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The Office of Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker and Lt. Governor Karyn Polito has announced a new slate of policy measures intended to support equal opportunity and better access for diverse businesses in state con...
Published Nov 23, 2020
The New Jersey Senate has passed a bill sponsored by Senator Troy Singleton and Senator M. Teresa Ruiz that would authorize the State's Chief Diversity Officer to commission a diversity study on the utilization of min...
Published Nov 19, 2020
United States Representative Trey Hollingsworth (R-IN) has introduced the Investing in Veteran Entrepreneurial Talents (VETs) Act to congress with the goal of increasing business opportunity for service-disabled veter...
Published Nov 16, 2020
Tampa Mayor Jane Castor announced on Veteran's Day that veteran-owned small businesses (VOSBs) and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) would be formally recognized and identified in the City's procure...
Published Nov 12, 2020
The City of Asheville's City Council has voted unanimously to allow for race- and gender-conscious policies in public contracting. Previously, the City's business inclusion policy was a race- and gender-neutral one. Howeve...
Published Nov 03, 2020
The Ohio Department of Administrative Services (DAS) has announced that on the first day of operations for its new Women-owned Business Enterprise (WBE) program, it has already certified 817 WBEs. The progra...
Published Nov 02, 2020
East Baton Rouge Parish is developing a new certification program for businesses owned by women, veterans and minorities. It will be known as the Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Certification Pr...
Published Nov 02, 2020
The City of Jackson, Mississippi, has set its triennial disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) contract participation goals, as it is required to do as a recipient of federal transportation funding.The goal ha...
Published Oct 29, 2020
The Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority, as a recipient of federal funding, is obligated to develop contract participation goals for Airport Concessions Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (ACDBEs) on a triennial basis. I...
Published Oct 26, 2020
The Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) for the City of West Palm Beach set a small business (SBE) participation goal of 15 percent after being established in April of 2019 by Mayor Keith A. James. The OEO's third qu...
Published Oct 22, 2020
The Orange County Board of Supervisors has unanimously passed a new Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE) Preference Policy for county procurement. The stated goal of the sponsors of the policy was to create county-l...
Published Oct 20, 2020
The North Carolina Department of Administration (NCDOA) is offering $12 million in COVID-19 recovery grants to historically underutilized businesses (HUBs) and disadvantaged business enterprises (DBEs). The grant prog...
Published Oct 12, 2020
The Ohio Department of Administrative Services (DAS), at the recommendation of a working group of minority and economically disadvantaged business owners, has moved to institute several new rule changes with the goal ...
Published Oct 12, 2020
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) has adopted a prompt-payment policy from small business enterprises (SBEs) acting as primes on VTA contracts. The policy specificies that such SBEs shall be paid within...
Published Oct 05, 2020
Caltrans is hosting a lengthy series of professional development and outreach sessions in advance of its upcoming disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) Disparity Study, which is currently underway and the results of whic...
Published Oct 01, 2020
