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34 reports · Oversight Desk

Every report filed to this desk. The sources column counts links to .gov records; an em dash means we hold no government document for that report yet.

All 34With .gov sources 2Needs sourcing 32
ReportWords.govSource status
GAO Sustained 53 Protests Last Year. About Sixteen Times That Many Protesters Got What They Wanted Anyway.987—Unsourced
One Unsigned Amendment Ended A Ten Year Bid794—Unsourced
The Cheapest Bid Was A Sixth Of The Winner And It Lost On How It Ran The Test Crawl1,194—Unsourced
It Protested Twice, Won Corrective Action Twice, And The Corrective Action Became The Reason It Lost The Work1,068—Unsourced
The HUBZone Preference Made The Winner Look 2.6 Million Dollars More Expensive And It Still Won1,024—Unsourced
A Contractor Was Thrown Out Of A Navy Competition For Not Getting A Letter From Its Own Parent Company888—Unsourced
Substantial Confidence Lost To Satisfactory Confidence By 1.98 Million Dollars930—Unsourced
One Email Added 1,427,564 Dollars And Lost The Contract1,260—Unsourced
Twelve Strengths, Zero Weaknesses, And No Benefits At All994—Unsourced
The Agency Told GAO There Was No Conflict Without Ever Asking The Contractor874—Unsourced
Two Boats Priced 120 Percent Over The Estimate, And Eleven Extra Beds Did Not Cover It1,226—Unsourced
Sixty Days Was Not Fast Enough To Save A Submarine1,007—Unsourced
SBA Veteran Programs: How the Government Betrays Those Who Served894—Unsourced
SBA Nukes 1,091 Firms From 8(a) Program: 25% of Participants Suspended in Mass Purge7004Record attached
SBA KILLS ITS OWN CREDIT SCORING SYSTEM FOR SMALL LOANS, REPLACES IT WITH A BUREAUCRATIC NIGHTMARE NOBODY ASKED FOR1,304—Unsourced
Why the SBA Ignores Congressional Oversight: A Pattern of Defiance756—Unsourced
SBA's 8(a) Mass Audit: Now They Want 3 Years of Records They Never Bothered to Check1,7784Record attached
SBA 8(a) Mass Audit 2026: 4,300 Businesses Under Investigation784—Unsourced
Thirty Four Thousand Dollars Decided A Twenty Million Dollar Award1,043—Unsourced
NIH Found Three Capable Small Firms. Two Years Later It Found None.730—Unsourced
The Army Banned Teaming. Joint Ventures Were Fine.1,068—Unsourced
Ninety Six Percent Out East. Five Percent Out West.1,058—Unsourced
1,141 Banks Still Make SBA Loans. Half Made Five Or Fewer.1,833—Unsourced
Seven States Got Invited. The Window Shut Last Night.1,221—Unsourced
The SBA Took Six Years To Say What AI It Was Using1,003—Unsourced
SBA Budget Zeroes Out SCORE And SBDC1,197—Unsourced
The SBA Doubled A Ceiling Nobody Was Hitting962—Unsourced
SBA Bans Green Card Holders From Loan Ownership1,135—Unsourced
The SBA's 8(a) Clock Says 90 Days. It's Been A Year.1,050—Unsourced
SBA Suspends 1,091 8(a) Firms Over a Paperwork Deadline1,014—Unsourced
SBA Doubles Loan Limit to $10 Million, Average Is $377,192982—Unsourced
The 8(a) Purge: 1,000 Contractors Suspended1,492—Unsourced
SBA 8(a) Program: 620 Firms Terminated1,503—Unsourced
DOGE SBA Cuts and Student Loan Servicing Fallout1,277—Unsourced