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| December 3, 2021 | White House Begins Implementing Reforms to Increase SDB Procurement | The White House released a fact sheet on Thursday detailing five reforms as “the first step towards meeting the President’s goal of ensuring that 15 percent of federal contracts go to SDBs by 2 ...Read more |
| December 2, 2021 | LaGuardia Airport Project Doles Out $2b to MBEs | The overhaul of LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York has set records in contracting with minority and women-owned businesses. Additionally, the project has featured high rates of contracting with ...Read more |
| November 30, 2021 | USDOT Loans $338.6m for Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel | The loan will partially finance the construction of the 5,700-foot Parallel Thimble Shoal Tunnel, which is part of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel (CBBT) crossing. The Parallel Thimble SHoal ...Read more |
| November 29, 2021 | Department of Commerce Expands Minority Business Development Agency | The U.S. Department of Commerce has expanded the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), which will likely grow further through the Minority Business Development Act of 2021. A large number o ...Read more |
| November 29, 2021 | Baton Rouge May Create $400k MBE Task Force | The money is in Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome’s proposed budget, but the Metro Council has already initially approved $228,000 for the division to hire two employees. "We have execut ...Read more |
| November 25, 2021 | DBEs Not Included in $66b Railroad Infrastructure Plan | On November 15, 2021 President Joe Biden signed into law the $1.2 trillion infrastructure act. We recently ...Read more |
| November 24, 2021 | DOT Infrastructure Spending State-by-State | The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has released state-by-stat ...Read more |
| November 17, 2021 | Baltimore Mayor Invests $55m in Job Training, Small Biz Recovery & More | The economic recovery funds will be divided by five entities serving as “fiscal agents to facilitate recovery.” The Baltimore Development Corporation will get $11.7 million to provide rel ...Read more |
| November 17, 2021 | Vet Biz Bill Introduced in House Would Up Federal Procurement Goal | The Investing in VETs Act would raise the current contracting goal of the federal government for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses, or SDVOSBs, from three percent to five percent. ...Read more |
| November 16, 2021 | Illinois Metra Board Approves $13m Station Renovation | IHC will subcontract 25 percent of the job to minority and women-owned companies. The project will be financed through the Rebuild Illinois program which is currently adding new cars and locomotive ...Read more |