The agency disputed several cybersecurity and risk management findings in a new watchdog report about the SBA’s Unified Certification Platform.

The watchdog found that restrictive licensing practices from vendors have resulted in higher costs and architecture challenges.

The single sign-on platform faces scrutiny from the GAO for non-compliance with NIST remote identity proofing standards.

The agency is playing catchup on recovering the costs taken to launch its electronic Consent Based Social Security Number Verification service.

The watchdog revealed “varying levels of content and detail” in reports on 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act standards.

In a report and congressional testimony from the government watchdog, 20 unresolved defects in the department’s system were highlighted.

Much of that work centers on cloud service level agreements, according to the watchdog.

The watchdog said 13 mandates for six federal agencies on AI personnel and management were fully implemented by the March deadline.

The former top innovator at the Government Accountability Office, Taka Ariga, is hopeful that the unit will remain “vanguard of experimentation and exploration” for Congress and others.

The Office of Science and Technology Policy disagreed with the watchdog’s recommendation that it should inform agencies about their status as implementing agencies with regulatory authority.