Published by Set-Aside Alert Newsletter: During the past few years, the number of False Claims Act (FCA) civil cases has grown exponentially. While most of this growth has come from an increase in the number of actions involving fraud in the health care industry, plaintiffs also have found the U.S. Small Business Administration's set-aside programs to be fertile ground for FCA claims. As a result, the government has focused its resources on investigating fraud in these programs.