MN

Minnesota DOT exceeds DBE utilization goal for first time

The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) has announced that it exceeded its participation goal for Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs) on federally-funded contracts in fiscal year 2023. This marks the first...

Published Mar 18, 2024

MD

Montgomery County announces record utilization of small and diverse businesses

The Montgomery County Office of Procurement has announced that its Minority, Female and Disabled-Owned Business Program (MFD) and its Local Small Business Reserve Program (LSBRP) both attained record levels of funding for ...

Published Mar 18, 2024

WA

Washington State introduces Public Works Small Business Enterprise cert

The State of Washington is introducing a new business certification, the Public Works Small Business Enterprise (or PWSBE) certification. The State's Office of Minority and Women's Business Enterprises (OMWBE) will be resp...

Published Mar 11, 2024

NY

NYC Comptroller releases Annual Report on M/WBE Procurement

New York City Comptroller Brad Lander has issued the Annual Report on M/WBE Procurement for the City's Office of Comptroller. The annual report takes a look at conditions for Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprises ...

Published Feb 27, 2024

TX

City of Austin publishes ACDBE utilization goals

The City of Austin has published proposed utilization goals for Airport Concession Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (ACDBEs) by Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (ABIA). The City is required to publish such goals as...

Published Feb 26, 2024

DC

Contract Our Veterans Act introduced in the House

United States Representatives Mike Waltz and Jimmy Panetta have introduced a bill entitled the "Contract Our Veterans Act" in the House of Representatives. The bill aims to increase the rate at which the U.S. Department of...

Published Feb 20, 2024

NY

Nassau Community College opening MWBE Center

Nassau Community College, a public community college in the State University of New York (SUNY) system, is opening its Minority/Women-Owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) Center for Excellence in Entrepreneurship this spring. ...

Published Feb 12, 2024

NJ

Hudson County conducts disparity study

Hudson County, New Jersey, has recently announced that the County will be conducting its first ever disparity study. The study will examine how the County and its agencies have done business with small and diverse business...

Published Feb 05, 2024

MO

St. Louis County releases MWBE disparity study

St. Louis County has released a disparity study conducted on the experiences of minority- and woman-owned businesses (MWBEs) in competing for contract work with the County. The study examined contracts within the period of...

Published Feb 01, 2024

NJ

New Jersey releases disparity study on MWBE contracting

The State of New Jersey has released a completed disparity study that was done on the experiences of minority- and woman-owned business enterprises (MWBE) in the realm of state contracting. The study had been commissioned ...

Published Feb 01, 2024

Nat'l

New legislation raises federal SDVOSB contracting requirement

The provisions of the Investing in VETS Act (VETS being short for Veteran Entrepreneurial Talents), sponsored by U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff of Georgia, have been signed into law. Rather than being passed separately, the provi...

Published Jan 30, 2024

TX

Austin SMBR issues memo on MWBE personal net worth cap

The City of Austin's Small and Minority Business Resources Department (SMBR) has issued a memo relating to the personal net worth (PNW) cap on businesses eligible for its minority- and woman-owned business enterprise (M/WB...

Published Jan 30, 2024

NY

Legislation introduced to create curing period for NYS MWBE applications

A bill (S-7836/A-8468) has been introduced in the New York Assembly which would create a "curing period" for applications for certification from the State as a minority- or woman-owned business enterprise (MWBE). The bill ...

Published Jan 24, 2024

NJ

New Jersey revises DVOB set-aside provisions

Governor Phil Murphy of New Jersey has signed into law a bill which revises the State's set-aside program for disabled-veteran-owned businesses (DVOBs). The set-aside program specifies at least three percent of state contr...

Published Jan 24, 2024

MD

Maryland SMWBE contracting report shows mixed findings

The Maryland Governor's Office of Small, Minority & Women Business Affairs (or GOSBA) has released its annual report for fiscal year 2023, showing a slight rise in utilization of the businesses under GOSBA's auspices d...

Published Jan 22, 2024