SBA Office of Inspector General Archives

Kelly Loeffler, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be administrator of the Small Business Administration, testifies during her Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee confirmation hearing in the Russell Senate Office Building on Jan. 29, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

SBA gets another push to step up its AI game

OIG says SBA needs an AI governance board, a generative AI strategy and better classifications for high-impact uses. GAO and Congress previously dinged the agency on AI…

Sep 30, 2026 By Matt Bracken

Small Business Administration headquarters. (Tajha Chappellet-Lanier)

Auditors find problems with SBA’s information security program

The agency has fallen short on nine of 10 security controls under OMB guidance, according to a new OIG report on FISMA compliance.

May 20, 2026 By Matt Bracken

People walk past the headquarters of the U.S. Small Business Administration on March 24, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump nominee for SBA IG doesn’t rule out security probe of DOGE

William Kirk said the watchdog would “appropriately look at” possible violations of security standards in response to Sen. Markey’s question about a Wired story on unvetted DOGE…

Sep 12, 2025 By Matt Bracken

SBA inspector general notes significant IT challenges entering fiscal 2022

The pandemic paused the agency's focus on big-money IT projects as it scrambled to set up relief loan portals.

Oct 19, 2021 By Dave Nyczepir

Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz testifies before the Senate Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs during a hearing at the US Capitol on December 18, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Pandemic Analytics Center of Excellence will help IGs investigate fraud

COVID-19 relief fraud investigations will last the decade, but not much, if any, funding appears to be going to automated screening of loan applicants.

Mar 25, 2021 By Dave Nyczepir

House Republicans calling for the extension the Paycheck Protection Program in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 10. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Missing E-Tran controls saw SBA issue $692M in duplicate pandemic relief loans

Proper screening could catch such errors, as well as fraud the agency is instead investigating after the fact.

Mar 22, 2021 By Dave Nyczepir

Small Business Administration (SBA) — (bluemaumau.org / CC BY 2.0 / Flickr)

Audit finds SBA’s information security program ‘not effective’ despite cyber improvements

The agency has boosted oversight of incident response, risk management and contingency planning, but continues to fall short of FISMA expectations.

Mar 31, 2020 By Dave Nyczepir