BackgroundRegulations of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) require primary airports to implement and annually update a disadvantage business enterprise (DBE) concession plan (49 CFR Part 23, Subpart F, Section 23.93(b)(2)). Set forth below is guidance on updating your plan for Fiscal...
Under 49 CFR Part 26, a DOT recipient is not authorized to require submission of a statement of personal net worth (PNW) from a firm seeking to participate in the DBE program only as a concessionaire. On June 28, 1999, DOT published a "Final rule; correction" to Part 26 in the Federal Register (...
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.
New DOT DBE rule...
The Department of Transportation'sdisadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) program final rule (49 CFR Part 26) made significant changes that affect recipients, DBEs, and non-DBE contractors who participate in the program. This paper summarizes the major changes from the old rule.
Setting and...
ACDBE Joint Venture Guidance (November 25, 2024)
Fall 2024 DBE/ACDBE Guidance
Implementation Guidance DBE Program
Implementation Guidance ACDBE Program
Implementation Guidance FTA "Tier II" Recipients
The following guidance documents will be updated...
This page contains the DBE program regulations, official DOT guidance, and OA documents. Also posted are archived rules, regulations, guidance, and policies of the DBE program as well as various amendments and reports. Updates on the DBE Program are posted routinely.
Program Regulation...
Scheduled Training, Up-coming Events, Online DBE/ACDBE Training and Resources, Live Training
By Camille Hazeur
DOCR Commemorates the 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964(View video here.)
How are the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Department of Transportation (DOT) related? Well, one small relation is that the same President, Lyndon B. Johnson, signed...