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Civil Rights

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FAA Guidance on Airport Concession Requirements

Background

Regulations 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...

Additional Guidance on Airport Concessions

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 (...

What’s in the 1999 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...

DBE Guidance

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...

DBE Laws, Policy, and Guidance

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...

DBE/ACDBE Training

Scheduled Training, Up-coming Events, Online DBE/ACDBE Training and Resources, Live Training

50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

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...