Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Federally Funded Programs Have Helped to Address the Needs of Gulf Coast Small Businesses, but Agency Data on Subcontracting are Incomplete

Abstract

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita wreaked havoc on small businesses in the Gulf Coast, and much federal assistance has been provided to help these businesses. GAO was asked to describe (1) the amount of assistance provided to Gulf Coast small businesses through the Small Business Administration's (SBA) disaster and Gulf Opportunity (GO) loans, state-administered business assistance programs funded by the Department of Housing and Urban Developments (HUD) Community Development Block Grants (CDBG), and the Economic Development Administration's (EDA) Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) program; (2) the extent to which Gulf Coast small businesses received federal contract funds; and (3) the current state of and improvements in the region's economy. GAO analyzed data on SBA and EDA loans and states' use of supplemental CDBG appropriations, data on prime and subcontracts awarded for hurricane recovery activities, and economic indicators both before and after the hurricanes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2010
Accession Number
AD1156483

Entities

People

  • William B. Shear

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Disasters
  • Economic Development
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • Management Personnel
  • Money
  • Natural Disasters
  • Small Business
  • United States
  • United States Government

Readers

  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) EDI Research and Innovation.