49 CFR Part 26 Sample Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program

We are providing this sample DBE program for informational purposes, and recipients are not required to use it or its format. However, recipients may wish to use it as a guide in preparing their program documents. Recipients may customize the sample program to fit their circumstances. The three...

Tips for Goal-Setting in the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program

The General Counsel of the Department of Transportation has reviewed these goal-setting tips and approved them as consistent with the language and intent of 49 CFR Part 26. This guidance therefore represent the institutional position of the Department of Transportation. These tips on goal-...

2009 Disability-Related Complaints Received for U.S.Carriers

2009 Disability-Related Complaints Overview

Part 26 - Participation by Disadvantaged Business Enterprises in Department of Transportation Financial Assistance Programs

Regulatory Flexibility Act Analysis

The DBE program is aimed at improving contracting opportunities for small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. Virtually all the businesses it affects are small entities. There is no doubt that a DBE rule always affects a substantial number of...

Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Participation in Airport Concessions

The Department proposed a number of changes to its airport concessions DBE program rule in the 1997 SNPRM. We received a substantial number of comments on these proposals. The Department is continuing to work on its responses to these comments, as well as on refinements of the rule to ensure...