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

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