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La Agencia Federal para el Desarrollo de la Pequeña Empresa: el Procesamiento de Préstamos para Desastres Fue Más Puntual, Pero Mejoramientos en la Planificación y la Evaluación del Programa Piloto son Necesarios

https://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-20-369

GAO-20-369: Published: Feb 7, 2020. Publicly Released: Mar 9, 2020.

For the English version of this page, see GAO-20-168. Examinamos cómo la Agencia Federal para el Desarrollo de la Pequeña Empresa (SBA, por sus siglas en inglés) planeó y respondió a los huracanes Harvey, Irma, y María en 2017, entre otras cosas. Después de los huracanes, la SBA aceptó cerca de 340,000 solicitudes de préstamo para desastres y aprobó cerca de 141,000, prestando más de...

Small Business Administration: Disaster Loan Processing Was Timelier, but Planning Improvements and Pilot Program Evaluation Needed

https://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-20-168

GAO-20-168: Published: Feb 7, 2020. Publicly Released: Mar 9, 2020.

Para la versión de esta página en español, ver a GAO-20-369. We reviewed how the Small Business Administration planned for and responded to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria in 2017, among other things. After the hurricanes, SBA accepted about 340,000 disaster loan applications and approved about 141,000, making more than $7 billion in loans to help business owners, homeowners, renters, and...

Puerto Rico Disaster Recovery: FEMA Actions Needed to Strengthen Project Cost Estimation and Awareness of Program Guidance

https://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-20-221

GAO-20-221: Published: Feb 5, 2020. Publicly Released: Feb 5, 2020.

Para la versión de esta página en español, ver a GAO-20-381. After 2 hurricanes devastated Puerto Rico in 2017, FEMA identified about 10,000 damaged sites including schools, hospitals, and roads needing funds to repair or rebuild. FEMA and Puerto Rico manage a Public Assistance Program that provides federal funds to state and local governments and some nonprofits to help in recovery efforts. ...

U.S. Virgin Islands Recovery: Status of FEMA Public Assistance Funding and Implementation

https://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-19-253

GAO-19-253: Published: Feb 25, 2019. Publicly Released: Feb 25, 2019.

In September 2017, two major hurricanes hit the U.S. Virgin Islands, causing billions of dollars in damage. We reviewed the federal response and recovery efforts. The Federal Emergency Management Agency: Provided $1.4 billion in grant funding to help repair damaged public infrastructure. About $874 million went for emergency work, such as debris removal. About $516 million went for permanent wor...

WIC: States Had a Variety of Reasons for Not Spending Program Funds

https://www.gao.gov/products/RCED-97-166

RCED-97-166: Published: Jun 12, 1997. Publicly Released: Jun 12, 1997.

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed states' unspent funding for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) in fiscal year (FY) 1995, focusing on: (1) the reasons that states had unspent recoverable WIC funds; and (2) whether unspent recoverable funds indicated that states had more WIC funds available than necessary to meet their needs.GAO noted...

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The Federal Crime Insurance Program: An Overview

https://www.gao.gov/products/CED-82-68

CED-82-68: Published: Apr 15, 1982. Publicly Released: Apr 15, 1982.

In response to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Federal Crime Insurance Program. Under the program, insurance for burglary, robbery, theft, and similar crimes is available to residential and commercial property owners in States where crime insurance is not available through the private market or statewide programs or where it is prohibitively expensive. Legislative authorization to enter...

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States' Efforts To Detect Duplicate Public Assistance Payments

https://www.gao.gov/products/HRD-81-133

HRD-81-133: Published: Sep 17, 1981. Publicly Released: Sep 28, 1981.

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO obtained information concerning the efforts of the States to make comparisons of their public assistance rolls for the detection of duplicate payments. GAO also analyzed the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program in four States to determine the extent to which undetected duplicate enrollments and payments occurred in these States.GAO sent qu...

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Planning a New Postal Facility in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, U.S. Postal Service

https://www.gao.gov/products/089263

B-171594: Published: Aug 16, 1971. Publicly Released: Dec 30, 1983.

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Review of the Sale of Federally Owned Electric Power and Salt Water Distillation Facilities to the Government of the Virgin Islands

https://www.gao.gov/products/087828

B-58303: Published: Feb 28, 1967. Publicly Released: Feb 28, 1967.

The General Accounting Office has made a review of the sale of electric power and salt water distillation facilities, owned by the Virgin Islands Corporation, to the Government of the Virgin Islands. Our review was made pursuant to the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921 (31 U.S.C. 531, and the Accounting and Auditing Act of 1950 (31 U.S.C. 67). We reviewed a private engineering firm's appraisal repor...