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GAO-13-70R 1 (2012-11-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacgrb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: k GAO Accountbility *Integrity * Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 November 15, 2012 Congressional Committees Subject: Small Business Research Programs: Agencies Are Implementing New Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Requirements For 30 years, federal agencies have made awards to small businesses for technology research and development through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and, more recently, through the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program. Over the past 6 years, agencies have obligated about $2.4 billion annually for these two programs. Federal agencies with a budget of more than $100 million for extramural research or research and development-which is conducted by nonfederal employees outside of federal facilities-must establish and operate an SBIR program. Eleven federal agencies currently participate in the SBIR program: the departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense (DOD), Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, and Transportation; the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); and the National Science Foundation. Federal agencies with a budget of more than $1 billion for extramural research or research and development must establish and operate an STTR program, in addition to their SBIR program. Five of the 11 federal agencies that participate in the SBIR program also participate in the STTR program: DOD, the departments of Energy and of Health and Human Services, NASA, and the National Science Foundation. Each participating agency must manage its SBIR and STTR programs in accordance with program laws, regulations, and policy directives issued by the Small Business Administration (SBA), whose Office of Technology oversees and coordinates agency efforts for the programs by setting overarching policy and issuing policy directives, collecting program data, reviewing agency progress, and reporting annually to Congress, among other responsibilities. Each participating agency has considerable flexibility to design and manage the specifics of these programs, such as determining research topics, selecting award recipients, and administering funding agreements. The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (the act),1 enacted on December 31, 2011, reauthorized the SBIR and STTR programs through September GAO-13-70R: Small Business Research Programs 1Pub. L. No. 112-81.

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