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Table 2: Ex-Im's Performance Standards for Assisting Small
Business Exporters                                     26
Table 3: Extent to Which Ex-Im's 27 Performance Measures Have
Measurable Targets and Time Frames                      30
Figures
Figure 1: Ex-Im's Performance Standards and the Major Sections of
This Report                                             8
Figure 2: Extent to Which the Functions Referred to in the 2006
Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act Are Addressed
by Ex-Im's Performance Standards for its Assistance to
Small Businesses                                       28

Abbreviations

2006 Reauthorization Act
Commerce
Ex-Im
SBA
USEAC

The Export-Import Bank Reauthorization
Act of 2006
The Department of Commerce
Export-Import Bank of the United States
Small Business Administration
U.S. Export Assistance Centers

GAO-08-915 Export-Import Bank

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