The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has revised its Surety Bond Guarantee (SBG) Program to help small construction and service companies gain greater access to larger private and public contracts.The chan...

Published Mar 01, 2013

On January 16th, Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano signed an executive order aimed at increasing minority and women-owned business (M/WBE) participation in city contracting. The order requires that every city contract incl...

Published Feb 01, 2013

At the beginning of January, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed into law Introductory Number 911-A, which eliminates the $1 million cap on contracts targeted at minority and women-owned businesses (M/WBEs). ...

Published Feb 01, 2013

The Minority Business Development Institute (MBDI) launched its "Get People Back to Work" campaign in mid-January to help emerging construction firms succeed in today's marketplace. The campaign will use education...

Published Jan 28, 2013

Changes included in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2013 to the U.S. Small Business Administration's Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contract Program will help women-owned small businesses get a larger share of f...

Published Jan 28, 2013

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) signed off on the California Department of Transportation's (Caltrans) proposed overall disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) goal of 12.5 percent for Fiscal Year 2013. ...

Published Jan 03, 2013

Before the Christmas holiday the New York City Council passed a measure intended to help minority and women-owned businesses receive a larger share of the city's contract dollars. The bill, which revises Local Law...

Published Dec 27, 2012

The Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY) exceeded Governor Andrew M. Cuomo's overall minority and women-owned business enterprises (M/WBEs) participation goal of 20 percent in Fiscal Year 2011-2012, according ...

Published Dec 27, 2012

New York City is far from meeting its minority- and women-owned business (M/WBEs) participation goals on city contracts under $1 million, according to the M/WBE Report Card published by City Comptroller John C. Liu. ...

Published Dec 05, 2012

In October, Washington, DC Mayor Vincent C. Gray announced significant improvements to its Certified Business Enterprise (CBE) program following recommendations made by the District's Department of Small and Local Business De...

Published Nov 28, 2012

In October, the U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) announced the selection of The Enterprise Center of Philadelphia, a non-profit organization, to serve as Small ...

Published Nov 28, 2012

Hillsborough County is planning on making changes to its Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) program in the coming months following criticism from MBEs and prime contractors regarding the county's MBE participation waiver and ...

Published Nov 09, 2012

The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) is considering changes to its disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) program and is giving the public until December 24th to submit comments. The proposed changes are related to ...

Published Nov 09, 2012

The City of Durham may establish a race- and gender-neutral Small Local Business Enterprise Program following a town hall meeting on November 14th and final review by the City Council. The city received legislativ...

Published Nov 09, 2012

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is conducting a study to determine whether minority and women-owned businesses (M/WBEs) are receiving their fair share of agency contracting dollars. The Af...

Published Oct 17, 2012