SBA's Internal Controls to Prevent Shuttered Venue Operators Grants to Ineligible Applicants
Inspection / Evaluation · Small Business Administration OIG · 2023-10-25 · about Small Business Administration
Report
Title
SBA's Internal Controls to Prevent Shuttered Venue Operators Grants to Ineligible Applicants
Submitting OIG
Small Business Administration OIG
Component agency
Small Business Administration
Type
Inspection / Evaluation
Publication date
2023-10-25
Summary
This report presents the results of our inspection to assess the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) controls to prevent disbursements to ineligible entities. Specifically, our review focused on general eligibility requirements applicable to all SVOG applicants and venue-specific requirements applicable to live venue operators.SBA delayed launching the SVOG application portal for over 2 weeks in April 2021 because of technical issues.
Recommendations (2)
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Status
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Open
To address the issues identified, we recommend the Administrator direct the Associate Administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience to reevaluate eligibility for the 47 applicants we questioned and recover grant funds from the…
2
Open
To address the issues identified, we recommend the Administrator direct the Associate Administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience to implement additional controls to ensure that, during the monitoring, auditing, and compliance…