Interim final rule issued this month eliminates sex- and race-based presumptions for firms to qualify as disadvantaged ...

On October 3, 2025, the United States Department of Transportation (“DOT”) issued an interim final rule (“IFR”) that ...

The Department of Transportation’s (“DOT”) Disadvantage Business Enterprise (“DBE”) program is not as well-known as the Small Business Administration’s (“SBA”) 8(a) and other small business programs, ...

Minnesota's DBE program revamps due to federal changes, requiring reevaluation and recertification for 1,300+ businesses.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation says it has no plans to create separate contracting goals for minority- and women-owned firms. “It is something that has come up,” said Bernie Arseneau, ...

SPRINGFIELD The Illinois Department of Transportation has announced that it has begun the process to recertify firms to ...

NEW ORLEANS – The Landrieu administration is responding to a recent charter change and critics' complaints by making changes in its program promoting city work for woman- and minority-owned small ...

The 2024 Final Rule introduced new procedures for Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) certifications when businesses certified in one state apply for certifications in different states. Agencies ...

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For decades, the Arkansas Department of Transportation has awarded contracts to companies owned by women and certain minority ...

Becoming certified as a minority-owned business allows you to access certain government and private-sector programs that can help support your efforts. In 2012, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that ...

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