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Veteran-owned small businesses: planning and data system for VAs Verification Program need improvement : report to congressional requesters.
Veteran-owned small businesses: planning and data system for VAs Verification Program need improvement : report to congressional requesters.
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VA is required to give contracting preference to service-disabled and other veteran-owned small businesses.
It must also verify the ownership and control of these firms to confirm eligibility. Prior reports by GAO and
VA's Office of Inspector General identified weaknesses in VA's processes and controls that allowed ineligible firms to be verified. GAO was asked to review the verification program. For this report, GAO
assessed (1) VA's progress in establishing a program for verifying firms' eligibility on a timely and consistent basis and (2) key operational and policy issues that VA
would have to address should its verification program be implemented government-wide. GAO reviewed VA's policies and procedures; compared its initial strategic planning effort with previously identified leading strategic planning practices; interviewed VA
officials and veterans' organizations;
and analyzed government-wide contracting databases.