United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2006-07-28 monographic deposited born digital 56 p. GA 1.13:GAO-06-860 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-860 P0b002ee180384f31 f:d06860 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-860 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-860 GAO-06-860 Disaster relief aid Hurricane Katrina Hurricanes Property losses Small business Loans Property damages Lending institutions SBA Disaster Loan Program Other Written Product A57681 Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma (the Gulf Coast hurricanes) caused more than $118 billion in estimated property damages across the Gulf Coast region in 2005. The Small Business Administration (SBA) helps individuals and businesses recover from disasters through its Disaster Loan Program. GAO initiated work to determine how well SBA provided victims of the Gulf Coast hurricanes with timely assistance. This report, the first of two, focuses primarily on the Disaster Credit Management System (DCMS) and disaster loan process. Here, GAO evaluates (1) what affected SBA's ability to provide timely disaster assistance and (2) actions SBA took after the disasters to improve its response to disaster victims. In conducting this study, GAO analyzed data on loan applications and assessed key aspects of SBA's acquisition and implementation of DCMS. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-860/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-860.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-860/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-860.pdf GAO-06-860 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-860 Other Written Product GAO-06-860; Small Business Administration: Actions Needed to Provide More Timely Disaster Assistance; Disaster relief aid Hurricane Katrina Hurricanes Property losses Small business Loans Property damages Lending institutions SBA Disaster Loan Program