Small Business Research Programs: Status of Prior Recommendations

Abstract

Agencies have awarded about $2 billion per year to small businesses through the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs. Since 2013, we've made 20 recommendations to the Small Business Administration and two other agencies that participate in the programs. Only about one-third of those recommendations have been implemented. Fully implementing the remaining recommendations could improve the programs by improving compliance with spending and reporting requirements; increasing participation in the administrative pilot program; and enhancing fraud, waste, and abuse prevention activities.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 04, 2017
Accession Number
AD1156285

Entities

People

  • John Neumann

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accountability
  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Directives
  • Electronic Mail
  • Governments
  • Guidance
  • Homeland Security
  • House Of Representatives
  • Law
  • National Security
  • Small Business
  • Standards
  • Technology Transfer
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States Government

Readers

  • Medical or Health Care Field.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
  • Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) EDI Research and Innovation.