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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-...
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9:00 – 9:05 AM...There are separate reports for each “effect.” You may review the individual effects reports by title. To view a summary description of the rulemaking, you can use the RIN number to search the Department's semi-annual Regulatory Agenda for the rulemaking. Use the docket number, where...
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
2006 Disability-Related Complaints Overview
2005 Disability-Related Complaints Overview
The Department of Transportation (DOT or the Department) is proposing revisions to the Department’s regulations for its Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program (49 CFR part 26). In its final DBE rule the Department reserved publication of a uniform reporting form and a uniform...