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DBE Program Department of Transportation (DOT) Regulatory Reform

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

The demise of disadvantaged business enterprises

The U.S. DOT agrees to end contract goals for DBEs. In 1983, Congress enacted the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program, which requires that the Department of Transportation spend ten percent of federal highway...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

DOT’s DBE Program Faces Major Overhaul After Lawsuit Settlement Proposal

In Mid-America Milling Company v. United States Department of Transportation, Case No. 3:23-cv-00072 (“Mid-America”), the Plaintiffs challenged the United States Department of Transportation’s (“DOT”) use of a rebuttable...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Federally Funded Projects and Minority/Women-Owned Businesses – A Legal Lesson

It may seem obvious that construction companies and federal agencies, such as the Department of Transportation, are to adhere to the federal regulatory statutes for federally funded construction projects, but you would be...more

Robinson+Cole Construction Law Zone

Comments on DOT Proposed Rulemaking for DBE and ACDBE Programs Extended to October 31, 2022

The Department of Transportation (DOT) recently published a notice in the Federal Register of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to amend the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) and the Airport Concession Disadvantaged Business...more

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