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

The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) is proposing an overall 11.6 percent disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) contracting goal on contracts funded by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) o...

Published Apr 21, 2016

The Business Outreach Committee (BOC), a consortium of Bay Area transit and transportation agencies, is inviting the public to participate in a roundtable discussion regarding the efforts ...

Published Mar 31, 2016

In 2015, the federal government exceeded it's annual women business contracting goal of 5 percent for the first time since it's establishment of the Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) program.Du...

Published Mar 29, 2016

A study released by the Indiana Department of Administration this month found that minority- and women-owned businesses (MBE/WBEs) are not getting their fair share of the state's public works dollars....

Published Mar 29, 2016

At the of February, the Austin School Board green-lighted a program aimed at making more of the district's contract awards available to historically underutilized businesses (HUBs), which are usually owned by mi...

Published Mar 07, 2016

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh signed into effect an Executive Order that will, in part, lay the groundwork for a study to examine the participation level of minority- and women-owned businesses (MBEs/WBEs) in cit...

Published Mar 07, 2016

The US Small Business Administration (SBA) has announced that it is in the beginning stages of opening a Veterans Business Outreach Center (VBOC) in Southern California.At this phase, the SBA is invit...

Published Feb 29, 2016

If a contract requires your business to publish a notice on the Minority Business Development Agency's (MBDA) business web portal, www.mbda.gov, as part of a good faith effort, you may have a difficult time doin...

Published Feb 29, 2016

Starting on March 10th, New York State will begin its third annual Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprises (MWBE) Opportunities Expo Series, where MWBEs can connect with representatives from New York ...

Published Feb 18, 2016

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) is inviting the public to a final hearing for the agency's recently completed disparity study, which examines whether race or gender discrimination exists in ...

Published Feb 15, 2016

On March 1st, changes aimed at helping New York City's minority and women-owned business enterprises (M/WBEs) find work with city government will go into effect.At the beginning of the month, Ma...

Published Feb 11, 2016

Significant racial and gender disparities exist in Shelby County's public contracting process, according to a study released last week.Among the findings were that between 2012 and 2015, 88.3 percent...

Published Feb 11, 2016