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| February 5, 2021 | Black Businesses Deserve Another Stimulus this Black History Month | Small business survivability rates are low across the board, but black-owned businesses are uniquely vulnerable to closure. A whopping 80 percent of minority businesses shut down within t ...Read more |
| January 25, 2021 | Nassau and Suffolk Counties lack data on M/WBE participation in public works | Nassau County Executive Laura Curran says that the New York state county is planning its first disparity study in 16 year studys. The goal is to identify issues with regards to the lack of contr ...Read more |
| January 16, 2021 | NJ Treasury Announces Initiatives to Promote its SBE, MWBE, VOB, and DVOB Programs | For the first time in 20 years, the New Jersey Department of the Treasury conducted a disparity study measuring current spend data in order to recognize and create new opportunities for Minority-, ...Read more |
| January 13, 2021 | Five Percent of LA School Contracts to go to DVBEs | The Los Angeles Unified School District has committed to awarding five percent of contracts to Disabled Veteran Business Enterprises (DVBEs) in order to give them an opportunity to compete to provi ...Read more |
| January 8, 2021 | San Diego SLBE Audit Finds Lack of Minority and Women Role | A new disparity study conducted by the City of San Diego’s Office of the City Auditor has found major issues with San Diego's SLBE program. The reports details three major shortcomings: ...Read more |
| January 5, 2021 | Alaska's DOT Aims to Increase DBE/MBE/WBE Participation in Contracts | Alaska’s Department of Transportation (DOT) has begun focusing on increasing disadvantaged, minority and women-owned business participation in its public works contracts. The state DOT’s goal ...Read more |
| December 22, 2020 | Houston Port Study Shows M/WBE’s Underrepresented Among Contractors | The Port of Houston, Texas is working to increase the number of women- and minority-owned businesses they contract with. After conducting an independent disparity study, law firm Griffi ...Read more |
| December 16, 2020 | Chicago City Council extends M/WBE set-aside program | Chicago’s City Council has extended its set-aside program for minority- and women-owned businesses (M/WBEs) through 2021. The purpose of extending the set-aside program for minority a ...Read more |
| December 4, 2020 | Chattanooga aims to increase MWBE participation | The city of Chattanooga, Tennessee, is looking at ways to expand the participation of minority and women owned companies in public works. In 2019 the city carried out a disparity study that ...Read more |
| October 15, 2020 | Pennsylvania Governor Announces New Measures to Connect Small Businesses With State Contracts | Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf (D) is doubling down on efforts to help minority, women, disabled, and veteran-owned small businesses secure contracts with the state government. Back in 20 ...Read more |