Turner Construction has announced it is now able to hire non-union businesses certified as Minority-, Woman-, and Local-Owned contractors for the purposes of the Columbia Business School project at the Manhattanville Campu...

Published Jul 25, 2018

The Town of Hempstead in Long Island, New York has announced a proposal to grant a contracting preference to local veteran-owned small businesses (VOSBs) and local service-disabled veteran-owned businesses (SDVOBs). ...

Published Jul 20, 2018

The New York State Senate's Labor Committee is holding a joint public hearing in Watertown, New York, on July 17th, 2018, starting at 10 AM, on the subject of the state's Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprises (MWB...

Published Jul 12, 2018

The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) has recently published its disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) participation goals for the fiscal years 2019-2021. As is required for state transportation departments ...

Published Jul 11, 2018

The Portage Area Regional Transportation Authority, which serves Portage County, Ohio, has recently announced its goals for assisting disadvantaged business enterprises (DBEs). For fiscal years 2017 through 201...

Published Jul 09, 2018

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) and the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) recently jointly launched DBE Exchange, a program designed to allow disadvantaged business enterprises (DBEs) to work on trans...

Published Jul 09, 2018

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 existence...

Published Jul 05, 2018

The Duluth Transit Authority (DTA) of Minnesota is submitting a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program plan to the United States Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) for approval. The overall DBE participation ...

Published Jul 03, 2018

Shelby County Schools (SCS), the school district serving Memphis and some the city's surrounding areas, has released a plan for encouraging the participation of minority- and women-owned businesses (MWBEs) in the...

Published Jun 27, 2018

Caltrans has announced a schedule of upcoming meetings, pursuant to the 2016 Federal Highway Administration Disparity Study, and to the consultation to establish the overall DBE participation goal for 2019 through 2021. DB...

Published Jun 18, 2018

The Board of Trustees for Hempstead Village in Long Island, New York has, on May 31st, 2018, voted unanimously to adopt a Minority and Women Business (MWBE) policy in contracting for the municipality.Now, under...

Published Jun 08, 2018

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced that the city is increasing it's OneNYC MWBE goal from $16 billion to $20 billion.The OneNYC MWBE goal, which was announced in 2015, consists of a...

Published Jun 04, 2018

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) recently announced the results of its Small Business Procurement Scorecard for fiscal year 2017. The scorecard gives letter grades to the various federal agencies as well as the...

Published Jun 01, 2018

The County Board for Hennepin County has recently approved an expansion of the county's Small Business Enterprise program. The program now includes participation goals for minority-owned businesses (MBEs) and women-owned b...

Published May 11, 2018

Iowa's Targeted Small Business (TSB) program, which was established to help women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, or service-disabled veterans in establish and grow a business in the state, is receiving a ...

Published May 10, 2018