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New Disadvantaged Business Enterprise and Airport Concessions Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Size Limits as Adjusted for Inflatio. Federal Register Notice - (April 3, 2009) PDF
Questions and Answers regarding the 9th Circuit panel's decision regarding 49 CFR Part 26 and the authorizing statute for the DBE program in TEA-21.
We are providing this sample DBE program for informational purposes, and recipients are not required to use it or its format. However, recipients may wish to use it as a guide in preparing their program documents. Recipients may customize the sample program to fit their circumstances. The three...
The General Counsel of the Department of Transportation has reviewed these goal-setting tips and approved them as consistent with the language and intent of 49 CFR Part 26. This guidance therefore represent the institutional position of the Department of Transportation. These tips on goal-...
Part 26 - Participation by Disadvantaged Business Enterprises in Department of Transportation Financial Assistance Programs
The DBE program is aimed at improving contracting opportunities for small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. Virtually all the businesses it affects are small entities. There is no doubt that a DBE rule always affects a substantial number of...
The Department proposed a number of changes to its airport concessions DBE program rule in the 1997 SNPRM. We received a substantial number of comments on these proposals. The Department is continuing to work on its responses to these comments, as well as on refinements of the rule to ensure...
Questions and Answers to the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Final Rule
This final rule revises the Department of Transportation's regulations for its disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) program. The DBE program is intended to remedy past and current discrimination against disadvantaged business enterprises, ensure a level playing field and foster equal...
Participation by Disadvantaged Business Enterprises in Department of Transportation Programs (49 CFR 26).
Summary and Contact InformationBackground and Key PointsSection-By-Section AnalysisRegulatory Analyses and Notices49 CFR 26 - Regulatory Text Appendices