Mayor Will Sessoms of Virginia Beach recently recommended that the city move forward with a disparity study to examine whether cronyism and discrimination is keeping minority and women-owned businesses (M/WBEs) from winnin...

Published Mar 09, 2017

A recent audit of Beaumont Independent School District has found that administrators largely ignored a Local, Minority, and Women-owned Business Enterprise (LMWBE) initiative associated with a $389 million 2007 bond issue....

Published Feb 28, 2017

New York's minority- and women-owned businesses (MWBEs) will have an opportunity to network and learn more about working with the state at one of the upcoming regional 2017 MWBE Opportunities Expos. The e...

Published Feb 27, 2017

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) will hold a public hearing to discuss how the contracting process will change on SFMTA contracts that contain federal funds. There will now be African American goal...

Published Feb 27, 2017

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has published an interim final rule, effective February 21, 2017, which requires the VA to "verify ownership and control of veteran-owned small businesses (VOSB), including service-...

Published Feb 24, 2017

The Board of Freeholders for Hudson County has approved a set-aside program - the first of its kind in New Jersey - under which 10 percent (by dollar value) of county contracts will be awarded to businesses owned by minori...

Published Feb 16, 2017

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio recently announced a new initiative where the Office of Minority Owned Business Enterprises will partner with one organization in each borough in an effort to boost minority- an...

Published Feb 14, 2017

The Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY) recently announced a surety bond training program for minority- and/or women-owned business enterprise (M/WBE) firms, with the goal of helping M/WBEs expand their ca...

Published Feb 06, 2017

The City of Columbus is set to conduct a disparity study on the city’s municipal contracting process in order to determine whether and to what extent minority- and women-owned businesses (M/WBEs) are receiving a fair...

Published Feb 06, 2017

As required of all Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) funding recipients, the Arizona Department is Transportation (ADOT) is beginning the triennial process of updating its disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) goal....

Published Jan 30, 2017

A report published yesterday by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) has found that minority businesses are not taking part in government contracting at the levels expected ...

Published Jan 19, 2017

The State of California spent $349 million - or 4.3 percent of all state contracting dollars - with disabled veteran businesses (DVBEs) last year, according to the Consolidated Annual Report recently published by the Depar...

Published Jan 19, 2017

The public is invited to submit comments regarding the City of Red Wing's disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) utilization goal for federally-funded airport improvement projects in Fiscal Years 2017, 2018, and 201...

Published Jan 16, 2017

This week, trustees at the University of Illinois are scheduled to review a proposal that would increase the institution's minority and women business (MWBE) contracting goals and create a veteran business enterprise prog...

Published Jan 16, 2017

Buffalo Mayor Byron W. Brown signed a series of executive orders intended to increase the amount of business the city does with minority and women-owned companies (MBEs / WBEs).Through these...

Published Jan 12, 2017