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

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) is in the process of updating their Contractor/Supplier Databases and is inviting certified minority, women-owned, and small business enterprises (M/W/SBEs) to complete a Vendor Profile ...

Published Jun 05, 2017

The federal government has exceeded its small business contracting goal for the fourth consecutive year, according to a recent report from the Small Business Administration (SBA).For Fiscal Year 2016, the feder...

Published May 30, 2017

The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is preparing to implement a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program waiver that requires the removal of non-minority women-owned businesses from race-consci...

Published May 30, 2017

The State of Pennsylvania is commissioning its first disparity study, which will examine barriers to access for small diverse businesses that are seeking state contracts.The disparity study follows a recommenda...

Published May 30, 2017

Mississippi's minority-owned business and small businesses will find it easier to get information on certification with the state, following the launch of a new website by the Mississippi Development Authority's (MD...

Published May 22, 2017

Texas is doing more business with companies certified as Historically Underutilized Businesses (HUBs), according to a new report published by the state.The Fiscal 2017 Semi-Annual Report for Texas's ...

Published May 22, 2017