Members of the New Jersey Legislature have introduced a package of twelve bills that seek to aid minority- and woman-owned businesses (MWBEs) in competing for state contract work. The package of bills comes after the relea...

Published Oct 08, 2024

Governor Wes Moore of Maryland recently announced that the Governor's Office of Small, Minority and Women Business Affairs is increasing the current participation goal for Veteran-Owned Small Business Enterprises (VSBEs) f...

Published Oct 02, 2024

The California Department of General Services (DGS) is conducting a disparity study into conditions faced by minority-owned, woman-owned, LGBTQ-owned, certified small businesses, and disabled veteran-owned businesses who a...

Published Oct 02, 2024

The Prince William County Office of Procurement has announced that it will conduct a disparity study into its contracting procedures. The study will specifically examine women-owned, minority-owned, veteran-owned, and vete...

Published Oct 02, 2024

The New York City Charter Revision Commission which was convened in May of 2024 by order of Mayor Eric Adams has issued a Final Report which contains recommendations for certain proposals to be presented to New York City v...

Published Sep 18, 2024

The Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) is currently conducting a disparity study into its utilization of minority- and woman-owned business enterprises (MWBEs) in order to determine if there are disparities in th...

Published Sep 16, 2024

The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) is currently seeing public input on its proposed DBE participation goals for fiscal years 2025 through 2027. UDOT is required to set such participation goals as a recipient of f...

Published Aug 13, 2024

Phoenix Public Transit is currently conducting a disparity study into the availability and utilization of DBEs in its contracting. The conclusions of the study can form part of the legal basis on which any attempts to reme...

Published Aug 13, 2024

The City of High Point is in the process of conducting a disparity study into the experiences of minority, women, and disadvantaged business enterprises (MWDBEs) in doing, or attempting to do, business with the City. The s...

Published Aug 05, 2024

United States Senator Bob Casey of Pennsylvania has introduced a bill in the Senate known as the Ensuring Efficiency and Fairness in Federal Subcontracting Act, which would implement a number of measures aimed at ensuring ...

Published Aug 05, 2024

Governor Kathy Hochul of New York has announced that Empire State Development (ESD) is launching a "Sail-Thru Summer" initiative for prospective minority and women-owned business enterprises (MWBEs), which will entail enha...

Published Jul 23, 2024

A portion of the House of Representatives' version of the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (Section 861 of H.R. 8070) would, if passed into law, require and authorize the Department of Defense to engage in three new...

Published Jul 23, 2024

[NOTE: The text of the notice below was provided to us by ABC Bus, Inc., and DBE GoodFaith is publishing it as-is.]PUBLIC NOTICEABC Bus, Inc. Disadvantag...

Published Jul 09, 2024

The City of Cincinnati is hosting a series of Community Listening Sessions in service of the upcoming disparity study it is conducting. The study will examine whether or not the City is utilizing the services of minority- ...

Published Jul 09, 2024

Durham County Economic Development is launching a new "Certify & Succeed" program for the benefit of local businesses that are interested in becoming certified by the State as Minority Women Business Enterprises (MWBEs...

Published Jul 09, 2024