Interim final rule issued this month eliminates sex- and race-based presumptions for firms to qualify as disadvantaged business enterprises.

The U.S. Department of Transportation has announced significant changes to its Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program, which considers disadvantaged businesses when awarding billions for federal ...

As PilieroMazza previously reported, via an interim final rule (IFR) effective October 3, 2025, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) ...

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The most significant immediate takeaway from the IFR is that DBEs will no longer be presumed to be disadvantaged based solely on race or gender. A business seeking DBE status under the new framework ...

A major government contractor is expanding access to disadvantaged small businesses to get federal work–everything from airport concessions to traffic management systems. The Department of ...

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 ...

The Trump administration has joined with two white-owned construction companies looking to end a $37 billion program designed to help minority-owned businesses, saying it is “unconstitutional.” The ...

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 ...