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… Stanford MBA. Married 46 years, father of 5. Author of business plan software Business Plan Pro and  www.liveplan.com  and books including his latest, 'Lean Business Planning,' 2015, Motivational Press. Contents of …

… for the Office of Manufacturing and Trade at the U.S. Small Business Administration. Read more about David M. Glaccum Did … playing a factor. Tenders generally require three years in business, international capacity, and financial standing to …

… optimizing and maintaining IT infrastructure. Support The Small Business Administration (SBA) Information Resources …

… payments rate for the 7(a) Loan Program purchases.  The Small Business Administration (SBA) did not detect all improper … disbursements to ineligible recipients.  Based upon this definition of improper payments, we concluded that 11 of the …

… Officer. Report 16-14 On April 14th, 2016, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Inspector General … SBA’s travel program for employees traveling on official business. SBA management agreed with our four recommendations …

… Disaster Loans , presents the results of our audit of the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) performance in mitigating the …

… and services.  For fiscal years (FY) 2013 and 2014, the Small Business Administration (SBA) obligated $161.7 million on new … awarded by the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Interior Business Center (IBC) on behalf of SBA.  Our objectives were …

… Processes Report 15-13 In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, the Small Business Administration (SBA or Agency) implemented two … loan default risk.  However, the expedited EIDL method for business loans did not result in any time savings.  Neither …

… the funds to relocate, not for working capital.  The other business also appeared to be ineligible for a loan increase …

… .  This report presents the results of our audit of the Small Business Administration’s oversight of lender service … originating, closing, servicing, and liquidating SBA business loans.  Since the number of LSPs and their …

… shares observations of special agents of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Inspector General … (OIG) relative to practices in the Section 8(a) Business Development Program that may inadvertently make the …

… are followed. Additionally, the OIG identified that the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) project oversight can be … serves as the Agency roadmap for integrating proposed business requirements and technology solutions. The OIG made …

… describers observations of special agents of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Inspector General … the integrity and effectiveness of the Section 8(a) Business Development (BD) Program. Office of Inspector …

… the results of the OIG’s limited scope audit of the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) procurement process used to … purchase card, to include purchase limitations and the definition of construction; and (3) review the routine …

… of VBP as an 8(a) company when it had not been in business for the required 2 years, and the subsequent award … by the Chairwoman of the House Committee on Small Business about the speed with which SBA processed the …

… issued a memorandum, Report 16-08, which provides the Small Business Administration (SBA) with early notification of … fixed assets for this limousine and transportation service business, resulting in increased losses to SBA.  As a result, …

… advisory memorandums regarding these five loans to the Small Business Administration (SBA) for appropriate corrective … to those identified in previous evaluations, such as business valuations, affiliates, equity injection, and …