A series of amendments designed to create a more robust disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) program in New Orleans were approved easily by the City Council's Economic Development Committee last week. The measures are expe...

Published Jun 17, 2013

In early June, the Erie County Department of Purchasing and the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity announced that over $24.1 million of the County's 2012 contracting dollars went to minority and women-owned businesses (M/...

Published Jun 17, 2013

This announcement is notice of Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority's (VTA) proposed DBE Overall Goal of 13 percent for Federal Transit Administration (FTA)?assisted contracts for the 3 Federal Fiscal Years (FFY) 2014?...

Published Jun 17, 2013

The City of Madera is the recipient of grants through the United States Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration (FTA). It is the policy of the City to ensure that disadvantaged business enterprises (DBE's)...

Published May 22, 2013

In accordance with federal requirements, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is seeking public input regarding its proposed three-year disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) participation goal. If approved, the T...

Published May 21, 2013

New Jersey Transit is holding a meeting on May 31st to present its preliminary three-year disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) goals to the public. At the meeting, NJ Transit will solicit comments from busine...

Published May 15, 2013

Companies interested in obtaining Small/Micro Business Enterprise (S/MBE) and/or Minority Women Business Enterprise (M/WBE) certification with Miami-Dade County Public Schools will have to use a new application....

Published May 15, 2013

The City of Gainesville Regional Transit System (RTS) is seeking comment for its proposed 1.5 percent overall disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) participation goal for Fiscal Years 2014-2016. As a recipient o...

Published May 15, 2013

The California High-Speed Rail Authority (CaHSR) will be hosting four small business certification workshops in April and May for companies that are interested in participating on the statewide high-speed rail project, the in...

Published May 03, 2013

An appeal challenging the constitutionality of the California Department of Transportation's (Caltrans) Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program was dismissed by the 9th U.S. District Court of Appeals in mid-April. ...

Published May 03, 2013

The public comment period for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's (Metro) proposed three-year Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Overall Goal is open until May 12. For a three-year ...

Published May 03, 2013

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