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

The Gadsen City Council has approved a new program that will track the city's efforts to include minority- and women-owned businesses (MWBEs) in its procurement process.Through the MWBE program, the city ...

Published May 28, 2015

In 2014, the Port Authority awarded $436 million in contracts, equal to 18.3 percent of the Authority's spending, to companies categorized as minority, women, or small business enterprises (MWSBEs). This participatio...

Published May 28, 2015

According to a report recently released by the St. Louis Development Corporation, the city's minority- and women-owned businesses (M/WBEs) were largely left out of the public contracting process betwee...

Published May 19, 2015

A new measure passed by the New Orleans City Council aims to ensure that the city's departments are accurately reporting participation levels of disadvantaged business enterprises (DBEs) on contracts that receive pub...

Published Apr 29, 2015

A bipartisan bill has been introduced in the House of Representatives to expand the federal government's disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) program to include small businesses owned by disabled veterans.I...

Published Apr 27, 2015

A contractor in Oregon was stripped of its status as a certified women and minority-owned business (M/WBE) and was required to pay a $15,000 fine by the Oregon Department of Justice last week after it was discovered that t...

Published Mar 31, 2015

Last week Coloardo lawmakers introduced a bill that would require the state to study whether historically underutilized businesses (HUBs), which are owned by minorities and women, are receiving their fair share of the stat...

Published Mar 31, 2015

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is inviting the public to attend meetings and provide input on the department's proposed disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) goals on projects funded by...

Published Mar 31, 2015

Last week, the City of Philadelphia released findings that minority, women and disabled-owned business enterprise (M/W/DSBE) participation on city contracts increased in 2014 compared to the previous year....

Published Mar 25, 2015