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| 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 11, 2020 | Leading Construction Management App Offers Free Training, Discounts to MBEs | Procore Technologies, Inc. is partnering with the non-profit U.S. Minority Contractors Association (USMCA) to offer free training and discounts on the Procore app to minority-owned business enterpr ...Read more |
| December 10, 2020 | The National Veteran Business Development Council is helping to certify SDVOSBs and VOSBs | As reported by ...Read more |
| December 9, 2020 | US Cuts Tariffs on Exceptionally Expensive Canadian Lumber in Half | The U.S. Commerce Department seems to have followed the age-old adage “measure twice, cut once” in its decision earlier this month to reduce tariffs on Canadian lumber from 20 percent to 9 perc ...Read more |
| December 7, 2020 | Funding for 56 Infrastructure Projects Approved in California | The California Transportation Commission announced on Wednesday they would inject $2 billion into 56 new infrastructure projects. These projects are expected to create more than 100,000 jobs. ...Read more |
| December 7, 2020 | New York nearly reaches 30% M/WBE goal for state contracts | During New York State’s 10th Annual MWBE Forum, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced the utilization rate for NY State MWBEs had increased to 29.51 percent. This means that NY state has nearly reac ...Read more |
| December 1, 2020 | Rep. Hollingsworth (R-Indiana) Introduces VETs Act to Help Veteran-Owned Businesses Thrive | On Veterans Day, U.S. Representative Trey Hollingsworth (R-Indiana) introduced the Veteran Entrepreneurial Talents Act (VETs). The VETs Act raises the federal government contracting goal for servi ...Read more |
| December 4, 2020 | Congress Weighs Watered-Down Stimulus, as New PPP Failures Revealed | This week, new flaws in the Payment Protection Program (PPP) have come to light thanks to a lawsuit forcing the Small Business Administration (SBA) to release troves of data on the program. Meanwhi ...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 |
| August 3, 2020 | Small vet firms turn to crowdsourcing, while it’s unclear how much PPP money they’ve received | The not-for-profit National Veteran Business Development Council (NVBDC) has signed on to a virtual summit on crowdfunding small businesses. The foundation joins other leading organizations for vet ...Read more |