The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has released its current Equity Action Plan. The Equity Action Plan is a statement of steps the SBA intends to take to full the goals of its Equity Initiative, which aims to red...

Published Apr 26, 2022

The Maryland legislature has passed a bill, SB 487, which establishes the position of a Minority Enterprise Business Ombudsman within the Governor's Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs.The bil...

Published Apr 26, 2022

The Port of Seattle has released its third annual Diversity in Contracting report, covering the year of 2021. The report covers the progress the Port has made during the previous year in attempting to meet its contracting ...

Published Apr 21, 2022

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is expanding its Supplier Diversity Program. The new changes involve including a number of new business categories, updating reporting requirements, and bringing smaller ut...

Published Apr 14, 2022

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has filed a home rule petition with City Council that, if approved by the Council, would expand access of minority- and woman-owned businesses (MWBEs) to City contracts.The bill would a...

Published Apr 14, 2022

Governor Kathy Hochul has announced details for the state's 2022 Regional Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprises (MWBE) Online Opportunities Expo Series. There will be five events in the series, running from April ...

Published Apr 04, 2022

The State of Missouri has announced that it has begun the process of conducting a new disparity study (referred to as the Small Business Impact Study for Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprise Program). The study wil...

Published Mar 22, 2022

U.S. Senator Alex Padilla and U.S. Representatives Pete Aguilar and Jimmy Gomez have jointly announced a package of legislation to assist minority- and woman-owned business enterprises (MWBEs) in competing for federal cont...

Published Mar 22, 2022

The Ohio legislature has passed a new bill, Senate Bill 105, which would allow minority business enterprises (MBEs), women-owned business enterprises (WBEs), and veteran-friendly business enterprises (VBEs), if certified a...

Published Mar 08, 2022

A bill has been introduced into California's state Assembly, AB-2019, by Assemblymembers Cottie Petrie-Norris and Chris Holden, which would make a number of revisions to existing business development law.Change...

Published Mar 02, 2022

California Assembly Member Mike Gipson has introduced a bill in the Assembly which would expand LA Metro's contracting preferences and goals to local businesses. Under existing law, LA Metro has a small business preference...

Published Feb 25, 2022

Harrisburg and Dauphin County have announced that they will jointly conduct a disparity study into contracting conditions in the area. The study will examine the experience of diverse and disadvantaged businesses in workin...

Published Feb 25, 2022

The Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners has recently approved changes to the County's Small Business Enterprise (SBE) Encouragement program and its Disadvantaged Minority/Disadvantaged Women Business Enterpri...

Published Feb 17, 2022

The Charles County Department of Economic Development is currently considering plans for making reforms to its Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) and its Small Local Business Enterprise (SLBE) program with the goal of maki...

Published Feb 17, 2022

The Board of Supervisors for Santa Clara County has approved a new disparity study that will begin activities in February of 2022. The study will examine the experiences of small and diverse businesses in the area and thei...

Published Jan 31, 2022