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089601 1 (1976-05-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacvqs0001 and id is 1 raw text is: if 01 1 601 UNITED STATES GENERAL AccoUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 GENERAL GOVERNMENT DIVISION c 6MAY 1 0 1976 Mr. Louis F. Laun Deputy Administrator Small Business Administration Dear Mr. Laun: We have completed a survey of the Small Business Administration's .(SBA)? Consumer Protecfion Loan program-- a regulatory disaster loan program. The survey objectives were to (1) evaluate the adequacy of SBA's policies and procedures for processing and approving consumer protec- tion loan applications, and (2) test adherence by SBA district offices to prescribed policies and procedures for processing and approving loan applications. Subsequently, we expanded the survey to include policies and procedures for determining applicants' financial eligibility under the other SBA regulatory disaster loan programs--Air and Water Pollution Control, Occupational Safety and Health, and Coal Mine Health and Safety loans. The survey primarily covered activities in SBA's Seattle Region. We interviewed (1) SBA officials at the Washington headquarters, the Seattle regional office, and at the Seattle, Portland, Spokane, and Boise district offices; (2) U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) offi- cials of the Western Regional Office in San Francisco, California, and area offices in Salem, Oregon, and Olympia, Washington; and (3) officials at the Idaho State Department of Agriculture at Boise, Idaho. We also examined loan files and other documentation at these locations. The Consumer Protection Loan Program and other regula- tory disaster loan programs have not been administered to ensure that loan funds were used for purposes intended by legislation. Specifically, os56OI

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