In early October, the US Department of Transportation (DOT) revealed its final revisions to the disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) program.

The new rules amend the uniform certification applicat...

Published Nov 03, 2014

Ohio Governor John Kasich has announced that 20 percent of the $267 million Opportunity Corridor project will be earmarked for the use of Cleveland-area minority and disadvantaged business enterprise (MDBE) construction fi...

Published Sep 16, 2014

A new study has found that Montgomery County underutilizes minority, women and the disabled business firms (MFDs) when purchasing goods and services for the benefit of the county.The study, released on Sep...

Published Sep 16, 2014

Philadelphia City Councilman W. Wilson Goode Jr. will introduce equity ownership legislation, which aims to make city contracts and positions more diverse and increase the feasibility of project ownership, during...

Published Sep 16, 2014

Contractors bidding Greater Orlando Aviation Authority (the Authority) contracts not funded with federal dollars may have to  the Authority's Local Developing Business (LDB) Program rules...

Published Sep 16, 2014

The U.S. government spends about $23 billion annually with small businesses, and the Small Business Administration (SBA) created the 8(a) Business Development Program to help small, disadvantaged businesses compete in the ...

Published Sep 15, 2014

Beginning on October 1st, the Port of Long Beach will increase its small business participation goal from 25 percent to 27 percent. "The Port's efforts to do business with small and very small businesses a...

Published Sep 15, 2014

On August 1st, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced that it has met its small business contracting goal of 23.39 percent for the first time in eight years. The SBA also reported that performance in four o...

Published Sep 15, 2014

On August 1st, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced that it has met its small business contracting goal of 23.39% for the first time in eight years. The SBA also reported that performance i...

Published Aug 14, 2014

Peoria County has recently partnered with the Illinois Black Chamber of Commerce and the Minority Business Development Institute to develop and administer the Contractors Development Initiative.The Initiative w...

Published Aug 14, 2014

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) has opened the public comment period, which runs until September 17th, on its current goals for the inclusion of disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) firms on federally fu...

Published Aug 14, 2014

Several Tulsa-area contractors have expressed concern about the suspension of Tulsa's Building Resources in Developing and Growing Enterprises (BRIDGE) program. The BRIDGE program, once administered by the Tuls...

Published Aug 14, 2014

An increasing number of public contracts have Section 3 participation requirements, but many companies that do business with the government are unfamiliar with the program. Here, we answer the most common questions we rece...

Published Aug 13, 2014

In the United States, small businesses that are majority-owned by minority and/or women can get a leg up in public contracting by becoming certified as a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE). When state...

Published Aug 13, 2014

Contractors bidding on City of Dallas contracts may discover that they are required to reach out to Minority and Woman Owned Business Enterprises (MBE/WBEs). The formal name for the MBE/WBE requirements in...

Published Aug 13, 2014