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The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), is pleased to announce the new home of the South Atlantic Region, Small Business Transportation Resource Center (SBTRC), as of April 1, 2013. The South Atlantic Region SBTRC is now...
The US Department of Transportation's Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (DOT/OSDBU) was created as part of the Small Business Act (SBA) to ensure that small and disadvantaged businesses are provided maximum practicable opportunity to participate in the agency's...
Name Title Allen Gutierrez OSDBU Director Thomasine Johnson Executive Staff Assistant Vacant Management Analyst Procurement Assistance Division Leonardo San Román...
Questions and answers to Part 26, Subpart A of the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program Final Rule
This discussion reviews and responds to the SNPRM comments and the Congressional debates on certain key issues. Congressional debate references are to the Congressional Record for March 5 and 6, 1998, for the Senate debate and April 1, 1998, for the House debate, unless otherwise noted.
The Department of Transportation's new disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) program final rule (49 CFR Part 26) makes significant changes that will affect recipients, DBEs, and non-DBE contractors who participate in the program. This paper summarizes the major changes from the old rule.
Under the Supreme Court’s Adarand decision, an affirmative action program like the DOT DBE program must be narrowly tailored. This chart displays how the provisions of the new DOT DBE rule meet each of the narrow tailoring requirements that the Supreme Court has established.
A state-by-state list of DOT Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Liaisons and Certification Officers
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) recognize that small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals are deprived of equal access to contracting opportunities. Through innovative business...
Congressional findings and definitions concerning Disadvantaged Business Enterprises. Rules for ammounts for small business concernes, Annual listing of disadvantaged business enterprises and uniform certification.