(1) Whether entities of his department which provide funding to potential entrepreneurs consult credit bureau databases with regard to blacklists as a standard procedure when evaluating applicants for funding; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) whether any of his departmental financial institutions share information regarding applicants with other members of his department; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) whether any safeguards are in place to prevent duplicate applications to more than one financial institution for the same applicant or similar projects; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (4) whether any studies have been done to identify applicants who fraudulently benefited from duplicate applications to different departmental financial institutions in the past; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?