JD Supra

OP-ED: Executive Orders Cannot Eliminate USDOT’s DBE Program

Within hours of taking office, President Trump executed two executive orders aimed at rescinding former President Biden’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)-focused orders. Trump’s orders reached ...
JD Supra

Update on the DBE Interim Final Rule: DOT Issues Key Guidance for DBE Program Stakeholders

As PilieroMazza previously reported, via an interim final rule (IFR) effective October 3, 2025, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) removed the use of race- and sex-based presumptions of ...
Engineering News-Record

DOT Shares Guidance Around Major DBE Rule Change

Any disadvantaged business enterprises that are not recertified as DBE firms under the U.S. Dept. of Transportation’s new standards can be terminated from projects for good cause, DOT officials said ...
Finance & Commerce

Minority contractors face revenue losses, delays amid DBE rule change

Federal rule ends race- and sex-based DBE eligibility, requiring all firms to recertify. States pause DBE goals, causing major revenue losses for minority- and women-owned firms. Thousands of ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Arkansas transportation officials adjust DBE program following federal guidance change

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 ...
Engineering News-Record

US DOT Calls Its DBE Program 'Unconstitutional,' Asks Judge to Block Key Parts

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy speaks to reporters at the site of a highway repair project. Attorneys for the U.S. Dept. of Transportation have asked a judge to block the agency from using DBE ...