Following the publication of a Final Rule on the matter in December of 2024, the U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA) new regulations relating to eligibility for its "Historically Underutilized Busine...

Published Jan 20, 2025

[NOTE: the copy below was provided to DBE GoodFaith by Clark Public Utilities, and we are publishing it verbatim.]Clark Public Utilities of Clark County, Washingto...

Published Jan 13, 2025

[NOTE: the copy below was provided to DBE GoodFaith by Clark Public Utilities, and we are publishing it verbatim.]Clark Public Utilities is updating its Small Work...

Published Jan 13, 2025

The Vancouver City Council was recently presented with the results of a disparity study commissioned by the City of Vancouver into the experiences of minority- and woman-owned businesses (MWBEs) in doing, or attempting to ...

Published Dec 30, 2024

Governor Wes Moore of Maryland has signed an executive order reforming a wide array of procedures relating to the Office of State Procurement (OSP). The order follows a wide-ranging stakeholder engagement series conducted ...

Published Dec 30, 2024

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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