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… Green Associate Administrator (Acting) Mr. Tim Green is the Deputy Associate Administrator for the Office of Veterans Business Development (OVBD) at the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). In this role, Mr. Green … Green retired from the U.S. Air Force in June 2012 with a rank of Colonel after serving on active duty for nearly 28 …

… Dakota Micro, Inc. CAYUGA, ND — Dakota Micro, Inc. is a family-owned and operated business started by Charissa Rubey and her husband, Dave …

… Regional Administrator The honorable Justin D. Everett is the Rocky Mountains Regional Administrator serving … North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming. He is a seasoned political strategist, policy expert, and business … Everett Consulting Services, where he assists startups and small businesses with strategic growth, regulatory …

… awareness of and access to resources such as capital, business counseling, and disaster recovery support. Through … during the second presidency of Donald Trump as a White House agency to assist faith-based entities, …

… of Shuttered Venue Operators Grant Recipients SBA OIG is issuing this report to present the results of our audit of … December 27, 2020, as part of the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits and Venues Act. In total, Congress provided $16.25 billion for the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to award grants to eligible …

… Original U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Press Release A federal grand jury in Chicago has indicted four individuals … allegedly fraudulently obtaining millions of dollars in small business loans under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and … and one count of money laundering.  Each wire fraud count is punishable by up to 30 years in federal prison, while each …

… Industry Size Standards On August 22, 2025, SBA published a proposed rule in the Federal Register proposing to revise … businesses in various NAICS sectors.  The proposed rule is part of the third 5-year rolling review of small business size standards, as required under the Small …

… to issue protective orders. 13 C.F.R. § 134.205(e). A protective order allows counsel for an opposing private … when both the protested concern (whose size or status is at issue) and a non-government protestor are parties to … whose status (or eligibility) is at issue, such as in 8(a) Business Development cases. When an appellant is the …

… and commercially reasonable efforts to liquidate the business personal property collateral with an aggregate … unless the remaining principal balance of the loan is $50,000 or less; or the loan involves prolonged litigation … SBA honor its guaranty on any loan approved under the 7(a) loan program, please submit the Universal Purchase Package …

… Finance Managers A list of Finance Managers specializing in both domestic and … financing SBA specializes in working capital and has a wide range of loan programs that can help businesses grow … as well as open new international markets abroad. Contact a Finance Manager in your region for assistance with securing …

… materials. All photos (excluding stock) should have a caption identifying the people and place. Use photos taken within the last two years, with a story that ties into the SBA, so the promotion of “what the SBA did for me.” Older photos can be used if the …

… of the SCORE Association. Report 19-12 The SCORE program is an entrepreneurial development program administered by the Small Business Administration’s (SBA’s) Office of … Development. The SCORE Association (SCORE) is a single cooperative agreement recipient for the program. …

… Acts of 2016 and 2017 (the Acts) granted the Small Business Administration (SBA) the authority to accept gifts … gifts on behalf of SBA after proper approvals, including a conflict of interest determination by SBA’s Office of …

… Improve Quality and Timeliness of HUBZone Certifications A review of whether the HUBZone program certification process … the results of the OIG’s audit to determine whether the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) HUBZone program certification …

… System . The objective of the audit was to assess the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) compliance with Federal … Zone (HUBZone), and three new Mentor-Protégé Programs. As a result, the SBA did not receive a system with full …

… of our audit of early-defaulted and early-problem 7(a) loans disbursed pursuant to the American Recovery and … after final disbursement. The Recovery Act provided the Small Business Administration (SBA) with $730 million to expand the …

… our first review of the credit markets served by the U.S.Small Business Administration’s (SBA) lending programs since … In response, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) is performing periodic reviews of SBA program data to … SBA publishes monthly performance reports, they provide a limited view of lending activity and the Recovery Act’s …

… are collectively required to obligate 3 percent of their small business eligible dollars to Historically Under-utilized Business Zone (HUBZone)-certified small businesses, many have never met that goal. These …

… SBREA Final Rule On December 5, 2019, SBA issued a final rule changing its method for calculating the average … annual receipts used to prescribe size standards for small businesses. For all of SBA’s receipts-based size … than the previous 3-year averaging period).  This change is in accordance with the Small Business Runway Extension Act …

… looks at their coffee cup as half full Like most other small businesses, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a major economic disruption for Jennifer and Brian Bircher, … who are also struggling during all of this.” The best part is the duo is taking this time to look at the bright side. …