Federal Reports

This report presents the results of our evaluation of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) handling of cash contributions and gifts. We found SBA generally complied with established guidance over the solicitation, acceptance, holding, and use of cash contributions and gifts totaling $520,000 during fiscal year 2024 from National Small Business Week cosponsors. However, we found SBA should improve its agency vetting form to show that each potential cosponsor was clear of conflicts of interest concerns before agency officials signed cosponsorship agreements.

As a result of our review, the SBA Office of Strategic Alliances took immediate actions to update the form used to vet conflicts of interest for cosponsors showing the Office of General Counsel’s review and clearance of potential conflicts of interest. Therefore, we did not make any recommendations in this report.

A sheet metal worker based in Los Angeles, California, was terminated from employment on August 5, 2025, following an administrative hearing. Our investigation found that the former employee violated company policy by making profane, sexually explicit remarks to a female co-worker while on duty. Three other employees corroborated the incident. The former employee is not eligible for rehire.

NASA missions are dependent on infrastructure, including testing facilities, laboratories, and launch pads, that face the threat of extreme weather events. To address weather-related vulnerabilities of its infrastructure, NASA has integrated resilience efforts into existing processes across various Agency programs. However, this approach lacks clear communication and formal guidance, and the Agency is not effectively tracking or measuring the success of its efforts to address weather-related risks.

Our objective was to evaluate the effectiveness of the Defense Intelligence Agency’s (DIA’s) overall information security program based on DIA’s implementation of the Federal Information Security Modernization Act. We issued our results in a classified report on August 4, 2025.