Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Program: Vulnerability to Fraud and Abuse Remains

Abstract

Why GAO Did This Study. The SDVOSB program provides federal contracting opportunities to business-owning veterans who incurred or aggravated disabilities in the line of duty. SBA administers the government-wide program, while VA maintains databases of veterans and SDVOSBs and oversees its own contracts. GAO has reported several times since 2009 that both programs were vulnerable to fraud and abuse and recommended improvements. In October 2010, Congress passed the Veterans Small Business Verification Act (2010 Act), part of the Veterans' Benefits Act of 2010, to provide tools to VA to more-thoroughly validate firms' eligibility before listing them in VetBiz, the database used by VA contracting officials to award SDVOSB contracts.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2012
Accession Number
AD1152385

Entities

People

  • Richard J. Hillman

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

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Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Business Administration
  • Case Studies
  • Congress
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of Veterans Affairs
  • Electronic Mail
  • Governments
  • Health Care
  • Law
  • National Governments
  • Procurement
  • Small Business
  • Standards
  • United States
  • United States Government

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