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Accession Number:

AD1168452

Title:

Small Business Research Programs: Most Agencies Met Spending Requirements, but DoD and EPA Need to Improve Data Reporting

Author(s):

• Neumann, John

Author Organization(s):

• United States Government Accountability Office

Report Date:

2017-05-01

Abstract:

Federal agencies fund research and development projects at small businesses with the goal of helping them develop and commercialize innovative technologies. The two small business R and D programs we looked at require participating agencies to spend a certain percentage of their external research funding on the programs. Most agencies' spending data showed that they met these requirements. However, we couldn't determine if the Department of Defense or the Environmental Protection Agency met the requirements because they did not collect or submit the data. We recommended that DOD and EPA establish procedures to collect and submit their data.

Document Type:

Conference:

Journal:

Pages:

51

File Size:

3.24MB

Contracts:

Grants:

Descriptors:

• congress
• business administration
• united states government
• law
• wound infections
• department of homeland security
• united states
• commerce
• department of defense
• environmental protection
• homeland security
• small business
• governments
• technology transfer
• wounds and injuries
• economic development
• education

Identifiers:

• research programs
• research and development
• compliance oversight
• budget authority

SubjectCategory:

• Behavioral and Social Sciences
• Behavioral and Social Sciences
• Behavioral and Social Sciences

Communities of Interest:

• Biomedical

Distribution Statement:

Approved For Public Release

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