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Disadvantaged Business Enterprise

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Open DBE Letter From the Secretary

Details actions DOT is taking to address the release of DOT's Order on the Coordination and Oversight of the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program and DOT's Response to the OIG Report (DOT Response).

Official FAQs on DBE Program Regulations (49 CFR 23)

The contents of this document do not have the force and effect of law and are not meant to bind the public in any way. This document is intended only to provide clarity to the public regarding existing requirements under the law or agency policies.

Additional FAA Guidance on Airport...

Western States Paving Company Case Q&A

The following questions and answers are approved by the Department of Transportation's General Counsel as consistent with the language and intent of the Regulation. These questions and answers therefore represent the institutional position of the Department of Transportation and provide guidance...

Sample Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program

This sample program does not address the separate DBE program for airport concessionaires, which continues to be administered in accordance with 49 CFR Part 23. *The plan does not reflect the 2014 amendments to the DBE program. Please review Final Rule, November 3, 2014 and DBE Program Revisions...