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| August 17, 2021 | SBA is Working With Congress to Codify Biden’s Raised DBE Goals | In an exclusive interview with Federa ...Read more |
| August 13, 2021 | New Orleans Convention Center Must Vote Again on Contract Bids | The development follows challenges from bidders who did not secure the contract for hundreds of millions in upgrades to the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. Allegations of irregularities i ...Read more |
| August 12, 2021 | Study Says Public Private Partnerships Have Higher DBE Participation | Researchers at the University of Maryland’s A. James Clark School of Engineering published a study recently by professor Qingbin Cui and doctoral student Kinqi Zhang in the journal Transportation ...Read more |
| August 3, 2021 | Louisiana Breaks Ground on $760m Levee Project | Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards led a groundbreaking ceremony, officiating the launch of the project on Monday, July 26. The levee will run from the Bonnet Carre Spillway to the Mississip ...Read more |
| July 30, 2021 | Major $1.3b NYC Project Returned to Sender Over M/WBE Shortfalls | “The Comptroller’s Office has conducted a thorough review and engaged with the City through a series of questions and answers to determine compliance with all applicable rules and regulations p ...Read more |
| July 29, 2021 | Infrastructure Bill Passes Major Hurdle With Bipartisan Support | The US Senate voted on Wednesday to start debating the roughly $1 trillion infrastructure package, a longtime and key component of the Biden Administration’s agenda. The current iteration o ...Read more |
| July 28, 2021 | BREAKING: US Government Breaks Records With $145.7B Awarded to Small Businesses | The $145.7 billion figures surpasses the previous fiscal year’s total by a whopping $13 billion. It is however worth noting that these figures account for Fiscal Year 2020, before President Joe B ...Read more |
| July 23, 2021 | Slate of Construction Projects to be Considered in Ohio | Spending bills that would make funds available for a number of construction projects will hit the Ohio House of Representatives in the coming weeks. |
| July 15, 2021 | Major Women’s Owned Business Organization Adds 6 Board Members | These kinds of non-profits have been critical for many small businesses in their recovery for the pandemic. WBEC Pacific notes how they have helped businesses modernize by implementing e-commerce i ...Read more |
| July 9, 2021 | Little Tangible for Small Businesses in Biden’s Executive Order | The president’s executive order on “promoting competition” doesn’t offer much concrete for small businesses. The executive order released today contains quite a few effective measures ...Read more |