Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Program: vulnerability to fraud and abuse remains: report to congressional committees.

By U.S. Government Accountability Office

"The SDVOSB program provides federal contracting opportunities to business-owning veterans who incurred or aggravated disabilities in the line of duty. SBA administers the government-wide program, while VA maintains databases of veterans and SDVOSBs and oversees its own contracts. GAO has reported several times since 2009 that both programs were vulnerable to fraud and abuse and recommended improvements. In October 2010, Congress passed the Veterans Small Business Verification Act (2010 Act), part of the Veterans' Benefits Act of 2010, to provide tools to VA to more-thoroughly validate firms' eligibility before listing them in VetBiz, the database used by VA contracting officials to award SDVOSB contracts.GAO was asked to assess (1) VA's progress in addressing remaining vulnerabilities to fraud and abuse in its SDVOSB program and (2) actions taken by SBA or other federal agencies to improve government-wide SDVOSB fraud-prevention controls. GAO reviewed agency documentation and interviewed agency officials. GAO also investigated cases of alleged fraud and abuse. GAO did not project the extent of fraud and abuse in the program."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1974228959
• ISBN13: 9781974228959
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 60 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"