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Women-Owned Small Business Program: Actions Needed to Address Ongoing Oversight Issues

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date March 14, 2019
Release Date April 15, 2019
Report No. GAO-19-168
Summary:

The Women-Owned Small Business program aims to give these businesses an edge when competing for federal contracts in industries where women have traditionally been underrepresented.

Each year, the Small Business Administration examines a sample of businesses that received contracts under the program to determine whether they were eligible to participate. In fiscal year 2017, SBA found about 40 percent of the businesses in its sample weren't eligible. Moreover, SBA doesn't use the examination results to improve its oversight.

We made a recommendation and reiterated previous ones to address this and other persistent problems we found.

Photo of business women reviewing paperwork.

Photo of business women reviewing paperwork.

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