The Middlesex County Board of County Commissioners have approved a resolution creating a goal of awarding 20 percent of all County contracts (by dollar value) to minority-, women-, veteran-owned and small businesses (MWVSB...

Published Apr 13, 2023

The High Point City Council is considering conducting a disparity study into conditions for minority- and woman-owned businesses (MWBEs) seeking government contract work from the City of High Point.The study wo...

Published Apr 12, 2023

The cities of Somerville and Brookline are planning to conduct a joint disparity study into government contracting in their two municipalities, sharing the costs of the study while still retaining separate focuses and sepa...

Published Apr 12, 2023

Governor Phil Murphy and Treasurer Elizabeth Maher Muoio of New Jersey have announced that the New Jersey Department of the Treasury has opened up a certification portal website for LGBTQ+-owned businesses (LGBTBEs), which...

Published Apr 10, 2023

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott and Baltimore Department of Public Works (DPW) Director Jason Mitchell have announced a DPW Unbundling Initiative with the goal of expanding access into public contracting for diverse and smal...

Published Apr 10, 2023

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has signed an executive directive which would increase efforts made by the State to include Geographically Disadvantaged Business Enterprises, or GDBEs, in its public procurement. GDBEs t...

Published Apr 07, 2023

The New York City Comptroller's Annual Report on M/WBE Procurement for fiscal year 2022 has been released, with findings of low utilization of M/WBEs relative to total City contracting, and recommendations for increasing M...

Published Mar 16, 2023

The Rochester International Airport of Minnesota has announced its disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) participation goals for federally-assisted contracts for fiscal years 2022 through 2024. The Airport is required to...

Published Mar 13, 2023

The Guilford County Board of Commissioners has adopted a resolution instituting a formal Minority/Women Business Enterprise (MWBE) Program Policy.The policy comes after a disparity study was delivered to the co...

Published Mar 08, 2023

The Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) recently announced it is raising the personal net worth (PNW) cap for owners of businesses certified as MBEs, or Minority Business Enterprises. The change went into effect o...

Published Feb 21, 2023

The City of Wilmington has released a disparity study into its procurement procedures, with a particular eye on whether or not minority and women-owned businesses (MWBEs) were being underutilized relative to their availabi...

Published Feb 13, 2023

The New York State Senate has passed a variety of bills intended to support minority- and woman-owned business enterprises (MWBEs) in their attempts to compete for procurement work from the State. The bills have not been p...

Published Feb 13, 2023

New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced in his recent "State of the City" address for 2023 a goal for the City to award $25 billion in contract dollars to minority- and woman-owned business enterprises (MWBEs) by fiscal y...

Published Feb 08, 2023

The Senate Commerce Committee for the State of New Jersey has advanced legislation that, if passed, would authorize the State's Department of the Treasury to certify businesses owned by LGBTQ+ individuals (or LGBTBEs) in t...

Published Feb 08, 2023

The City of Philadelphia's Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) will be hosting two monthly webinar series that will run through November of 2023. The webinars will be part of the OEO's general efforts to help minority-, w...

Published Jan 24, 2023