Clark Public Utilities, of Clark County, Washington, has established vendor lists for supplying materials, equipment and supplies under RCW 54.04.082 and 39.04.190 which allows the Utility to publish notice of the existenc...

Published Jan 06, 2021

Clark Public Utilities is updating its Small Works Roster for public works projects under Three Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($350,000) and Clark Public Utilities’ Professional Engineering & Architects (PEA) Ro...

Published Jan 06, 2021

The Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) has launched several new programs with the intent of supporting small local businesses in city contracting. The programs are designed to provide direct assistance to small lo...

Published Jan 04, 2021

The City of San Diego's current small local business enterprise (SLBE) program was established in 2010 and has been operating since then, but a new audit of the program found that, among other things, the SLBE program was ...

Published Jan 04, 2021

The Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT), through their Office of Minority Business Enterprise (OMBE), announced earlier that they were raising the net worth cap for participation in the state's Minority Business E...

Published Jan 04, 2021

The United States Department of Transportation (DOT) has announced that it will raise the gross receipts cap on eligibility for businesses to participate in its Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program. The effectiv...

Published Dec 21, 2020

The Chicago City Council has its set-aside program for minority- and woman-owned businesses (MWBEs) through September of 2021. The timeframe for this extension was set in order to ensure that the disparity study currently ...

Published Dec 07, 2020

The utilization rate for minority- and woman-owned businesses (MWBEs) in New York State procurement reached 29.51 percent during the 2019-2020 fiscal year, according to a recent announcement from Governor Andrew M. Cuomo. ...

Published Dec 03, 2020

The City of Chattanooga is considering an array of potential changes to the ways public contracting operates, over the short-term and the long-term, in order to utilize minority- and woman-owned businesses (MWBEs) at a rat...

Published Nov 25, 2020

The City of St. Petersburg has initiated a disparity study which will examine potential disparities in utilization of minority- and woman-owned businesses (MWBEs) in City procurement.The study will determine no...

Published Nov 24, 2020

The Office of Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker and Lt. Governor Karyn Polito has announced a new slate of policy measures intended to support equal opportunity and better access for diverse businesses in state con...

Published Nov 23, 2020

The New Jersey Senate has passed a bill sponsored by Senator Troy Singleton and Senator M. Teresa Ruiz that would authorize the State's Chief Diversity Officer to commission a diversity study on the utilization of min...

Published Nov 19, 2020

United States Representative Trey Hollingsworth (R-IN) has introduced the Investing in Veteran Entrepreneurial Talents (VETs) Act to congress with the goal of increasing business opportunity for service-disabled veter...

Published Nov 16, 2020

Tampa Mayor Jane Castor announced on Veteran's Day that veteran-owned small businesses (VOSBs) and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) would be formally recognized and identified in the City's procure...

Published Nov 12, 2020

The City of Asheville's City Council has voted unanimously to allow for race- and gender-conscious policies in public contracting. Previously, the City's business inclusion policy was a race- and gender-neutral one. Howeve...

Published Nov 03, 2020