Action
Notice and request for comments.
Summary
The Department of Transportation (DOT or Department) invites public comments about our intention to request approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for an information collection for the Department's Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program. The DBE program has been in existence since 1983. The information collections described in this notice are necessary to maintain successful implementation of the DBE program, as it helps ensure that state and local agencies receiving DOT funds (hereinafter, recipients) carry out the program's mission of providing a level playing field for small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. DOT is publishing this notice in the Federal Register to meet the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.