Clark Public Utilities of Clark County, Washington, has established vendor lists for supplying materials, equipment and supplies under RCW 54.04.082 and 39.04.190 which allows the Utility to publish notice of the existence...

Published Jul 05, 2018

The Duluth Transit Authority (DTA) of Minnesota is submitting a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program plan to the United States Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) for approval. The overall DBE participation ...

Published Jul 03, 2018

Shelby County Schools (SCS), the school district serving Memphis and some the city's surrounding areas, has released a plan for encouraging the participation of minority- and women-owned businesses (MWBEs) in the...

Published Jun 27, 2018

Caltrans has announced a schedule of upcoming meetings, pursuant to the 2016 Federal Highway Administration Disparity Study, and to the consultation to establish the overall DBE participation goal for 2019 through 2021. DB...

Published Jun 18, 2018

The Board of Trustees for Hempstead Village in Long Island, New York has, on May 31st, 2018, voted unanimously to adopt a Minority and Women Business (MWBE) policy in contracting for the municipality.Now, under...

Published Jun 08, 2018

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced that the city is increasing it's OneNYC MWBE goal from $16 billion to $20 billion.The OneNYC MWBE goal, which was announced in 2015, consists of a...

Published Jun 04, 2018

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) recently announced the results of its Small Business Procurement Scorecard for fiscal year 2017. The scorecard gives letter grades to the various federal agencies as well as the...

Published Jun 01, 2018

The County Board for Hennepin County has recently approved an expansion of the county's Small Business Enterprise program. The program now includes participation goals for minority-owned businesses (MBEs) and women-owned b...

Published May 11, 2018

Iowa's Targeted Small Business (TSB) program, which was established to help women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, or service-disabled veterans in establish and grow a business in the state, is receiving a ...

Published May 10, 2018

The St. Louis County Council and the Board of Aldermen for the City of St. Louis both recently passed similar ordinances relating to minority- and woman-owned businesses (MBEs and WBEs) in public procurement.As...

Published May 09, 2018

The City of Santa Maria Transit Division, which uses federal dollars to operate public bus services in the area, is inviting the public to attend a meeting about it's disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) program on...

Published May 07, 2018

Becoming certified as a disadvantaged or small business enterprise in Minnesota just became a lot easier.At the beginning of May, the state launched a one-stop online certification portal through whic...

Published May 07, 2018

Cal Water is marking National Military Appreciation Month by reaffirming its commitment to bringing Disabled Veteran-owned Businesses (DVBEs) into its procurement processes through its supplier diversity program....

Published May 03, 2018

On Monday, the Board of Legislators for Westchester County passed legislation aimed at awarding Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Businesses (SDVOBs) more county contracts.While the legislation does not establish ...

Published Apr 26, 2018

The results of a disparity study for the City of Greensboro, which examined the City's minority- and women-owned business enterprise (MWBE) program over the period from 2012 to 2016, were revealed at a recent City Cou...

Published Apr 12, 2018