Management control functions of the Small Business Administration --improvements are needed, Small Business Administration: report to the CongressU.S. General Accounting Office, 1976 - 100 pages |
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activities Administrator for Finance agency agency's approved Associate Administrator Atlanta audit cycle audits and investigations bank examiners bank holding companies bank stock ownership central office cial classification contracts Economic corrective actions decisions determine district director district offices documentation employment and financial external external audit staff file statements Finance and Investment firms fiscal year 1974 followup GAO note hoc committee improve included internal audit division internal audit reports investigations division loan officer loan portfolio loan programs management reports system matters involving ment Office of Audits office of portfolio ownership of bank percent performed personnel policies and procedures portfolio review examiners portfolio review staff quality appraisals recommendations regional and district regional offices report users reports management division requests required to file responsible review functions Rules and Regulations SBA assistance SBA employees SBA management SBA programs security and investigations Small Business Administration Small Business Investment staffing systems division tion
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Page 2 - ... particular matter in which, to his knowledge, he, his spouse, minor child, partner, organization in which he Is serving as officer, director, trustee, partner or employee. or any person or organization with whom he is negotiating or has any arrangement concerning prospective employment, has a financial interest — Shall be fined not more than $10,000, or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.
Page 97 - December 31, 1971, and the results of its operations and changes in financial position for the year then ended, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a basis consistent with that of the preceding period.
Page 87 - ... influence appointments to these key positions." — "A number of improper or illegal personnel actions have been taken by SBA as a result of efforts to provide preferential treatment to some candidates and employees; and in some cases, the personnel actions which resulted from the preferential treatment were based on considerations of political support. " — "Disciplinary action should be considered with respect to certain SBA officials who violated personnel laws or were otherwise responsible...
Page 2 - ... that the interest is not so substantial as to be deemed likely to affect the integrity of the services which the Government may expect from such officer or employee...
Page 11 - Administrator that such financial interest is not so substantial as to be deemed likely to affect the integrity of the services which the Government may expect from such employee or special Government employee.
Page 87 - ... political figures, political affiliations, and political clearances were factors in the selection of four District Directors in SBA; in the absence of a viable staffing plan for District Director positions, SBA has permitted a personnel management vacuum to exist in which political interests are allowed to influence appointments to these key positions.
Page 77 - Act of 1953 gives the Small Business Administration (SBA) the authority to enter into procurement contracts with Federal agencies and departments and to subcontract the work to small businesses.
Page 1 - Government to aid, counsel, assist, and protect, insofar as possible, the Interests of small business concerns...
Page 78 - Of these firms, 77 received contracts amounting to about $132.5 million under the program. Experienced contractors normally become sponsors by forming new corporations using former employees as stockholders and officers and by providing goods and services to the new corporations for a fee. The sponsors also obtain 49 percent or less ownership in the 8(a) firms. (See app. IV for a description of the relationship between a sponsor and an 8(a) firm and the extent to which the sponsor exercised controls.)...
Page 88 - Because of on-going personnel management evaluations at the Small Business Administration, corrective actions initiated or taken by the Agency, cases under litigation, congressional hearings and proposed legislation on the merit system, GAO does not consider it appropriate to make recommendations.