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Small Business Administration OIG

COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan Applications Submitted from Foreign IP Addresses

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 of controls to prevent or reduce fraud from foreign countries, individuals at foreign IP addresses were able to access the COVID-19 EIDL application system. SBA received millions of attempts to submit COVID-19 EIDL applications from foreign IP addresses and stopped most of them; however, the agency...
Audit |

Department of the Treasury OIG

Inquiry on Use of Pandemic Relief Funds for Increased Broadband Access to Unserved Communities

Other |
Department of the Treasury OIG

Desk Review of the U.S. Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands

The objective of this desk review is to evaluate the U.S. Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands documentation supporting the uses of its Coronavirus Relief Fund proceeds as reported in GrantSolutions, and to assess risk of unallowable use of funds. The scope of our review will include obligation and expenditure data as reported in the GrantSolutions portal.

Date Initiated: | Status of Work: Ongoing
Department of the Treasury OIG

Desk Review of the Navajo Nation Tribal Government (AZ)

The objective of this desk review is to evaluate the Navajo Nation Tribal Government (AZ) documentation supporting the uses of its Coronavirus Relief Fund proceeds as reported in GrantSolutions, and to assess risk of unallowable use of funds. The scope of our review will include obligation and expenditure data as reported in the GrantSolutions portal.

Date Initiated: | Status of Work: Ongoing
Small Business Administration OIG

SBA’s Handling of Potentially Fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program Loans

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 addition, the agency did not establish a centralized entity to design, lead, and manage fraud risk. This problem occurred because the agency did not establish a sufficient fraud risk framework at the start of and throughout PPP implementation. Management stated this was partly due to the speed of the...
Inspection / Evaluation |

Department of the Treasury OIG

Desk Review of the Commonwealth of Virginia

The objective of this desk review is to evaluate Commonwealth of Virginia documentation supporting the uses of its Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) proceeds as reported in GrantSolutions, and to assess risk of unallowable use of funds. The scope of our review will include obligation and expenditure data as reported in the GrantSolutions portal.

Date Initiated: | Status of Work: Ongoing
Department of the Treasury OIG

Desk Review of Apache Tribe of Oklahoma

The objective of this desk review is to evaluate the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma documentation supporting the uses of its Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) proceeds as reported in GrantSolutions, and to assess risk of unallowable use of funds. The scope of our review will include obligation and expenditure data as reported in the GrantSolutions portal.

Date Initiated: | Status of Work: Ongoing
Small Business Administration OIG

Evaluation of SBA’s Disaster Assistance Loan Recommendation Services

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) evaluated the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) procedures to award a contract for data analysis and loan recommendation services for Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) applications and Targeted EIDL Advance applications related to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.To increase loan processing capabilities and quickly disburse loans during the pandemic, SBA used an existing contract awarded to RER Solutions and its subcontractor Rocket Loans set aside for small businesses. SBA initially set a contract ceiling of $100 million and...
Inspection / Evaluation |

Department of the Treasury OIG

Desk Review of Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians

The objective of this desk review is to evaluate Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians' documentation supporting the uses of its Coronavirus Relief Fund proceeds and to assess risk of unallowable use of funds. The scope of our review will include obligation and expenditure data for the period of March 1, 2020 through December 31, 2021.
 

Date Initiated: | Status of Work: Ongoing
Department of the Treasury OIG

Desk Review of Anvik Village

The objective of this desk review is to evaluate Anvik Village's documentation supporting the uses of its Coronavirus Relief Fund proceeds and to assess risk of unallowable use of funds. The scope of our review will include obligation and expenditure data for the period of March 1, 2020 through December 31, 2021.

Date Initiated: | Status of Work: Ongoing