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ExpectMore.govExpectMore.gov home pageEXPECT FEDERAL PROGRAMS TO PERFORM WELL, AND BETTER EVERY YEAR.
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Historically Underutilized Business Zone - HUBZone

The program is intended to stimulate capital investment, job creation, and economic development in distressed rural and urban communities by providing priority in Federal contracting to firms certified under the program.

Rating

What This Rating Means

PERFORMING
Moderately Effective

In general, a program rated Moderately Effective has set ambitious goals and is well-managed. Moderately Effective programs likely need to improve their efficiency or address other problems in the programs' design or management in order to achieve better results.
  • The HUBZone Program is targeted to provide expanded Federal contract opportunities to firms located in approximately 11,600 metropolitan census tracts, 1,400 non-metropolitan counties, Indian Lands, and 150 areas affected by base closures and realignments. These are areas that suffer high unemployment and/or low household income.
  • The Inspector General found some inelligible companies certified under the program.

Improvement Plan

About Improvement Plans

We are taking the following actions to improve the performance of the program:

  • Reviewing 5% of the portfolio annually for compliance with program requirements.
  • Improving the timeliness of decertification of inelligible firms.

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