Small Business Administration

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted this review to assess Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) eligibility for nonprofit organizations. Based on data analysis, we identified 179 PPP loans, totaling approximately $684 million, made to potentially...

This report presents the results of our verification inspection of a June 2014 Office of Inspector General (OIG) audit of SBA’s 7(a) loan guaranty approval process, performance audit report 14-13. The review determined significant opportunities existed to improve the management of the 7(a) loan...

We evaluated the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) controls to flag or prevent potentially fraudulent Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) applications submitted from foreign Internet Protocol (IP) addresses.Although the agency implemented several layers...

As SBA shifts from reviewing applications to servicing COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) and Targeted EIDL Advances, the potential for identifying additional fraudulent loans increases significantly as borrowers default. The ability to recover funds and prosecute fraud relies on having...

We inspected the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) award and payment practices used to administer the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) program.Even after determining multiple disbursements would better protect grant funds from fraud or misuse, SBA switched to a riskier single advance...

This report presents the results of our evaluation of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) handling of cash contributions and gifts. The objective of the evaluation was to determine the adequacy of SBA controls over the solicitation, acceptance, holding, and use of cash contributions and...

This report details the Office of Inspector General's Spring 2022 Semiannual Report to Congress. The following topics are included:• Overview of the SBA and the OIG• Pandemic Response Oversight• Small Business Access to Capital• Disaster Loan Program• Procurement Assistance• Agency Management• Other...

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) found that the Small Business Administration (SBA) did not have an organizational structure with clearly defined roles, responsibilities, and processes to manage and handle potentially fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans across the program. In...

The Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 requires an annual audit of the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) improper payment reporting. We contracted with the independent certified public accounting firm KPMG LLP to audit SBA’s Fiscal Year 2021 compliance with the Act.In the report, KPMG...

The Federal Information Security Management Act requires the information security program of every agency to be evaluated each year. In FY 2021, SBA faced new information security challenges under the weight of lending huge amounts during the pandemic. In 2021, the agency had to deal with months of...