The U.S. DOT Department Office of Civil Rights has extended guidance to June 30, 2021 for Disadvantaged Business Enterprise and Airport Concession Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program requirements and certification procedures during the COVID-19 public health emergency. Read about the March 24 guideline extension. Read about the April 1 guideline extension.
The U.S. Department of Transportation approved guidance addressing Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) and Airport Concession DBE (ACDBE) program requirements during the COVID-19 public health emergency. This guidance supplements the March 24, 2020 guidance and addresses the following 7 topics: Steps to ensure public participation in the goal setting process; DBE/ACDBE overall goal methodology due dates; … Read more DBE Program Guidance During COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
“For projects that are awarded on or after March 1, 2020″, after submitting an invoice for reimbursement that includes a payment to a DBE, but no later than the 10th of the following month, the prime contractor/consultant shall complete and email the Exhibit 9-F: Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Running Tally of Payments to business.support.unit@dot.ca.gov with a … Read more Policy Update to Office Bulletin 20-02 Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Running Tally Procedure
Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 26.37(c) requires recipients of federal-aid funding to “provide a running tally of actual attainments (e.g., payments actually made to DBE firms), including a means of comparing these attainments to commitments.” Effective March 1, 2020, after submitting an invoice for reimbursement that includes a payment to … Read more Office Bulletin #20-02 Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Running Tally Procedure
On September 24, 2014, Caltrans Division of Local Assistance (DLA) issued Office Bulletin (OB) #14-06 “Review of the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Contract Goals and Good Faith Efforts (GFE) – Pilot Study.” The Pilot Study required Caltrans to review and approve all contract goals on construction contract estimates over $2 million and consultant contract estimates … Read more Office Bulletin #19-03 DBE Goal and GFE
The U.S. Census Bureau is hosting a series of free data access webinars to all interested data users. Attendees will learn how to access demographic, socioeconomic, housing and business data from the Decennial Census, American Community Survey, Local Employment Dynamics, Economic Programs and more. Local agencies can use this data to access demographic information to … Read more US Census Bureau Webinar Series