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FY 2027 Congressional Budget Justification and FY 2025 Annual Performance Report 93 Even though we have moved beyond the pandemic era, we can continue to investigate and help prosecute wrongdoers. Public Laws 117-165 and 117-166 extended the statutes of limitations to 10 years for PPP and COVID-19 EIDL fraud. In most cases, the U.S. government will have until at least 2032 to prosecute wrongdoers and return misused and fraudulently obtained funds to taxpayers. This means our office will continue to pursue pandemic assistance fraudsters through 2032. Our budget request is critical in providing the investigative resources necessary to bring fraudsters to justice and return taxpayer funds. Funding this work will help us show that those who abuse the public The Budget provides a continuation of OIG's oversight framework, which aligns with the Administration's commitment to combat fraud, waste, and abuse. In addition to investigating billions in estimated fraud, OIG will perform oversight of SBA contracting certification programs. SBA's loan portfolios have continuously increased and as of September 2025 SBA's guaranteed and direct loans portfolio was $516.8 billion. OIG's oversight capacity must measuredly increase to mitigate risk to taxpayers and to OIG continues to work an active nationwide caseload of approximately 500 criminal, civil, and administrative investigations of potential loan, grant, and contracting fraud as well as other wrongdoing. Many of these investigations involve complex, multimillion- Figure 2: Investigative Outcomes for FYs 2020-2025 FY 2027 Congressional Budget Justification and FY 2025 Annual Performance Report 94 Our Audits Division will continue its comprehensive oversight of SBA's principal high- risk programs in Business Development, Credit, Information Technology (IT) and Financial Management, and Disaster Assistance, which can be found in our annual OIG has integrated its data analytics initiative into its audit and investigative processes and is committed to creating an infrastructure that will continue to execute our robust data strategy. Currently, OIG's data analytics function is augmented through contracted data scientist, data visualization, and data integration personnel. SBA uses numerous data systems to manage its loan processes and activities, and this data changes constantly and involves automated processes. OIG's data analytics function positions the office to provide evidence-based oversight to detect and investigate fraud. Through tools such as data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI), OIG will continue to augment Pursuant to mandates set forth in the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, OIG manages a Hotline to receive and process allegations of fraud, waste, abuse, or serious mismanagement in SBA programs and operations. These complaints come from employees, contractors, and the public. During FY 2025, the Hotline received 25,623 complaints. In total, from March 2020 to September 2025, the Hotline has received nearly 322,000 complaints with over 128,000 potentially actionable leads, in addition to over 2 million referrals from SBA regarding loan applications believed to be associated with identity theft. Hotline staff collaborate with data analytics to handle these complaints and identify those that contain actionable evidence of wrongdoing. about prohibitions on retaliation for whistleblowing and their rights and remedies should they be retaliated against for making a protected disclosure. OIG will continue to review proposed revisions to SBA regulations, policies, procedures, and other directives with an emphasis on strengthening internal controls to mitigate risks. For the period ending September 30, 2025, OIG provided recommendations to improve 13 of the 138 proposed revisions reviewed. Our office will continue to make present responsibility referrals that can result in debarments, suspensions, and other administrative enforcement actions to foster integrity in SBA programs. OIG sent 43 present responsibility referrals to SBA in FY OIG will serve as an educational resource for other oversight and lending officials to deter and detect fraud in government lending and contracting programs. OIG provided 623 training and outreach sessions for approximately 6,212 attendees in FY 2024 and 828 training and outreach sessions for approximately 6,260 attendees in FY 2025. FY 2027 Congressional Budget Justification and FY 2025 Annual Performance Report 95 The budget request includes $600,000 for training, which is sufficient to satisfy all training needs for the fiscal year. Within this request, approximately $140,000 is anticipated to address OIG's funding support for the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE). Approximately 85 percent of the funds requested for FY 2027 will cover salary and benefits for 154 positions, approximately 7 percent will cover the cost of the annual audit of SBA's financial statements by an independent public accountant, and 8 percent will cover other expenses, which include training and FY 2027 Congressional Budget Justification and FY 2025 Annual Performance Report 96 With available resources, OIG focuses its oversight capacity on the most significant risks to SBA and American taxpayers. Many of these risks are addressed in OIG's Top Management and Performance Challenges Facing the SBA in FY 2026, which OIG issues annually in accordance with the Reports Consolidation Act of 2000. The management challenges represent areas OIG considers particularly vulnerable to fraud, waste, abuse, or mismanagement; or which otherwise pose significant risk to the agency, its operations, or its credibility. OIG views all challenges as critically important to SBA FY 2027 Congressional Budget Justification and FY 2025 Annual Performance Report 97 Protecting the Integrity of SBA Programs Improving Verification of Eligibility Managing SBA's Loan Portfolio and Planning and Modeling for Future Disaster Responses Measuring Performance and Monitoring Monitoring Program Performance Results SBA Programs Ensuring Funds Are Used as Intended Financial Reporting and Managing Data Authorized Data Sharing Challenge 5 Preparing for Artificial Intelligence Challenges Managing Risks in Information Deploying and Monitoring New Third-Party Systems FY 2027 Congressional Budget Justification and FY 2025 Annual Performance Report 98 OIG provides independent oversight of SBA's programs and services to help the agency fulfill its mission of helping Americans start, grow, or expand their businesses and

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