For decades, the federal Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program offered a vital foot in the door for minority- and women-owned businesses in the construction industry. But recently, that door ...

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg speaks during an April 2022 event. Buttigieg's Dept. of Transportation has proposed the first rulemaking update to its DBE regulations since 2014. The U ...

The Department of Transportation's new interim final rule for its Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program has spurred state DOTs to pause workforce contracting goals as they review certification ...

Any disadvantaged business enterprises that are not recertified as DBE firms under the U.S. Dept. of Transportation’s new standards can be terminated from projects for good cause, DOT officials said ...

Preliminary Note: On Tuesday, April 9, 2024, the United States Department of Transportation issued a final rule that modernized the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program and the Airport ...

A federal judge in Kentucky has partially blocked a U.S. Transportation Department program that metes out contracts to minority-owned businesses and suggested he may eventually rule against it, ...

March 23, 2023 - The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) is a historic investment, allocating $550 billion to build, repair, and improve our nation's roads, bridges, airports, railways, and ...

Indiana Governor Mike Braun announced the end of race- and sex-based contracting preferences in state procurement following a ...