SALEM – Based on the results of the 2016 Disparity Study, the Oregon Department of Transportation has received approval from Federal Highway Administration to include all minority Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) certified firms, across all race groups, to participate in meeting contract goals enforced on federally-funded projects. Until now, ODOT has been operating its DBE program in a narrowly-tailored fashion – allowing only African-American-owned and subcontinent Asian-American-owned firms to fulfill contract goals – due to federal restrictions requiring the agency to show there have been disparities in any given racial category. Read More
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