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An Analysis of now Eligibility Criteria Are Applied to
Participation in :the. *(a): Program. CID-78-92; 9-1114835. larch
31, 1978. Released lpri+ 30, 1978. 2 pp. * 5 appendices (21
pp.).
Report to lop. Joseph P. Addabbog Chairman, House Committee on
Small Business: inbrity Enterprise and General Oversight
Subcommittee; by: limer Be Staats., Comptroller General.
Issue Area: ]Federal Procurement of: Goods and Services (1900);
Domestic Housing and Community Development Programs: Focus
and Gr3ants to Business (2A1).
Contact: Coamunity; nd EconomicDevelopment Div.
Budget Function: Community and :Rgional Development: Community
eveopsent ( . 1) .
organiZatiOn ?Con rd,: Small-- 'Business Administration.
Con'gessional .Relev~ance: ouse Committee on Small Business:
minority Buterprise and General Oversight Subcommittee. Rep.
Joseph.2, Addabbo. :
Authority:. Small BusinessAct of 1953, as amended.
The Admnstrator of the SmalU Business administration
(SBA)i is authoris under Section 8 (a) of the Small Business Act
to help small busineoes owned and controlled by socially or
economically diaaed psons to achieve a competitive
posxion i themaret place. Under section 8(a). the SBA enters
into po 0cqueent contracts with other Federal agencies and
deparontents and sun'bo6ntracts the. ork to :disadvantaged small
but4iesses., Findigs/Conclusions: Criteria for admission to the
8(a. program, are::..subJective and are not-applied in a uniform and
consistent manner. An applicanto's.social or economic
disadvant aust be estblished for admission, but this
staad:::.has neve-r ben.define -effetively. Points of view
diffe; ..some officials:.emphasize social background while others
eaph'size economic aspects. As a result, different offices can
reach different decisions on eligibility. in at least one case.
a given applicant was recommended for acceptance by one office
while rejected by another. Contrary to the required procedures,
there is often no indication of how approved applicants have et
the eligibility criteria. A review of the records of SBA 8(a?
applicants considered eligible for entry into the program at the
San Francisco regional ofiice and at the San Francisco. Los
Angeles# San Diego, and Phoenix district offices showed that
Region IX is not complying with program procedures because its
files do not identify the specific criteria used to approve
eligibility, nor does it document the connection between an
applicantfs social or economic disadvantage and its inability to
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