Nat'l

Jacksonville Transit announces DBE participation goal

Jacksonville Transit, of Jacksonville, North Carolina has announced its disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) participation goals for fiscal years 2025 through 2027. Jacksonville Transit is required to set such participa...

Published Dec 20, 2024

TX

City of Houston seeking comment on its newly issued MWDBE disparity study

The City of Houston has recently issued a draft of its 2023 disparity study as well as a draft of the executive summary of the study. The study was commissioned to examine whether or not minority, and women‐owned, and di...

Published Dec 11, 2024

MD

Montgomery County issues Annual Report showing record MFD awards

The Montgomery County Office of Procurement has issued its Record of Procurement Annual Report for fiscal year 2024. Among other things, the Report shows that the Minority, Female and Disabled-Owned Business Program (MFD) ...

Published Dec 11, 2024

TX

San Antonio City Council removes preference points from SBEDA program

The San Antonio City Council has voted 7 to 4 to amend the City's Small Business Economic Development Advocacy (SBEDA) program to remove provisions giving "preference points" to minority- and women-owned businesses (MWBEs)...

Published Dec 11, 2024

NY

New York State launches "Whirlwind Winter" MWBE certification initiative

Governor Kathy Hochul of New York State has announced that the State is launching an initiative, to be known as "Whirlwind Winter", for the purpose of assisting minority- and women-owned businesses (MWBEs) in getting certi...

Published Dec 03, 2024

PA

PennDOT conducting disparity study

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is in the process of conducting a disparity study into the experiences of disadvantaged businesses (comprising small businesses, person of color-owned businesses, wom...

Published Nov 22, 2024

NY

New York Governor's Office announces State surpasses MWBE goal

New York State Governor Kathy Hochul's Office has announced that the State has surpassed its goal of 30 percent utilization of minority- and women-owned businesses (MWBEs) for the fiscal year of 2024. The state awarded ove...

Published Nov 18, 2024

TX

City of Grand Prairie to conduct disparity study

The City of Grand Prairie is beginning the process of conducting a disparity study which will examine the experience of businesses, specifically businesses owned by minorities, women, veterans, and service-disabled veteran...

Published Nov 07, 2024

DC

DDOT sets DBE participation goal for 2025-2027

The District Department of Transportation (DDOT, serving Washington, D.C.) has announced its triennial participation goals for disadvantaged business enterprises (DBEs) in DDOT contracts for the period of 2025 through 2027...

Published Oct 31, 2024

NJ

Legislation package in aid of MWBEs introduced in New Jersey General Assembly

Members of the New Jersey Legislature have introduced a package of twelve bills that seek to aid minority- and woman-owned businesses (MWBEs) in competing for state contract work. The package of bills comes after the relea...

Published Oct 08, 2024

MD

Maryland increases statewide VSBE participation goal

Governor Wes Moore of Maryland recently announced that the Governor's Office of Small, Minority and Women Business Affairs is increasing the current participation goal for Veteran-Owned Small Business Enterprises (VSBEs) f...

Published Oct 02, 2024

CA

California DGS to conduct statewide MWBE, LGBTQ disparity study

The California Department of General Services (DGS) is conducting a disparity study into conditions faced by minority-owned, woman-owned, LGBTQ-owned, certified small businesses, and disabled veteran-owned businesses who a...

Published Oct 02, 2024

VA

Prince William County to conduct disparity study

The Prince William County Office of Procurement has announced that it will conduct a disparity study into its contracting procedures. The study will specifically examine women-owned, minority-owned, veteran-owned, and vete...

Published Oct 02, 2024

NY

NYC Charter Revision Commission recommends formalizing Chief Business Diversity Officer role

The New York City Charter Revision Commission which was convened in May of 2024 by order of Mayor Eric Adams has issued a Final Report which contains recommendations for certain proposals to be presented to New York City v...

Published Sep 18, 2024

MD

MDOT seeking feedback for Disparity Study

The Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) is currently conducting a disparity study into its utilization of minority- and woman-owned business enterprises (MWBEs) in order to determine if there are disparities in th...

Published Sep 16, 2024