Small Business Research Programs: Most Agencies Met Spending Requirements, but DoD and EPA Need to Improve Data Reporting

Abstract

Federal agencies fund research and development projects at small businesses with the goal of helping them develop and commercialize innovative technologies. The two small business R and D programs we looked at require participating agencies to spend a certain percentage of their external research funding on the programs. Most agencies' spending data showed that they met these requirements. However, we couldn't determine if the Department of Defense or the Environmental Protection Agency met the requirements because they did not collect or submit the data. We recommended that DOD and EPA establish procedures to collect and submit their data.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2017
Accession Number
AD1168452

Entities

People

  • John Neumann

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accountability
  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Economic Development
  • Education
  • Electronic Mail
  • Environmental Protection
  • Governments
  • Homeland Security
  • Law
  • Small Business
  • Standards
  • Technology Transfer
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Wound Infections
  • Wounds And Injuries

Readers

  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Economics
  • Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) EDI Research and Innovation.