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 2006-10-19 monographic deposited born digital 36 p. GA 1.13:GAO-07-38 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-38 P0b002ee180398663 f:d0738 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-38 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-38 GAO-07-38 Awards Data collection Data integrity Databases Federal agencies Interagency relations Monitoring Program evaluation Program management Reporting requirements Schedule slippages Small business Policies and procedures SBA Tech-Net Small Business Innovation Research Program Other Written Product A62346 The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program was created to increase the use of small businesses to meet federal research needs and commercialize the results of this research. To monitor the program, the Small Business Administration (SBA) requires participating agencies to provide, in a standard format, specific data on all SBIR awards they make. SBA then compiles these data into a database known as Tech-Net. Congress also required SBA to create, by 2001, a restricted and more comprehensive database that would provide information for government agencies to use in evaluating the program. GAO was asked to identify the (1) types of data that agencies report to SBA for inclusion in the Tech-Net database, (2) extent to which these data are provided in a standard format, (3) extent to which SBA has established the government-use database, and (4) extent to which SBIR agencies have developed and implemented techniques to track commercialization of SBIR projects. GAO reviewed 8 of the 11 agencies participating in SBIR. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-38/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-38.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-38/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-38.pdf GAO-07-38 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-38 Other Written Product GAO-07-38; Small Business Innovation Research: Agencies Need to Strengthen Efforts to Improve the Completeness, Consistency, and Accuracy of Awards Data; Awards Data collection Data integrity Databases Federal agencies Interagency relations Monitoring Program evaluation Program management Reporting requirements Schedule slippages Small business Policies and procedures SBA Tech-Net Small Business Innovation Research Program Public Law 97-219