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| 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 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 10, 2021 | North Carolina’s DOT Expands DBE Outreach Efforts | The Office of Civil Rights of North Carolina's Department of Transportation is expanding its outreach to disadvantaged business enterprises (D ...Read more |
| November 5, 2021 | Thirty DBE Firms Partnering with Los Angeles SkyRail | The Los Angeles SkyRail Express (LASRE) is taking a major step forward in their commitment to diversity and opportunity in the transportation sector. LASRE, a grouping of transportation, cons ...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 18, 2021 | 8(a) Firms No Longer Required by SBA to have a Bona Fide Place of Business | A moratorium has been set in place by the U.S. S ...Read more |
| October 6, 2021 | Albuquerque Gets $1.8m for Minority Business Development Center | The grants will be dispersed over the course of five years, coming out to $375,000 per year. “Funding will assist center operations integral to the establishment and growth of minority-owned busi ...Read more |
| September 17, 2021 | NY and NJ Port Authority to increase M/WBE participation | The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Board of ...Read more |
| September 15, 2021 | City of Turlock Sets out 2021-2023 DBE & ACDBE Goals | The City of Turlock has set 2021-2023 Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) goals f ...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 |