The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) issued an Interim Final Rule (IFR) effective October 3, 2025, instituting an immediate and significant change for the qualification of women- and ...

For decades, the Arkansas Department of Transportation has awarded contracts to companies owned by women and certain minority ...

The U.S. DOT moves to revise its Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program, removing race- and sex-based contracting criteria ...

A new interim final rule for the 45-year-old initiative requires all current DBEs to be re-evaluated for certification ...

In an interim ruling, USDOT has made numerous changes to its DBE program highway contracts, calling it "unconstitutional." ...

WisDOT pauses minority contracting goals after the U.S. DOT removes race and sex from DBE certification standards, forcing ...

The sudden change in DBE contracting rules has created uncertainty for both small firms and prime contractors that subcontract with them.

The Duluth Transit Authority will be submitting a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program to the Department of Transportation for approval. Regulation requires the publication of goals ...

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg speaks during an April 2022 event. Buttigieg's Dept. of Transportation has proposed the first rulemaking update to its DBE regulations since 2014. The U ...

WisDOT halts DBE goals after a new U.S. DOT rule ends race- and sex-based criteria, requiring over 1,200 disadvantaged firms ...