The Idaho Transportation Department (IDT) has announced it's proposed disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) participation goals for projects funded by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Federal Transit Admini...

Published Jul 19, 2017

In late June, both houses of the New York State Legislature approved a bill that would eliminate the requirement that minority and women-owned business enterprise (M/WBE) owners have a personal net worth of less ...

Published Jul 17, 2017

A measure being considered by the New York City Council would require that the city provide subcontractors working on city-funded contracts information regarding their rights as a subcontractor.Topics addressed...

Published Jul 11, 2017

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has announced it's proposed disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) goals for federally-funded highway and transit projects during Fiscal Years 2018, 2019,...

Published Jul 05, 2017

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) will be awarding contracts funded by the Federal Transit Administration over the next three years, and as a result is establishing a triennial disadvantaged bu...

Published Jul 05, 2017

New York City recently launched a $10 million Bond Collateral Assistance Fund for minority and women-owned business enterprises (M/WBEs) and other small businesses.Traditionally, small businesses and M/WBEs hav...

Published Jun 29, 2017

The New York State Legislature passed two bills at the end of it's legislative session aimed at increasing the number of contracts awarded to minority and women-owned businesses (M/WBEs).The first goes into ef...

Published Jun 29, 2017

Washington's Office of Minority and Women's Business Enterprises (OMWBE) has adopted revised rules regarding the certification of small businesses owned by minorities, women, and other socially and economically disadvant...

Published Jun 28, 2017

The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) is proposing a disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) goal of 0.42 percent for Federal Transit Administration (FTA)-funded contracts between Fiscal Years 2018 and 202...

Published Jun 16, 2017

Officials for the City of Savannah are considering whether to replace the city’s existing Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) program. Alderman Estella Shabazz, along with others working ...

Published Jun 12, 2017

Durham County has awarded 21.86 percent of its total contracting dollars to Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprises (MWBEs) to date in Fiscal Year 2017, according to a report to the Durham County Board of Commission...

Published Jun 12, 2017

The Building Trades Employers' Association (BTEA), a New York City-based organization representing large contractors, has recently published the results of a study it commissioned examining the capacity of minority- and w...

Published Jun 12, 2017

A bipartisan bill that aims to increase the number of service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) and veteran-owned small businesses (VOSBs) doing work with the General Services Administration (GSA) is workin...

Published Jun 12, 2017

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is asking state legislators to permit the city to award contracts valued at under $200,000 to Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprises (MWBEs) without a formal competitive process....

Published Jun 06, 2017

The Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority has announced its proposed Airport Concessions Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (ACDBE) goals for Fiscal Years 2018, 2019 and 2020 and is inviting input from interested stakeholders....

Published Jun 06, 2017