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 2008-07-17 monographic deposited born digital 39 p. GA 1.13:GAO-08-915 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-915 P0b002ee18038b168 f:d08915 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-915 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-915 GAO-08-915 Critical infrastructure Critical infrastructure protection Data collection Data integrity Databases Employees Export regulation Exporting Government guaranteed loans Government information dissemination Importing Information management Information resources management Information storage and retrieval Internal controls Loans Monitoring Performance measures Program evaluation Small business Small business assistance Small business loans Small disadvantaged business contractors Standards Standards evaluation Strategic planning Systems analysis Other Written Product A82922

The Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im) provides loans, loan guarantees, and insurance to support U.S. exports, and its support for small businesses has been a long-standing issue of congressional interest. Most recently in 2006, Congress required Ex-Im to develop, and GAO to review, performance standards for Ex-Im's assistance to small businesses, especially those owned by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals and by women. In response to the mandate, GAO evaluated the extent to which Ex-Im's standards address the functions referred to in the Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2006's (2006 Reauthorization Act) requirement for performance standards; how well Ex-Im is measuring its achievement of the standards, including those related to small businesses owned by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals and by women; and Ex-Im's use of performance information to improve operations and results https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-915/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-915.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-915/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-915.pdf GAO-08-915 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-915 Other Written Product GAO-08-915; Export-Import Bank: Performance Standards for Small Business Assistance Are in Place but Ex-Im Is in the Early Stages of Measuring Their Effectiveness; Critical infrastructure Critical infrastructure protection Data collection Data integrity Databases Employees Export regulation Exporting Government guaranteed loans Government information dissemination Importing Information management Information resources management Information storage and retrieval Internal controls Loans Monitoring Performance measures Program evaluation Small business Small business assistance Small business loans Small disadvantaged business contractors Standards Standards evaluation Strategic planning Systems analysis Title 12 Section 635a 12 U.S.C. 635a Public Law 109-438