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Agencies affiliated with the SBA include: Small Business Investment Company ([[SBIC]]), Small Business Innovation Research ([[SBIR]]), and Small Business Development Centers ([[SBDC]]).
==Contact==
Answer desk: answerdesk@sba.gov
Houston office: houston@sba.gov
Office of Chief Information Officer: (202-205-6708)
Office of Performance Management and the Chief Financial Officer: (202-205-6449)
==FY 2016 Entrepreneurship Goals==
*Broad goal: Strengthen entrepreneurial ecosystems through a variety of strategic partnerships to provide tailored training, mentoring, and advising services that support entrepreneurs during every phase of their business growth.
*Performance goal: reach 1.4 million clients with online and in-person training, mentoring, and advising in FY 2016.
*Programs offered: Small Business Development Centers, Women's Business Centers, SCORE, Learning Center, Boots to Business, Regional Innovation Clusters, Entrepreneurship Education, Emerging Leaders
*Strategies:
#Harness SBA's nationwide network of resource partners
#Improve entrepreneurial ecosystems through cross-agency and public-private partnerships
#Offer tailored training through structured programs and online access
==Budget==
SBA's total budget request for FY 2016 (including Stafford Act Disaster funding) is $860 million. Of this amount, $3.3 million is for business loan subsidy, $19.9 million for the Office of the Inspector General and $9.1 million for the Office of Advocacy. This total is inclusive of $28 million for administering non-Stafford Act disasters.
[https://www.sba.gov/sites/default/files/files/1-FY_2016_CBJ_FY_2014_APR_508.pdf|SBA FY16 Budget Highlights]
Some 2016 budget reforms include:
*Launch SBA One, a program designed to increase loan efficiency process
*Allocates $3 million towards "idea lab" which will help adopt private sector best practices
For further detail, see [[SBA Budget Graphs]].
==Criticisms==
The most prevalent criticisms of the SBA include [http://www.cato.org/publications/congressional-testimony/waste-fraud-abuse-small-business-administration-programs| ]:
#Creates uneven playing field by aiding some businesses while denying aid to others, thus distorting markets;
#Duplicating activities already provided in private markets;
#Harms businesses and consumers;
#Government intervention in deciding market trends can often bet on the wrong companies at taxpayer expense;
#SBA fosters corruption.
Specifically,
*GAO released Report 10-108 which found that failing to hold firms accountable sent a message to the contracting community that there is no punishment or consequences for committing fraud. See [http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d10108.pdf| the report] for more information.
*The SBA has difficulty in [[SBA Lender and Loan Oversight]].
*The CATO Institute argues that the very conception of the SBA was a bad idea, questioning the federal government's strategy in intervening in the credit market. They say that the United States grew to be an economic powerhouse with a small centralized federal government that largely left business development to the private sector. For more information about the CATO institute's criticism, see this [http://www.cato.org/publications/congressional-testimony/waste-fraud-abuse-small-business-administration-programs| article].
==McNair Center Internal==
[[McNair Center-specific courses of further action regarding SBA]]
===Articles===
[[SBA and Data Reporting]]
=='''Survey Respondents on Small Business Issues'''==
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==Sources==
===SBIC===
*[http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-107 GAO report on SBIC]
**GAO recommended that SBA provide guidance to SBIC on how to collect and report data on their investments in minority, women, and veteran owned businesses.
*[http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/description-of-the-small-business-23940/ Description of the SBIC Debenture Program]
===SBIR===
*[http://www.gao.gov/assets/670/669651.pdf GAO report finds SBIR data reporting inadequate]
