Federal rule ends race- and sex-based DBE eligibility, requiring all firms to recertify. States pause DBE goals, causing major revenue losses for minority- and women-owned firms. Thousands of ...

Any disadvantaged business enterprises that are not recertified as DBE firms under the U.S. Dept. of Transportation’s new standards can be terminated from projects for good cause, DOT officials said ...

For decades, the Arkansas Department of Transportation has awarded contracts to companies owned by women and certain minority groups through the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program, but ...

October 3, 2025, will be etched in the memory of many small business owners, as a regulation quietly but hugely shifted beneath our feet. I say "quietly," because for many, this change landed like a ...

WITHOUT ACTION. NEW TONIGHT SOME IOWA CONTRACTORS AND ENGINEERING FIRMS ARE PREPARING TO LOSE A BIG BUSINESS ADVANTAGE ONCE THE SHUTDOWN ENDS. KCCI PEPPER SPOKE WITH THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF ...

A new U.S. Dept. of Transportation rule upends the decades-old program designed to address discrimination in government contracting in a move that agency officials say will level the playing field for ...

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — Attorney General Gentner Drummond is asking that Governor Kevin Stitt and Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) Director Tim Gatz to seek a waiver in awarding contracts ...

Watch a complete processing walkthrough of the Needle Galaxy image taken from a white zone using PixInsight. Perfect for beginners wanting to learn astrophotography editing techniques for ...

The Arkansas Department of Transportation recently announced a participation goal of 8.82% for Disadvantaged Business Enterprises in federally assisted highway projects for fiscal years 2026 through ...

Siviwe Gwarube said the G20 education working group has now put this fundamental phase of schooling at the heart of its agenda, adding that South Africa must lead to improve the sector nationally and ...