Part 26 Subpart A - General
Questions and answers to Part 26, Subpart A of the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program Final Rule
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DBE Final Rule: Key Points
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.
What's New In The New DOT DBE Rule?
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.
The New DOT Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Rule is Narrowly Tailored - Meeting the Adarand Test
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.
State DOT Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Liaisons and Certification Officers
A state-by-state list of DOT Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Liaisons and Certification Officers
Memorandum of Understanding Between the U.S. Small Business Administration and The U.S. Department of Transportation (ARCHIVED)
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...
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program Reauthorization Provision
Congressional findings and definitions concerning Disadvantaged Business Enterprises. Rules for ammounts for small business concernes, Annual listing of disadvantaged business enterprises and uniform certification.
Weekly Financial and Activity Report May 31, 2013
Weekly Financial and Activity Report May 31, 2013
Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (SNPRM) for DBE Airport Concessions
In May 1997, the Department issued a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNPRM) to revise its disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) regulation. The SNPRM included proposals for revising the airport concessions portion of the DBE program. When the Department, in February 1999, issued...
History of the Women and Girls in Transportation Initiative (WITI)
On September 21, 2009, the USDOT announced the "Pilot Entrepreneurial Training and Technical Assistance Women and Girls Program," a partnership with Spelman College in Atlanta, GA created to encourage girls to pursue careers in science, engineering, and technology and help women in the field to...