Small Business Administration (SBA) 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…

3 days ago By Matt Bracken

Close-up of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) sign outside its main headquarters in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)

Agencies largely stonewall GAO on audit of DOGE’s data practices

The watchdog isn’t sure if the public’s data was protected after the CFPB, SEC, NOAA and Education provided incomplete information and the SBA and VA didn’t engage…

4 days ago By Matt Bracken

Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., questions former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi during her confirmation hearing to be the U.S. attorney general in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on Jan. 15, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

House-passed cyber bill for small businesses gets Senate companion

The Small Business Cybersecurity Assistance Evaluation Act from Sens. Adam Schiff and Todd Young would tap the GAO for recommendations on federal cyber programs.

Aug 11, 2026 By Matt Bracken

The Palantir Technologies logo is displayed on a shipping container at the company’s booth during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Jan. 5, 2023. (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

SBA enters ‘new phase’ with Palantir on anti-fraud efforts

The agency said Tuesday it is expanding its relationship with the data analytics giant following a pilot program targeting fraud in pandemic programs.

Jul 14, 2026 By Matt Bracken

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

House passes bill to force SBA’s hand on AI reporting

The legislation directs the agency to deliver an annual report to Congress on its use of the technology following years of noncompliance with inventory reporting requirements.

Jun 23, 2026 By Matt Bracken

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Innovation on ice: How DOGE derailed an SBA tech program

Regional Innovation Clusters enjoyed bipartisan support for 15 years. Then Elon Musk’s group canceled awards and left backers of the tech startup initiative searching for answers.

Jun 10, 2026 By Matt Bracken

SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler and House Small Business Committee Chair Roger Williams, R-Texas, participate in House Republicans’ daily government shutdown news conference at the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 27, 2025. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

House lawmakers seek more AI transparency from the SBA

The House Small Business Committee advanced a bill requiring the SBA to deliver an annual report on its AI use, weeks after the GAO revealed issues with…

May 22, 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

SBA behind the eightball on AI use case reporting, GAO finds

The agency posted its 2025 inventory two months after the deadline. It was the first time the SBA ever released a public listing of its AI usage,…

May 6, 2026 By Matt Bracken

Rep. Nydia Velázquez, D-N.Y., speaks at a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 14, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

House passes 5-year reauthorization to fund small business tech programs

Funding for the SBIR and STTR programs lapsed five months ago. The Senate this month passed a bipartisan bill to fund the programs through Sept. 30, 2031.

Mar 17, 2026 By Matt Bracken