Export Promotion
Improving Small Businesses' Access to Federal Programs Gao ID: T-GGD-93-22 April 28, 1993This testimony discusses the lack of coherent funding for the federal government's export promotion programs; the need for a governmentwide export promotion strategy; and the Export Enhancement Act of 1992, which created an interagency group to overcome these problems. GAO also examines the status of federal programs to help small businesses export, focusing on the role of the Small Business Administration, and suggests ways in which small companies' access to these programs might be improved.