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Regional Assistance Division

The Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) enters into successful partnerships with non-profit organizations such as, chambers of commerce, trade associations, educational institutions and business-centered community-based organizations to operate the Small Business...

Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) Form

This notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) proposes three categories of changes to improve implementation of the Department of Transportation’s disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) rule. First, the NPRM proposes revisions to personal net worth, application, and reporting forms. Second, the...

DOT Seeks Public Input on DBE Program

As part of the ongoing effort to improve DOT’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program, the Department is seeking public input for a new Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM).

OSDBU Welcomes New Mentor Protégé Pilot Program Participant

The US Department of Transportation Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) is pleased to announce six new participants in the DOT Mentor-Protégé Pilot Program: Millennium Services 2000+, Inc. (Mentor) and the District Communications Group, LLC. (Protégé); Engineering...

FHWA Administrator Mendez Headlines Great Lakes DBE Summit in Chicago

On October 10th the OSDBU Great Lakes Small Business Transportation Resource Center (SBTRC) co-hosted the Great Lakes Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Summit with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) at the University of Illinois Chicago. FHWA Administrator Victor Mendez provided...