JD Supra

Preparing for Major Changes to DOT’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise DBE Program

To help prime contractors and subcontractors who participate, or are considering participating, in the DBE Program understand and prepare for these changes, PilieroMazza’s Jackie Unger and Peter ...
Finance & Commerce

Minority contractors face revenue losses, delays amid DBE rule change

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 ...
Engineering News-Record

US DOT Calls Its DBE Program 'Unconstitutional,' Asks Judge to Block Key Parts

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy speaks to reporters at the site of a highway repair project. Attorneys for the U.S. Dept. of Transportation have asked a judge to block the agency from using DBE ...
JD Supra

US DOT Updates its Rules Regarding the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program

On April 9, 2024, The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced numerous revisions to its in-place rules for administering its Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program. The new rule ...