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Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Participation in Airport Concessions

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...

Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program Final (Full)

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...

DBE Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) Federal Register, May 8, 2001

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...

The New DOT Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Regulation

Last year, the Congress reauthorized and the President signed legislation authorizing the DBE program. This program has been the Department of Transportation's most important tool for promoting equal opportunity in federal transportation contracting since it was first signed into law by...