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| 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 25, 2021 | Chicago City Treasurer Promotes Diversity Scoreboard for MBE Inclusion | Chicago City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin has introduced a "Broker Dealer Diversity Scoreboard". It will serve ...Read more |
| May 20, 2021 | LA Metro Accepts Public Comment on DBE Goals for Fiscal Years 2022-2024 | LA Metro's goal for fiscal year 2022-2024 is to establish a “level playing field” for Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs) to partake in metro’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA)-assi ...Read more |
| May 13, 2021 | SBA Chief Guzman Sued as New Restaurant Fund Numbers Are Unveiled | Isabella Guzman, the administrator of the Small Business Administration, is targeted by a lawsuit from a conservative group over a 21-day exclusive period for disadvantaged businesses in the new Re ...Read more |
| May 7, 2021 | Are Authorities Doing Enough to Prevent DBE Fraud? | Last month, an investigation by Boston’s local National Public Radio affiliate GBH uncovered fraud by Gilbane / Hunt, the construction manager of a minor league baseball park in Worcester, Massac ...Read more |
| May 5, 2021 | City of Birmingham Looking for M/WBE Disparity Study Feedback | Griffith & Strong, P.C. is currently completing a disparity study that will determine if minority- and women-owned businesses (M/WBEs) are fairly winning contr ...Read more |
| April 30, 2021 | Baltimore City Considers New M/WBE Bills | A package of three bills is being considered for introduction by the Baltimore City Council in hopes of improving the inclusion of minority- and women-owned businesses in City procurement. An aud ...Read more |
| April 23, 2021 | Kamala Harris is Quietly Pushing Loans for Small & Diverse Businesses | Over the course of President Joe Biden’s election campaign, he repeatedly promised to put minority and women-owned businesses at the forefront of his recovery agenda. As we have ...Read more |
| April 20, 2021 | Black-Owned Businesses Awarded Less than 1% of North Carolina's $9.9B Public Works Contracts | North Carolina has announced the results of their first disparity study in over a decade. It reveals that only about 1 percent of North Carolina public works contracts have been awarded to black-ow ...Read more |
| April 16, 2021 | Federal Railroad Agency to Conduct First Nationwide M/WBE Disparity Study | The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) will be running a disparity study on small, minority-owned, and women-owned businesses to better understand whether or not firms applying for subcontracts ...Read more |