Culver CityBus, of Culver City, California, is seeking public comment on its proposed 2023-2025 DBE participation goal. Culver CityBus is required to set such goals as a recipient of federal transportation funding....

Published Jun 22, 2023

New legislation advancing equity for minority- and woman-owned businesses (MWBEs) and other diverse businesses has recently passed both houses of the Illinois General Assembly. HB 2878, sponsored by State Senator Cristina ...

Published Jun 20, 2023

Shelby County is currently moving forward with plans to reinstate its minority- and woman-owned business (MWBE) contracting program after a three-year hiatus. The hiatus came after the settlement of a lawsuit by Mechanical...

Published Jun 20, 2023

The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners has voted in favor of commissioning a disparity study into the County's utilization of minority- and woman-owned business enterprises (MWBEs) in its public procurement. The study ...

Published Jun 20, 2023

The City of Austin is currently seeking public comment on its proposed DBE participation goal for the triennial period of fiscal years 2024 through 2026. The City is required to set such participation goals as a recipient ...

Published Jun 20, 2023

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) is seeking public comment on its proposed DBE participation goal for the triennial period of 2024 through 2026. WisDOT is required to set such DBE participation goals as ...

Published Jun 16, 2023

Illinois Tollway is hosting in-person and virtual informational public meetings related to a recent disparity study on the Tollway's DBE utilization. The meeting (both in-person and virtual) will be held at 2 PM on June 8t...

Published Jun 07, 2023

Clark County School District (CCSD) is currently considering the results of a disparity study into CCSD public contracts during the period of fiscal years 2017 through 2021. The study made findings of statistically signifi...

Published May 30, 2023

The Winston-Salem City Council recently received a report on the utilization of minority- and woman-owned businesses (MWBEs) in City contracting for the 2021-2022 fiscal year. The report found that MWBEs received over $16 ...

Published May 30, 2023

Delaware County is beginning the process of conducting a disparity study into the experiences of minority-owned, women-owned, and other diverse-owned businesses in competing for public contract work with the County. Should...

Published May 24, 2023

The City of San Antonio has dramatically increased its utilization of minority- and woman-owned businesses (MWBEs) in its contracting over recent years, according to a new disparity study commissioned by the study which wa...

Published May 17, 2023

Senator Joni Ernst of Iowa, a member of the Senate Small Business Committee, has introduced two bills that would affect how participation goals for Women-Owned Small Businesses (WOSBs) and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Sm...

Published May 08, 2023

The Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT) is currently embarking on the process of developing DBE participation goals for federally-assisted contracts during the 2024 through 2026 fiscal years. As part of that proce...

Published May 02, 2023

House Bill 128 for the State of Georgia has been signed into law by Governor Brian Kemp. The bill streamlines the certification process for minority-, women-, and veteran-owned businesses (MWVBEs).The bill amen...

Published Apr 25, 2023

The District of Columbia has released a disparity study that it commissioned on the state of public procurement by the District, in particular on potential disparities faced by minority- and woman-owned business enterprise...

Published Apr 25, 2023