WisDOT pauses minority contracting goals after the U.S. DOT removes race and sex from DBE certification standards, forcing ...

Minnesota's DBE program revamps due to federal changes, requiring reevaluation and recertification for 1,300+ businesses.

The Department of Transportation’s (“DOT”) Disadvantage Business Enterprise (“DBE”) program is not as well-known as the Small Business Administration’s (“SBA”) 8(a) and other small business programs, ...

SPRINGFIELD The Illinois Department of Transportation has announced that it has begun the process to recertify firms to ...

Has your business applied for certification as a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) through your state Department of Transportation (or local agency administering the state’s certification ...

The 2024 Final Rule introduced new procedures for Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) certifications when businesses certified in one state apply for certifications in different states. Agencies ...

WisDOT halts DBE goals after a new U.S. DOT rule ends race- and sex-based criteria, requiring over 1,200 disadvantaged firms ...

The Minnesota Department of Transportation says it has no plans to create separate contracting goals for minority- and women-owned firms. “It is something that has come up,” said Bernie Arseneau, ...

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For decades, the Arkansas Department of Transportation has awarded contracts to companies owned by women and certain minority ...

Becoming certified as a minority-owned business allows you to access certain government and private-sector programs that can help support your efforts. In 2012, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that ...