# Evaluation of SBA’s Award Procedures for the CARES Act Entrepreneurial Development Cooperative Agreements
> **Inspection / Evaluation** by Small Business Administration OIG · 2021-03-30
> *About: Small Business Administration*
## Report
- **Title:** Evaluation of SBA’s Award Procedures for the CARES Act Entrepreneurial Development Cooperative Agreements
- **Submitting OIG:** Small Business Administration OIG
- **Component agency:** Small Business Administration
- **Type:** Inspection / Evaluation
- **Publication date:** 2021-03-30

## Summary

This report found that SBA awarded the CARES Act entrepreneurial development cooperative agreements and grants in accordance with applicable federal laws, regulations, and guidance. We found program officials established performance goals and identified performance indicators.


## Recommendations

- **Rec 1** (Open): Enforce standard operating procedures requiring clearly defined performance goals and include performance targets in all future SBDC and WBC cooperative agreements and grants to objectively measure performance results
- **Rec 2** (Open): Collect and analyze the CARES Act entrepreneurial development cooperative agreement recipient’s performance results and establish a framework for setting goals for technical assistance programs in response to future disasters. Retain the analysis in…
## Source
- [oversight.gov report page](https://www.oversight.gov/reports/evaluation-sbas-award-procedures-cares-act-entrepreneurial-development-cooperative)
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