DOGE, SBA
SUMMARY: AI and data analytics have become indispensable in SBA’s fraud prevention toolkit. They allow SBA to scrutinize 100% of applications (something not feasible manually) and do so in milliseconds, effectively stopping many fraudulent loans in their tracks...
DOGE, SBA
SUMMARY: SBA’s fraud prevention and efficiency efforts are not ad hoc – they are guided by a lattice of laws and policies. Emergency statutes can tilt the balance toward speed (as seen in 2020), whereas oversight laws like PIIA and the directives of OIG/GAO push for...
DOGE, SBA
SUMMARY: SBA’s challenge is to erect strong fraud defenses that operate with speed and precision – filtering out bad actors with minimal friction for good actors. The pandemic experience laid bare the consequences of too little upfront control, but it also...
DOGE, SBA
SUMMARY: On Day One, SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler announced her priorities to rebuild the agency into an efficient engine of free enterprise supporting American small businesses. This includes supporting President Trump’s “America First” agenda, eliminating...
