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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.
Weekly Financial and Activity Report May 31, 2013
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...
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...
New Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Rule, (49 CFR 26), Federal Register, February 2, 1999
Correction to the DOT Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Final Rule, Federal Register, June 28, 1999
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Size Cap Raised to $17,420,000