The Governor's Office of Diversity Business Enterprise (or GoDBE) for the State of Tennessee recently added "person with disabilities" to the eligibility list for being covered by the services offered by GoDBE....

Published Mar 30, 2018

The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is hosting a public meeting in Austin on April 12th to provide information about the upcoming disparity study the department will be conducting. At the m...

Published Mar 26, 2018

On March 15th, the Multnomah County Board approved the Construction Diversity and Equity Fund, which is designed to provide various forms of assistance and benefits for the support of disadvantaged businesses (DBEs) and mi...

Published Mar 23, 2018

California's Department of General Services (DGS) is holding a hearing on April 30th to allow the public to comment on proposed rule changes and draft legislation regarding the certification process for disabled veteran-ow...

Published Mar 21, 2018

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) recently initiated the Contractor Development and Bonding Program, a one-year pilot program with funding of $1.3 million, which will help Metro-certified...

Published Mar 19, 2018

Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren recently presented a plan to increase minority- and woman-owned business (MWBE) participation on city contracts to the City Council. The measure, should the City Council approve it, would take...

Published Mar 14, 2018

The draft of the 2018 City of New Orleans Disparity Study is available for public review and comment.The study aims to analyze the extent to which a level playing field in competition for New Orleans city contr...

Published Mar 12, 2018

City of St. Louis Alderman Jeffrey Boyd is advocating for BB 270, a measure that would add teeth to the City's requirement that companies awarded taxpayer-funded contracts consider minority- and woman-o...

Published Mar 12, 2018

The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is hosting public informational meetings regarding proposed changes to the state's Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program. A Seattle meeti...

Published Mar 12, 2018

The City of Savannah ended its Minority- and Woman-Owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) program, which certified businesses bidding on city contracts in Savannah as MWBEs in order to provide those businesses with certain benef...

Published Mar 08, 2018

Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York City recently announced that the three banks authorized to hold City deposits will give a combined $40 million to the Contract Financing Loan Fund (CFLF) and the Emerging Developer Loan Fun...

Published Feb 26, 2018

The General Governance Committee for the City Council of Winston-Salem has been discussing expanding the types of city contracts that must have participation goals for minority- and woman-owned businesses (MWBEs) attached ...

Published Feb 26, 2018

The Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority (MSCAA) has debuted a new online certification process through which businesses can both apply for and renew their certification as a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE). ...

Published Feb 23, 2018

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has recently unveiled a new portal, DBE Online, where companies looking to become certified as a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) or as an Airport Concession DBE in the ...

Published Feb 14, 2018

The Office of Contract Compliance for the City of Buffalo is in the process of implementing a new compliance tracking software system to more effectively tracking whether prime contractors on city projects are meeting...

Published Feb 14, 2018