A report published by the City of Memphis last week recommends that the city continue to promote minority- and women-owned business enterprise (MWBE) participation on city contracts, following findings that ...

Published Aug 26, 2016

The Austin Independent School District (AISD) will be launching a new Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) program in mid-November, and after a School Board meeting last week the contours of the program...

Published Aug 22, 2016

Kentucky small businesses owned by service-disabled veterans (SDVOSBs) can now get a leg up in doing business with the state through a newly launched program.The program, which resembles the state's Minority a...

Published Aug 15, 2016

The Fairbanks North Star Borough, in accordance with regulations of the U. S. Department of Transportation (DOT), 49 CFR 26, hereby announces its Fiscal Years 2016, 2017 and 2018 goal of 0.027% for disadvantaged business e...

Published Aug 05, 2016

The City of Cincinnati has awarded more than $9.1 million in city contracts to minority- and women-owned businesses (M/WBEs) since its roll-out of an M/WBE program at the beginning of the year."I am thril...

Published Jul 14, 2016

Minority-, women-, and disabled persons-owned businesses in Illinois will have an easier time accessing state contracts thanks to a new Executive Order signed today by Governor Bruce Rauner.Under the order...

Published Jul 13, 2016

The City of Madera is the recipient of grants through the United States Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration (FTA). It is the policy of the City to ensure that disadvantaged business enterprises (DBE...

Published Jul 07, 2016

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 01, 2016

The City of Madera is the recipient of grants through the United States Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration (FTA). It is the policy of the City to ensure that disadvantaged business enterprises (DBE...

Published Jun 29, 2016

Minority- and women-owned business enterprises (M/WBE) are doing more business with Cook County, according to a recently published study.In 2015, Cook County awarded 29 percent of its contract awards - four per...

Published Jun 23, 2016

The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) is seeking public input regarding its proposal to spend 10.9 percent of all federally-funded highway expenditures with disadvantaged business enterprises...

Published Jun 07, 2016

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) is in the process of setting an overall disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) goal for federally-funded highway projects in 2017, and is inviting the public to attend&...

Published May 24, 2016

Next month, Metra will roll out a small business enterprise program in an effort to improve access to Authority contracting opportunities for these firms.

Companies that are already certified as a disadva...

Published May 05, 2016

A new study commissioned by the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) has found that businesses owned by Asian, Hispanic, Black, and Native Americans are being left out of the Department's contracting process....

Published May 05, 2016

The Missouri Office of Administration is taking steps to promote the inclusion of minority and women-owned businesses (M/WBEs) in state contracting.Earlier in April, the office proposed rules that will sim...

Published Apr 21, 2016