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USDOT Removes Race and Sex From DBE Qualifications with Hard-launched Rule
The sudden change has created uncertainty for small firms and the primes that subcontract with them. …
ENR · 2025-10-09 21:52:38
USDOT Removes Race and Sex From DBE Qualifications with Hard-launched Rule
The sudden change in DBE contracting rules has created uncertainty for both small firms and prime contractors that subcontract with them. …
ENR · 2025-10-09 21:52:38
DOT guts DBE program ahead of Construction Inclusion Week
A new interim final rule for the 45-year-old initiative requires all current DBEs to be re-evaluated for certification without using race or sex as a criteria. …
Construction Dive · 2025-10-09 14:29:00
USDOT Freezes $2.1B Already Awarded for Chicago Transit Projects
Dept. of Transportation officials indicated the money would be frozen pending a review of DBE practices, which will be delayed by the government shutdown. …
ENR · 2025-10-03 22:20:42
USDOT Freezes $2.1B Already Awarded for Chicago Transit Projects
Dept. of Transportation officials indicated the money would be frozen pending a review of DBE practices, which will be delayed by the government shutdown. …
ENR · 2025-10-03 22:20:42
Lawsuit Alleges DBE Fraud on $3.6B Brent Spence Bridge Project
Jamir Davis, a Kentucky civil rights attorney has filed a lawsuit against Walsh- Kokosing JV, the Ohio Dept. of Transportation claiming he was shut out of a DBE role in the Brent Spence Bridge Corridor project. …
ENR · 2025-07-03 19:15:09
DOT agrees to remove race, gender-based criteria from DBE program
In a proposed settlement, the agency said the initiative “can no longer pass constitutional scrutiny,” effectively abandoning its defense of the decades-old policy.…
Construction Dive · 2025-06-02 14:44:00
High Court Rules 9-0 That False DBE Reporting on Fed Projects is Fraud
Philadelphia painting contractor had argued to US Supreme Court that state DOT, which received federal funds for two projects, was not injured by firm's false DBE participation assertions. …
ENR · 2025-05-22 20:00:00
Advocacy group files motion to intervene in DBE case
Democracy Forward, which freq…
Construction Dive · 2025-01-29 15:34:00Despite Trump’s orders, DBE not dead yet
The president’s move to…
Construction Dive · 2025-01-23 20:51:00
