Small Business Administration

This report presents the results of our inspection of the Small Business Administration’s (SBA’s) initial disaster assistance response to Hurricane Florence, the first major hurricane of the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season. This category 1 hurricane made landfall over Wrightsville Beach, North...

When evaluating options for new information technology (IT) deployments, agencies are required to default to cloud-based solutions whenever a secure, reliable, cost-effective cloud option exists. Cloud computing allows users to access and use shared data and computing services. The cloud also...

The Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA) requires that the Office of Inspector General (OIG) reviews the Small Business Administration’s (SBA’s) information security program. To determine SBA’s compliance with FISMA, OIG contracted with an independent public accountant, KPMG, to...

This report presents the results of our audit of the Small Business Administration’s (SBA’s) controls over loans sold on the secondary market. The SBA secondary market program allows lenders to sell the guaranteed portions of their SBA 7(a) loans to private investors at a premium to provide expanded...

This report presents the results of our audit of the Small Business Administration’s (SBA’s) district offices’ customer service. We initiated the audit in response to a congressional request about the perceived disparity in the effectiveness of SBA district offices. SBA’s district offices promote...

This report details the Office of Inspector General's Fall 2018 Semiannual Report to Congress. The following topics are included:Overview of the SBA and the OIGSmall Business Access to CapitalDisaster Loan ProgramProcurement AssistanceAgency ManagementOther Significant OIG ActivitiesStatistical...

We contracted with the independent certified public accounting firm KPMG LLP (KPMG) to audit the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA’s) consolidated financial statements for fiscal year (FY) 2018, ending September 30, 2018. The independent auditors’ report presents an unmodified opinion on SBA...