---
kind: "section"
citation: "13 C.F.R. § 101.302"
title: "13"
number: "101.302"
heading: "What is the scope of the Inspector General's authority?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/13/101.302"
---

# §101.302. What is the scope of the Inspector General's authority?


To obtain the necessary information and evidence, the Inspector General (and designees) have the right to:

- (a) Have access to all records, reports, audits, reviews, documents, papers, recommendations, and other materials available to SBA and relating to SBA's programs and operations;
- (b) Require by subpoena the production of all information, documents, reports, answers, records, accounts, papers, and other data and documentary evidence;
- (c) Administer oaths and affirmations or take affidavits; and
- (d) **Request information or assistance from any Federal, state, or local government agency or unit.**

## Notes

### Authority

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.

### Source

Source: 61 FR 2394, Jan. 26, 1996, unless otherwise noted.