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| Date/Time | Title | Description |
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| August 11, 2021 | OMB Report IDs Major Faults in Equity in Federal Programs | OMB, under the leadership of Acting Director Shalanda Young, consulted with a number of US and international experts of matters of equity including assessment and improvement, data science and “o ...Read more |
| August 5, 2021 | LA Transit ‘Mega Project’ to Link San Fernando Valley to West Side, LAX | The project would ultimately connect the San Fernando Valley, the Westside and LAX with high-capacity transit. Sepulveda Transit Corridor Partners includes Bechtel, Meridiam Infrastructure an ...Read more |
| July 13, 2021 | Biden Admin. Advised on Equity by Top Contracting Association | The Professional Service Council (PSC) is a contracting association that represents more than 400 companies that do business with the federal government. The group submitted a response last week to ...Read more |
| June 23, 2021 | Disparity Study Looks at Lack of M/WBE Firms in State Contracting | Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont has initiated ...Read more |
| June 25, 2021 | Many Improvements Needed in Federal Procurement Program - Report | A new report released on Tuesday sheds a lot of light on the state of the federal government’s procurement from small businesses. The report, from the Bipartisan Policy Center in partnership with ...Read more |
| June 22, 2021 | White Women Reap the Bulk of Minnesota’s DBE Dollars | The ratio is reflective of a national problem according to Sean Skibbie, interim director of civil rights and the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT). “White women tend to be, sometime ...Read more |
| June 16, 2021 | North Carolina's DOT is Encouraging DBE Firms to Compete for State Contracts | The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) and their Office of Civil Rights is encouraging Disabled Business Enterprises (DBEs) to ...Read more |
| June 8, 2021 | Federal Government to Ramp Up Procurement from SDBs to Tune of $100B | As the White House Fact Sheet notes, the United States federal government “is the largest consumer of goods in the world.” By ramping up procurement from minority-owned businesses, the Biden Ad ...Read more |
| June 3, 2021 | Boston Allocates Funding to Help M/WBE & Veteran Firms to Compete for Gov't Contracts | A recent disparity study has revealed the deficiency in the amount of contracts for Black-owned, Women-owned, and Veteran-owned businesses in Boston. Acting Mayor Kim Janey has announced a $2 milli ...Read more |
| May 24, 2021 | New Jersey’s $1.8 Billion Bridge Project Sees Outreach to Hundreds of DBEs | Things are finally starting to push forward in the construction of the new $1.8 billion Portal North Bridge project. The more than 100-year-old bridge spans the Hackensack River in New Jersey ...Read more |