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| October 25, 2021 | Republicans Slam Biden’s ‘Out of Touch’ & ‘Incompetent’ SBA | Republicans on the House Small Business Committee have been sending letters to the SBA seeking answers on behalf of the small business committee. Last week, House Committee on Small Busines ...Read more |
| October 20, 2021 | DBEs Set to Win $80m from Phase 1 of North Carolina's 540 Project | Last month, North Carolina’s Turnpike Authority (NCTA) was loaned $499.5 million by the US Department of Transportation for Phase 1 of its Complete 540 Project. This portion of the project includ ...Read more |
| October 13, 2021 | New Jersey Transit Approves $1.56b Bridge Contract | It's been called “the most critical infrastructure project in the United States." The New Jersey Board of Directors approved the contract with board chair Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti saying ...Read more |
| October 6, 2021 | “Biden Didn’t Keep His Word”: New Border Wall Construction Underway | As we reported in January, Joe Biden repeatedly promised that construction of a border w ...Read more |
| September 23, 2021 | Infrastructure Investments Will Boost GDP and Employment Across Sectors | While the bill has passed the Senate, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is expected to bring the bill to the floor for a vote on Monday. The study showing the economic boons the bill would bring was ...Read more |
| September 14, 2021 | Small Businesses Struggle as SBA Celebrates Them With Celebs | “The American entrepreneurial spirit is a defining quality of our Nation which time and again has lifted us to new heights and carried us through our greatest challenges,” President Joe Biden r ...Read more |
| September 2, 2021 | What’s the point of Amtrak? | The $1 trillion infrastructure bill, if made into law as in its current form, will give $66 billion in new funding for Amtrak, which has a wish list of more than 50 new routes it wants to construct ...Read more |
| August 26, 2021 | EPA Creates Diversity Task Force, Will Spend More With DBEs | Earlier this month, an internal EPA email was obtained by E&E news. In it, Deputy Administrator Janet McCabe told employees of the agency that a “diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (D ...Read more |
| August 23, 2021 | Massachusetts Wind Farm’s Union Priority at Odds With Workforce Diversity | On May 11, the Biden Administration’s Secretary of Interior, Deb Haaland, and the Secretary of Commerce, Gina Raimondo, announced the approval of the construction of the Vineyard Wind project. Th ...Read more |
| August 17, 2021 | SBA is Working With Congress to Codify Biden’s Raised DBE Goals | In an exclusive interview with Federa ...Read more |