The Wisconsin State Assembly is considering a bill that, among other changes, would require the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) to concentrate federal dollars received for transportation projects into ...

Published Dec 12, 2018

A public contracting disparity study performed for the City of Asheville has found substantial disparities in the city's contracting awards between 2012 and 2017. Out of $118 million in contract dollars awarded during that...

Published Dec 07, 2018

Legislation has recently been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives, by House Committee on Small Business Chairman Steve Chabot (R-OH) and House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Chairman Phil Roe (R-TN), that ...

Published Dec 04, 2018

Following a disparity study conducted on behalf of the Metro Government of Nashville and Davidson County (Metro), the results of which were presented to Metro in 2018, Nashville Mayor David Briley has announced the filing ...

Published Nov 30, 2018

The Department of General Services (DGS) for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has released their recently completed 2018 Disparity Study, which was conducted in order to evaluate the DGS's implementation of their Smal...

Published Nov 16, 2018

The City of Dayton most recently conducted disparity studies on the utilization of minority- and woman-owned businesses (MWBEs) in 2008 and 1991, and it is set to conduct another such examination of MWBE purchases by ...

Published Nov 15, 2018

U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and John Cornyn (R-TX) have introduced legislation to expand the number of federal infrastructure contracts awarded to small businesses owned by veterans with a service-connected disability...

Published Nov 15, 2018

E-J Electric in Long Island, New York, has been awarded the contract for electrical infrastructure work on the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) 3rd Track Expansion Project from Floral Park to Hicksville, a $1.2 billion project...

Published Nov 08, 2018

The mayors of Hoboken and Jersey City have issued matching executive orders creating new disadvantaged business contracting programs in their cities. While both cities previously had programs for the benefit of woman-owned...

Published Nov 06, 2018

E-J Electric in Long Island, New York, has been awarded the contract for electrical infrastructure work on the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) 3rd Track Expansion Project from Floral Park to Hicksville, a $1.2 billion project...

Published Nov 06, 2018

The Department of Defense (DOD) is set to audit its set-aside program for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) after rule changes at the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and a report from the D...

Published Nov 05, 2018

New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer has released the fifth annual "Making the Grade" report for the city, which assigns letter grades to city agencies based on they performed in including minority- and woman-owned bus...

Published Nov 05, 2018

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is proposing certain rule changes which would make it easier for businesses to retain their HUBZone (Historically Underutilized Business Zone) certification even when the bounda...

Published Nov 01, 2018

The Kansas City Council has unanimously approved a slate of changes to the city's minority- and woman-owned business (MWBE) program, in areas related to certification, contract goals, and self-performance. The changes come...

Published Nov 01, 2018

Balfour Beatty, which has been selected as Construction Manager at Risk for the West RON Apron Rehabilitation for the Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority, is holding a Pre-Bid Conference, MWBE Workshop, and Site Tour on Octob...

Published Oct 26, 2018