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| November 6, 2020 | The Small Business Association’s PPP Program Vulnerable to Fraud, GAO Warns as Arrests Roll In | A new report from the Government Accountability Office on June 25 found that in a rush to disburse funds, the Small Business Administration (SBA) allowed private lenders to “rely on borrower cert ...Read more |
| October 18, 2020 | Left for Dead?: Are Minority-Owned Businesses Getting the Covid Relief They Need? | The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for the Small Business Administration (SBA) has not released an assessment on whether minority and other underserved businesses are getting the relief they ...Read more |
| November 23, 2020 | New Jersey to conduct M/WBE disparity study | Senator Troy Singleton and Senator M. Teresa Ruiz have sponsored a M/WBE disparity study bill which will examine the utilization of minority-owned and women-owned business enterprise in New Jersey& ...Read more |
| November 14, 2020 | Orange County passes DVBE policy | Through a collaborative effort of a small group of disabled veteran CEO’s and Co-sponsored by Chairwoman Michelle Steel and Vice Chairman Andrew Do, the Orange County Board of Supervisors passed ...Read more |
| November 9, 2020 | East Baton Rouge’s new DBE Program | East Baton Rouge's Mayor announced the launch of the Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Certification Program that will launch December 1st, 2020. It will allow minorit ...Read more |
| November 3, 2020 | Asheville sets up M/WBE gender race-conscious contracting policies | The City of Asheville’s City Council recently voted to allow race and gender conscious policies in its public works. In the past, the City’s inclusion policy was gender- and race-neutral. Howev ...Read more |
| October 26, 2020 | Ohio launches WBE program | On Friday, October 9th, the Ohio Department of Administrative Services (DAS) announced the start of the Women-owned Business Enterprise program (WBE). By the end of the first day of the WBE program ...Read more |
| September 5, 2020 | Hattiesburg city officials give update on DBE Program | Officials in Hattiesburg aimed to increase the number of registered Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs) in hopes of increasing opportunities and participation for minority-owned businesses. E ...Read more |
| September 20, 2020 | California Also Fighting For Small Businesses as it Battles Pandemic | Small businesses that have reopened in California are again seeing major slumps in business as the virus resurges in the state. Meanwhile, the governor has declared July to be All Small Businesses ...Read more |
| December 2, 2020 | Hospital construction and medical supply costs skyrocket due to COVID-19 | It’s no secret that the coronavirus has caused global supply chain disruptions at an unprecedented level, but hospital supply costs are perhaps the starkest example of just how bad things have go ...Read more |