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| 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 |
| January 5, 2021 | Contract Awarded for Preliminary Work on Commuter Rail Between Boston and Manchester | The New Hampshire Executive Council voted unanimously on December 18 to give the go-ahead to the Department of Transportation to hire AECOM Technical Services Inc. to begin preliminary work on a co ...Read more |
| January 4, 2021 | SBA Launches Digital Learning Platform for Women Entrepreneurs, 20 Business Centers | The US Small Business Administration (SBA) has announced the launch of 20 new Women Business Centers (WBC) — the largest ever expansion of its network in its history — as well as a new digital ...Read more |
| November 28, 2020 | HUD Section 3 Business Program Updated for 2020 | Dating back to 1968, with the passing of “Section 3” of the Housing and Urban Development Act, there has existed the “HUD Section 3” business program. The act required that small ...Read more |
| December 31, 2020 | Tennessee’s DBE Program Sets New Spending Record | Tennessee’s Governor's Office of Diversity and Enterprise (Go-DBE) has revealed that the state has set a record by spending $739 million with small businesses and businesses owned by women, m ...Read more |
| December 30, 2020 | US Business Registration Up 82 Percent But it May Mostly be Glorified Gig Work | A new report shows that business formation applications in the United States are up 82 percent in the three months leading up to September in comparison to the same months in 2019, reflecting a tre ...Read more |
| December 28, 2020 | New Stimulus: A Shot in the Arm for Public Works Contractors | Meanwhile, the omnibus, which funds the government through September, is giving more money this year than last to the Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, and the Federal ...Read more |
| December 28, 2020 | Department of Transportation Will Broaden DBE Eligibility | The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has announced it will increase the cap of gross receipts on eligibility for businesses to qualify for participation in its Disadvantaged Business Enterpris ...Read more |
| December 26, 2020 | US Government Orders Rail Crossing Safety Updates; Contracting Opportunities Likely to Arise | The Federal government has ordered 40 states and the District of Columbia “to develop and implement highway-rail grade crossing action plans to improve public safety,” according to a press rele ...Read more |
| December 25, 2020 | Trump Admin Grants Florida Permitting Authority over Wetlands | It was an early Christmas present for Florida contractors when the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) decided last week to grant the state of Florida permitting authorit ...Read more |