This report represents our current assessment of the U.S. Small Business Administration's programs and activities that pose significant risks, including those that are particularly vulnerable to fraud, waste, error, mismanagement, or inefficiencies. The Challenges are not presented in order of priority, as we believe that all are critical management or performance issues.

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Small Business Administration OIG

Inspection of Small Business Administration's Initial Disaster Assistance Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic

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Disaster Recovery Report | 10/28/2020

1 - Open

Review all loans that had a bank account number changed from that shown on the original application to determine if the changes were legitimate or fraudulent. If not legitimate, work to recover the funds, deobligate any undisbursed funds, and refer to the OIG.

10 - Closed

Strengthen controls for verifying an entity’s start date to ensure applicants meet eligibility requirements.

2 - Closed

Establish or strengthen controls to ensure loan deposits are made to legitimate bank accounts for eligible borrowers only.

3 - Closed

Review duplicate loans to IP addresses, email addresses, business addresses, and bank accounts to determine if there are undisbursed funds that should be suspended until the duplicate loans are assessed for eligibility.

4 - Closed

Cancel all ineligible loans that are not disbursed, recover funds from all loans disbursed to ineligible applicants, and flag those loans for the improper payments estimation process.

5 - Closed

Strengthen or establish controls to ensure multiple loans are provided only to eligible applicants and prevent the erroneous duplication of loans.

6 - Open

Strengthen data integrity to make it possible to determine if the inaccurate information allowed loans to be made to ineligible entities and to strengthen SBA’s ability to service loans appropriately.

7 - Closed

Review the applicants with approved loans to determine if there are undisbursed funds remaining that should be suspended until the business start date is verified and the applicant is deemed eligible based on the CARES Act eligibility requirements. If the applicant is deemed ineligible, recover any disbursed funds, deobligate any undisbursed funds, and flag the application as ineligible.

8 - Closed

Review the advance grants to determine if the application was legitimate and the business met CARES Act eligibility requirements. If not, recover the funds and flag the application as ineligible.

9 - Closed

Revise the FY 2021 Improper Payments Act Checklist to include checking EIN dates for COVID-19 EIDLs and advance grants or program the system to flag erroneously approved loans and advance grants as improper payments; the information should be used during the FY 2021 improper payments estimation process.

Pandemic Response Accountability Committee

Update: Top Challenges in Pandemic Relief and Response

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government has appropriated over $3.5 trillion to address the public health and economic crises. Given the changing nature of the pandemic and the federal government’s response, we re-visited our original top management challenges to ensure that the PRAC is providing timely information to Congress and the new Administration about the response efforts. The following four challenges have been added: Preventing and Detecting Fraud against Government Programs; Informing and Protecting the Public from Pandemic-Related Fraud; Data...

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Reports

Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery | Quarterly Report to Congress

Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery | Quarterly Report to Congress

Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery | Initial Report to Congress

Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery | Quarterly Report to Congress

Results of Analytical Testing of the Board's Publicly Reported Data for the Secondary Market Corporate Credit Facility

Serious Concerns of Potential Fraud in EIDL Program Pertaining to the Response to COVID-19

Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery | Quarterly Report to Congress

Report on the Most Serious Management and Performance Challenges by Office of Inspector General FY2025

Inspection of Small Business Administration's Initial Disaster Assistance Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic

Update: Top Challenges in Pandemic Relief and Response

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