16 Facts About Hannibal Ware

Hannibal "Mike" Ware is the inspector general of the United States Small Business Administration.

Hannibal Ware earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in accounting from the University of the Virgin Islands.

Hannibal Ware is a graduate of the Senior Executive Service Career Development Program.

Hannibal Ware has received numerous awards and honors throughout his career.

Hannibal Ware was conferred a degree of Doctorate of Human Letters by the University of the Virgin Islands in December 2020.

Hannibal Ware was later promoted to supervisor of the office.

Hannibal Ware found that de Jongh had used money designated for repairs to public roads to make the improvements to his private home, which was improper and circumvented the legislature.

Hannibal Ware served as the Deputy Inspector General of the Small Business Administration from April 2016 to January 2017.

When Inspector General Peggy E Gustafson left the position to become to Inspector General of the Department of Commerce, Ware served as the Acting Inspector General from January 9,2017, until President Donald Trump appointed him, the Senate confirmed him, and he was sworn into office on May 24,2018.

Hannibal Ware is responsible for independent oversight of SBA's programs and operations, which normally encompass more than $100 billion in guaranteed loans and nearly $100 billion in Federal contracting dollars.

Hannibal Ware is a statutory member of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency's Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, serving alongside his Inspector General colleagues to provide a whole of Government response to the pandemic oversight effort.

In 2017, Hannibal Ware helped uncover several contractors that had received federal contracts intended for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses under false pretenses.

In May 2020, Hannibal Ware criticized the Small Business Administration's rules for the Paycheck Protection Program, saying that the Small Business Administration had set stricter rules than Congress wrote into the law created the program, which is causing an "unintended burden" on businesses.

Hannibal Ware said that the Small Business Administration's failure to provide guidance to financial institutions to prioritize businesses in underserved and rural markets, resulting in fewer loans to their businesses than the law intended.

In November 2024, Hannibal Ware was elected chair of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, effective Jan 1,2025; he succeeded Mark Greenblatt.

Hannibal Ware responded that he had not been legally dismissed, as the law required a notification to Congress 30 days in advance.