Protect Your Small Business: SBA’s Office of Inspector General

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) provides auditing, investigative, and other services to support and assist the SBA in achieving its statutory mission. OIG provides independent, objective oversight to improve the integrity, accountability, and performance of the SBA and its programs for the benefit of the American people. OIG seeks to improve SBA programs by identifying key issues facing the Agency, recommending corrective actions, weeding out fraud, and promoting a high level of integrity.
Each year, these investigations help prevent, detect, deter and address waste, fraud, mismanagement, and abuse; form the basis of thousands of criminal and administrative actions; and result in billions of dollars of monetary recoveries. Join this free webinar provided by Heather McCormick, Dean Manes and Jodi Crawford, Criminal Investigators for SBA Office of Inspector General.
The cliché “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” is truer today than ever before – it’s better to address a small problem early on before it becomes much bigger and more expensive.

What you will learn:

• SBA OIG Mission and Investigative Priorities
• Understand development of SBA OIG and today’s small business landscape
• Gain insights and knowledge on the relevant statutory offenses and penalties, including the False Claims Act and the False Statement statute
• Sources of SBA OIG investigations including Mandatory Disclosures, Hotline Complaints and Qui Tams
• SBA programs involving government contracts
• Bribery and corruption investigations
• Pitfalls to avoid and consequences of violations
• Case studies

Who should attend: Contractors and subcontractors with government contracts and those new to compliance
within the finance and accounting functions, program managers, general managers and directors of contracts, legal professionals where compliance documentation and procedures are needed.

Questions? Please call Drew James, 307-757-5819 or drew.james@sba.gov