The National Academy of Public Administration

Management Review of the Small Business Administration’s Disaster Loan Program

Client/Funder:

U.S. Small Business Administration

The Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives has asked the National Academy of Public Administration to work with the Small Business Administration (SBA) to conduct a management review, analyzing the structure, policies, and operating procedures of the Disaster Loan Program.

The Small Business Administration (SBA) Disaster Loan Program is a primary source of recovery assistance to victims of hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, tornadoes, wild fires, and other physical disasters. It makes available low-interest and long-term loans to help business owners, individuals, and nonprofit organizations repair or replace uninsured damages.

The Appropriations Committee has expressed interest in identifying specific steps the SBA can take to improve the operation, management and effectiveness of the Program. The Academy’s review will provide an assessment of the changes made to the program over the past several years, the reasons the changes were made, and their impact on the Program’s cost, timeliness, and effectiveness. This review also will examine the SBA’s response to recent disasters in the Gulf Coast and assess its approach in relation to other programs with related or interlocking missions.

Joseph Thompson

The Academy has appointed the following individuals to a Panel to oversee and direct the study. The public may send comments on the composition of the panel for a period of seven (7) days after the posted date to mditmeyer@napawash.org.

Thomas Stanton,* Chair—Financial and Legal Policy Consultant; Fellow, Center for the Study of American Government, Johns Hopkins University. Former Partner, Wellford, Wegman, and Hoff; Associate General Counsel, Federal National Mortgage Association; Acting Director and Deputy Director, Office of Policy and Planning, U.S. Federal Trade Commission; Director, Housing Research Group; Director, Tax Reform Research Group.

William Hamm,* Managing Director, LECG (formerly Law & Economics Consulting Group). Former Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco; Vice President, World Savings and Loan Association; Legislative Analyst, State of California; Deputy Associate Director, U.S. Office of Management and Budget.

Bernard Kulik, BA, JD, LLM, MBA (equivalent); Career Federal Senior Executive, SBA; Associate Administrator, Disaster Assistance, SBA; Recipient of SBA and Presidential awards; Retired in 2000.

John Shannon,* Executive Consultant, Computer Science Corporation. Former positions with U.S. Army: Under Secretary, Deputy Under Secretary; Assistant Secretary for Installations and Logistics; Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs.

Theresa Shaw,* Chief Operating Officer, Federal Student Aid, U.S. Department of Education. Former Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, eNumerate Solutions, Inc. Former positions with Sallie Mae, Inc.: Senior Vice President of IT Application Development Projects; Chief Information Officer; Assistant Vice President, Systems Quality Management; Director, Systems Development.

J. William Gadsby,* Vice President for Academy Studies
Terry F. Buss, Project Area Director (tbuss@napawash.org)
Joseph Thompson, Project Director (jtaequus@aol.com)
Andrea Jacobson, Senior Advisor (ajacobson@napawash.org)
Ruth Ann Heck, Senior Advisor (rhecki@napawash.org)
Gwyneth Caverly, Senior Project Analyst (gcaverly@napawash.org)
Ednilson Quintanilla, Research Associate (equintanilla@napawash.org)

* Academy Fellow

Meetings

First Meeting: December 14, 2006, NAPA, D.C.
Second Meeting: Tuesday, January 30, 2007, NAPA, D.C.
Third Meeting: Friday, April 13, 2007,, NAPA, D.C.

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Ednilson Quintanilla
Research Associate
equintanilla@napawash.org
(202) 204-3672

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