The City of Birmingham has begun the process of conducting a new disparity study on the experience of minority- and woman-owned businesses (MWBEs) in City contracting. As part of that process, they are requesting that MWBE...

Published Apr 02, 2021

The City of Greensboro has released its annual Minority and Women's Business Enterprise (MWBE) Report for the year of 2020. The document is a review of not only top performing MWBEs in the Greensboro Relevant Marketplace b...

Published Apr 01, 2021

The City of Toledo is hosting an informational meeting regarding the upcoming disparity study it will be conducting. The disparity study will examine the usage of minority- and woman-owned businesses and small businesses i...

Published Mar 29, 2021

The Office of Chicago Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot, seeking to support diverse businesses in Chicago, has announced three new business initiatives with the goal of further leveling the playing field for City contracting. These ...

Published Mar 16, 2021

The Office of Mayor Domenic Sarno for the City of Springfield has recently issued a statement on the utilization of minority- and woman-owned businesses (MWBEs) in City contracting. The statement covers the period of fisca...

Published Mar 15, 2021

[UPDATE 3-11-21: The Illinois CMS BEP program has announced that a new disparity study will also be conducted. The disparity study will give a more accurate and current idea of what disparities may exist i...

Published Mar 11, 2021

City of Atlanta Transit has announced its triennial disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) participation goal for fiscal years 2021 through 2023. The agency is required to set and publish such goals as a recipient of fede...

Published Mar 11, 2021

The City of Houston has become the first city in Texas to institute a policy of encouraging the participation of LGBT-owned businesses (LGBTBEs) in City procurement. The policy was passed through an executive order from th...

Published Mar 10, 2021

A bill has been introduced into the California State Assembly which, if passed, would set a quota (rather than a goal) of awarding 25 percent of all state contracts to small businesses. The bill, AB 915, follows a 2006 exe...

Published Feb 26, 2021

City of MaderaDisadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program Policy StatementIt is the policy of the City of Madera to ensure that advantaged business enterprises (DBEs)...

Published Feb 22, 2021

The New Orleans City Council has approved a reorganization of the City's current efforts, through its Office of Supplier Diversity, to include disadvantaged business enterprises (DBEs) in City procurement. The efforts will...

Published Feb 12, 2021

Governor Ralph Northam of Virginia has announced support for a version of a procurement bill currently pending in the state legislature which would support minority- and woman-owned businesses (MWBEs). The bill as introduc...

Published Feb 04, 2021

The City of Birmingham launched an initiative known as Valuing Inclusion to Accelerate and Lift (or VITAL) in 2019, with the goal of collating and making public the City's diversity spending data and then making changes ba...

Published Feb 04, 2021

The New York City Department of Small Business Services (SBS) is set to begin formally including LGBT-owned business enterprises (LGBTBEs) in City procurement through a partnership with the National LGBT Chamber of Commerc...

Published Jan 27, 2021

[UPDATE 01/22/21: Nassau County has hired a consultant on a two-year contract (with an option for renewing for one further year) to do a formal disparity study on Nassau County public procurement (the same...

Published Jan 22, 2021