The City of Philadelphia increased the amount of city contracting dollars going to minority and women-owned businesses (MBEs and WBEs) in 2014, according to a recently released study. The annual report found a on...

Published Aug 25, 2015

Washington State Governor Jay Inslee announced the creation of a new subcabinet that will work to increase minority-, women- and veteran-owned business participation on state contacts.At present, only one perce...

Published Aug 10, 2015

The District of Columbia's Department of Transportation (DDOT) announced its proposed three-year disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) goal in late July.For fiscal years 2016 through 2018, DDOT say...

Published Jul 30, 2015

Notice is hereby given that the Utility will receive quotations under the Utility's Small Works Roster procedure at the Utility's Purchasing Department, Ed Fischer Operations Center Building, 8600 NE 117th Avenue, Vancou...

Published Jul 28, 2015

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is giving the public until July 31st to submit their comments on the department's overall annual disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) goal for Fiscal Years 2016, 2...

Published Jul 21, 2015

An audit conducted by the New York State Comptroller's office has found that for the past four years the Dormitory Authority (DASNY) misreported the level of minority and women business (MWBE) participation...

Published Jul 16, 2015

At the beginning of this month, the Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT) published its Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) annual goals for contracts recieving Federal Highway Administration (FH...

Published Jul 06, 2015

The Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority (MNAA) published the results of its Small, Minority and Woman-owned Business Enterprise (SMWBE) and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) disparity study at the end of June....

Published Jul 06, 2015

According to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), $91.1 billion of federal contracting dollars, equal to 24.99 percent of all federal spending, went to small businesses in Fiscal Year 2014. T...

Published Jun 26, 2015

A study commissioned by the City of Portsmouth has found that minority- and women-owned businesses (M/WBEs) are not being used on city contracts as frequently as would be expected, given their a...

Published Jun 24, 2015

Clark Public Utilities is updating its Small Works Roster for public works projects under Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000) and Clark Public Utilities’ Professional Engineering & Architects Roster....

Published Jun 11, 2015

The public has an opportunity to comment on the Arizona Department of Transportation's (ADOT) proposed triennial disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) goals and it's recently completed DBE participation dispa...

Published Jun 11, 2015

In May, the California Department of General Services (DGS) released a mobile app that helps small business enterprises (SBEs) and disabled veteran business enterprises (DVBEs) discover pertinent training an...

Published Jun 01, 2015

On June 10th, the California High-Speed Rail Authority is hosting an Industry Forum in Wasco from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. for businesses interested in working on the next 22-mile phase of construction in the Central Valley....

Published Jun 01, 2015

A coalition of over 30 partners have launched a new program that will help minority- and women-owned businesses (MWBEs) in St. Louis obtain the capital necessary for them to work on public contracts.Throug...

Published May 28, 2015