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SBA’s Oversight of the Grant Recipient’s Implementation of the CARES Act Resource Partners Training Portal

Inspection / Evaluation · Small Business Administration OIG · 2022-01-18 · about Small Business Administration

Report

Title
SBA’s Oversight of the Grant Recipient’s Implementation of the CARES Act Resource Partners Training Portal
Submitting OIG
Small Business Administration OIG
Component agency
Small Business Administration
Type
Inspection / Evaluation
Publication date
2022-01-18

Summary

We evaluated the SBA’s handling of the grant to train small businesses on federal resources available in the wake of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

Recommendations (5)

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1ClosedRequire the grant recipient to enhance its marketing and outreach strategy to include plans to reach a greater number of small businesses and resource-partner counselors and mentors. The grant recipient should also set clear performance goals with…
2ClosedImplement procedures for enhanced financial oversight of the CARES Act Resource Partner Training Portal program to ensure the program office enforces the grant requirements and follows federal procurement standards when using noncompetitive…
3OpenEvaluate whether the contract costs for web development services and media services are reasonable and remedy any violations.
4OpenAssess and recover the amount spent on the unallowable contracted project management services expenses incurred during the performance of the grant.
5OpenRecover the $100,000 paid for unallowable pre-award project management expenses.

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