13 CFR § 101.300 - What is the Inspector General's authority to conduct audits, investigations, and inspections?

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title: "13 CFR § 101.300 - What is the Inspector General's authority to conduct audits, investigations, and inspections?"
title_number: 13
title_name: "Business Credit and Assistance"
section_number: "101.300"
section_name: "What is the Inspector General's authority to conduct audits, investigations, and inspections?"
chapter_name: "SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION"
part_number: "101"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 552 and App. 3, secs. 2, 4(a), 6(a), and 9(a)(1)(T); 15 U.S.C. 633, 634, 687; 31 U.S.C. 6506; 44 U.S.C. 3512; 42 U.S.C. 6307(d); 15 U.S.C. 657h; E.O. 12372 (July 14, 1982), 47 FR 30959, 3 CFR, 1982 Comp., p. 197, as amended by E.O. 12416 (April 8, 1983), 48 FR 15887, 3 CFR, 1983 Comp., p. 186."
regulatory_source: "61 FR 2394, Jan. 26, 1996, unless otherwise noted."
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# 101.300 What is the Inspector General's authority to conduct audits, investigations, and inspections?

The Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3) authorizes SBA's Inspector General to provide policy direction for, and to conduct, supervise, and coordinate such audits, investigations, and inspections relating to the programs and operations of SBA as appears necessary or desirable.