Federal DBE recertification rules halt project goals nationwide, leaving minority- and women-owned contractors facing lost ...

The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) revised its Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program—effective October 3, 2025—to eliminate ...

Around 41,000 companies participate in the national program that awards contracting goals to disadvantaged businesses. They ...

President Donald Trump’s rollback of diversity programs has now hit a longtime mainstay of projects that use U.S. Department ...

The U.S. Department of Transportation (“DOT”) Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (“DBE”) Program provides opportunities for small businesses, owned and controlled by socially and economically ...

Some businesses led by women and minorities are sounding the alarm after a federal court last fall temporarily blocked a program meant to prevent discrimination in government-funded transportation ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The longstanding Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program, which the federal government established in 1983, has faced a significant legal setback. Last week, a federal court ...

The $1.8B Blatnik Bridge project will employ 1,100 workers, but with no DBE goals, advocates say disadvantaged firms could lose millions in opportunities.

The Equity in Infrastructure Project, a group of state and local government agencies that seeks to boost disadvantaged businesses’ opportunities for prime infrastructure construction contracts, has ...

A major government contractor is expanding access to disadvantaged small businesses to get federal work–everything from airport concessions to traffic management systems. The Department of ...

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