The School Board of Broward County is preparing to unveil it's new Supplier Diversity Outreach Program on July 1st.The program, which will be managed by the Office of Procurement & Warehousing Services, co...

Published May 22, 2017

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) is preparing to submit its new Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) goal to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). As a recipient of FHWA funding, ADOT is required to ...

Published May 22, 2017

Washington State will soon begin studying whether minority-, women-, and veteran-owned businesses are being discriminated against when it comes to the awarding of state contracts.As part of the state's dispari...

Published May 15, 2017

New York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo recently announced two new programs designed to help minority and women-owned businesses (MWBEs) become certified with the state and win more government contracts."We mu...

Published May 15, 2017

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) plans to expand an existing program providing federal procurement entrepreneurship training to veteran-owned small businesses (VOSBs) and service-disabled veteran-owned small bu...

Published May 15, 2017

A new study published by the City of San Antonio reports that the city spent more money with small, minority, and women-owned businesses (S/M/WBEs) in 2016 than it did in any previous year.In 2016, the city awa...

Published May 08, 2017

Next month, a consulting firm hired by the City of Asheville will begin studying whether minority- and women-owned businesses (MWBEs) are being shut out of city contracting.As part of their efforts, the city's...

Published May 05, 2017

Notice is hereby given that Martin City Council has submitted to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program Goal of 1.15 percent for Federal Fiscal Year 2017-2019. The City of Mar...

Published May 04, 2017

The County of Los Angeles is shooting to award 25 percent of county contracts to local small businesses and 3 percent to disabled veteran-owned businesses over the next four years through it's new Contracting Co...

Published May 04, 2017

After filing 75 separate fruitless requests under freedom of information laws, the Associated General Contractors of New York State (AGC NYS) has filed suit against five New York State agencies for information related...

Published Apr 18, 2017

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is considering changes to the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program that would remove close to one-third of those currently certified as DBEs.Thi...

Published Apr 18, 2017

Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin has signed into law House Bill 161, which will help promote service-disabled veteran-owned business (SDVOB) participation on contracts awarded by executive branch agencies.Under th...

Published Apr 12, 2017

PKAD Architecture and Design is a prime contractor with NYS working in the NY Rising Program. We are looking for the following sub-consultants and/or skill sets: - Licensed Surveyors - Permit and Varianc...

Published Apr 06, 2017

New York City is launching a new revolving loan program aimed at helping minority and women-owned businesses (M/WBEs) obtain low-interest financing.Through the $10 million Contract Financing Loan Fund, M/WBEs c...

Published Mar 27, 2017

California Assemblyman Dante Acosta is sponsoring a new bill that would raise the cap on streamlined bidding contracts that help disabled veteran businesses (DVBEs) do business with the state.Currently, state a...

Published Mar 27, 2017