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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
Department of Transportation regulations require that overall concession goals be calculated consistent with the process in Section 26.45 for setting goals under DOT-assisted projects (49 CFR Section 23.95(a)). The FAA offers the following approach as one way to apply Section 26....
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...
The USDOT WITI Internship Program enables young women from colleges and universities across the country to participate. The program is administered through the department’s 13 Small Business Transportation Resource Centers (SBTRCs) which provide resources, technical assistance and outreach...
A firm that is denied certification or whose eligibility is removed by a recipient, including SBA-certified firms applying pursuant to the DOT/SBA MOU, may make an administrative appeal to the Department of Transportation. In addition, a complainant in an ineligibility complaint to a recipient...
This page is dedicated to archives of documents related to the DBE program. You will find previous rules and regulations on the DBE program as well as various amendments and reports. Updates on the DBE Program are posted routinely. You can subscribe to automatically receive notification of any...
The General Counsel of the Department of Transportation has reviewed these questions and answers and approved them as consistent with the language and intent of 49 CFR Part 23. These questions and answers therefore represent the institutional position of the Department of Transportation.
...The Department of Transportation (DOT) has had in effect for more than 20 years a policy of helping small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, including minorities and women, in participating in contracting opportunities created by DOT financial...