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Small Business Pilot Program: SBA Has Opportunities to Evaluate Outcomes and Enhance Fraud Risk Mitigation
GAO-25-107067
Mar 27, 2025
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Small Business Administration The Administrator of SBA should complete an outcome evaluation of the Navigator Program. The evaluation should include an assessment of the scalability of lessons learned from pilot activities and incorporate input from a broad array of SBA staff and partner organizations. (Recommendation 1)
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Small Business Administration The Administrator of SBA should, for its competitive grant programs, implement procedures to obtain relevant information from district office staff with knowledge of applicants. In doing so, the SBA Administrator should consider the stage of the review at which staff should obtain such information, how staff should identify and address potential bias, and how to communicate relevant assessment criteria in notices of funding opportunities. (Recommendation 2)
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COVID-19 Relief: Improved Controls Needed for Referring Likely Fraud in SBA's Pandemic Loan Programs
GAO-25-107267
Mar 24, 2025
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Small Business Administration The SBA Administrator should collaborate with the SBA's OIG to develop an effective plan, including the data elements to be provided and the process to be used, for referrals of potential or likely COVID-19 EIDL fraud cases. (Recommendation 1)
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Bank Regulation: Agencies Should Finalize Rulemaking on Incentive Compensation
GAO-25-107032
Feb 20, 2025
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Federal Reserve System The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System should jointly prescribe regulations or guidelines with the five other agencies that are directed to implement Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Act, as soon as practicable. (Recommendation 1)
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation The Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation should jointly prescribe regulations or guidelines with the five other agencies that are directed to implement Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Act, as soon as practicable. (Recommendation 2)
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Federal Housing Finance Agency The Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency should jointly prescribe regulations or guidelines with the five other agencies that are directed to implement Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Act, as soon as practicable. (Recommendation 3)
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National Credit Union Administration The Board of Directors of the National Credit Union Administration should jointly prescribe regulations or guidelines with the five other agencies that are directed to implement Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Act, as soon as practicable. (Recommendation 4)
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Office of the Comptroller of the Currency The Comptroller of the Currency should jointly prescribe regulations or guidelines with the five other agencies that are directed to implement Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Act, as soon as practicable. (Recommendation 5)
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United States Securities and Exchange Commission The Securities and Exchange Commission should jointly prescribe regulations or guidelines with the five other agencies that are directed to implement Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Act, as soon as practicable. (Recommendation 6)
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Illicit Finance: Agencies Could Better Assess Progress in Countering Criminal Activity
GAO-25-106568
Feb 18, 2025
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Department of the Treasury The Secretary of the Treasury should work with relevant agencies to implement a process for collecting and assessing evidence on the extent to which agencies are achieving the goals outlined in the National Strategy for Combating Terrorist and Other Illicit Financing. (Recommendation 1)
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National Security Council The National Security Council, in its annual reporting of progress made against the United States Strategy on Countering Corruption's goals, should include reporting on metrics developed to measure progress against each strategic objective. (Recommendation 2)
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U.S. Agency for International Development The USAID Administrator, in consultation with State and the National Security Council, should establish joint goals and a method to assess progress for implementing the Presidential Initiative for Democratic Renewal. (Recommendation 3)
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Department of State The Secretary of State, in consultation with USAID and the National Security Council, should establish joint goals and a method to assess progress for implementing the Presidential Initiative for Democratic Renewal. (Recommendation 4)
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