Eliminating Fraud, Waste & Abuse

SBA is focused on risk and the elimination of fraud, waste, and abuse. The Agency has instituted a three-prong approach to maintaining the integrity of our programs.
  1. Providing greater focus on preventing fraud or abuse before it happens;
  2. Continual monitoring of loans in the SBA portfolio; and
  3. Strengthening our enforcement function by punishing bad actors.

This approach has been extremely successful in our efforts to root out fraud, waste, and abuse in government contracting and we are achieving similar results in lender oversight. To highlight these efforts and to provide increased transparency, SBA has created this website. This website will provide information about the number and types of actions that SBA has taken. We will be updating this page to reflect our continued focus on robust agency enforcement.


SBA Suspension and Debarment Officials

Suspension and Debarment Official for Procurement and Grant Programs
John W. Klein
Associate General Counsel for Procurement Law
John.klein@sba.gov

Suspension and Debarment Official for Lending and Financial Programs
Linda S. Rusche
Director, Credit Risk Management
linda.rusche@sba.gov


Summary of SBA Procurement and Nonprocurement Suspensions and Debarments under 2 CFR 2700 and 2 CFR 180

Fiscal Year Suspensions
(Procurement/ Nonprocurement) 		Total Proposed Debarments
(Procurement/ Nonprocurement)		 Total Debarments
(Procurement/ Nonprocurement)		 Total
2002 4 4 - - 1 1
2003 1 1 - - 1 1
2004 0 0 1 1 0 0
2005 0 0 7 7 8 8
2006 0 0 13 13 12 12
2007 0 0 16 16 12 12
2008 0 0 2/11 13 0/19 19
2009 1/0 1 6/24 30 2/26 28
2010 6/0 6 7/17 24 0/16 16
2011 15/1 16 9/23 32 7/16 23
2012 8/11 19 16/8 19 6/1 7
2013 5/4 9 17/10 27 3/13 16
2014 17/10 27 9/* 9 4/17 21
2015 9/10 19 4/23 27 3/23 26

Detailed information on individuals who have been suspended or debarred by SBA or other government agencies from conducting business with the federal government can be found at the System for Award Management.


SBA Suspensions and Revocations under 13 CFR 103

The following individuals or firms are excluded from conducting business only with SBA:

  • No active exclusions


To report fraud waste and abuse, visit the Office of Inspector General Hotline