2nd-quarter-2018… the following statement after the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported an already-strong U.S. economy is expanding … -
Critical Data and Best Practices Report Released in Evaluating Federal Business Assistance Programs
https://www.sba.gov/article/2017/may/05/critical-data-best-practices-report-released-evaluating-federal-business-assistance-programs… may also permit the evaluator to expand the scope of the analysis to include more years and consider additional … -
SBA and the Florida SBDC Network Launch Pilot Initiative to Help Businesses with Appeal Process
https://www.sba.gov/article/2022/dec/16/sba-florida-sbdc-network-launch-pilot-initiative-help-businesses-appeal-process… and were declined for an SBA disaster loan. “Our analysis of business applications showed nearly one hundred … -
Review of SBA's Implementation of the Federal Information Technology Reform Act
https://www.sba.gov/document/report-18-06-review-sbas-implementation-federal-information-technology-reform-act… of Federal Information Technology . The scope of our analysis included assessing the Agency’s progress in … -
Audit Report 15-16: SBA Needs to Improve its Oversight of Loan Agents
https://www.sba.gov/document/report-15-16-audit-report-15-16-sba-needs-improve-its-oversight-loan-agents… agent fraud totaling at least $335 million. Further, our analysis determined that loan agents were involved in … -
Evaluation Report 15-12: Improvement is Needed in SBA’s Separation Controls and Procedures
https://www.sba.gov/document/report-15-12-evaluation-report-15-12-improvement-needed-sbas-separation-controls-procedures… property from separated personnel. Specifically, our analysis of network accounts identified 73 active accounts … -
Audit Briefing Report 13-11: The SBA’s Loan Management and Accounting System- Incremental Improvement Projects
https://www.sba.gov/document/report-13-11-audit-briefing-report-13-11-sbas-loan-management-accounting-system-incremental-improvement-projects… its newly created COBOL code into production. Root Cause Analysis Project was altered from its initially approved … -
Audit Report 13-10: The Small Business Administration Did Not Effectively Assess Disaster Assistance Staffing Requirements, Availability, and Readiness
https://www.sba.gov/document/report-13-10-audit-report-13-10-small-business-administration-did-not-effectively-assess-disaster-assistance… for mobilization and specifies the frequency of such an analysis; and (4) develop written procedures that define … -
Report 11-07 - Processing of Insurance Recovery Checks at the Disaster Loan Servicing Centers
https://www.sba.gov/document/report-11-07-report-11-07-processing-insurance-recovery-checks-disaster-loan-servicing-centers… centers responsible for performing duplication of benefits analysis and observed staff as they analyzed sample insurance … -
10-14 - Adequacy of Quality Assurance Oversight of the Loan Management and Accounting System Project
https://www.sba.gov/document/report-10-14-10-14-adequacy-quality-assurance-oversight-loan-management-accounting-system-project… appropriation, which directed the OIG to provide routine analysis and reporting on SBA' s modernization of its loan … -
Report 8-11 – Withdrawal of Disaster Loan Applications to Individuals and Businesses Impacted by the Gulf Coast Hurricanes
https://www.sba.gov/document/report-8-11-report-8-11-withdrawal-disaster-loan-applications-individuals-businesses-impacted-gulf-coast… that withdrawals has on the applicants. We focused our analysis on 9,348 of the 30,325 withdrawn loan applications …