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Title: Implementing Race-Neutral Measures in State Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Programs
Accession Number: 01337558
Record Type: Monograph
Availability: Transportation Research Board Business Office 500 Fifth Street, NW Find a library where document is available Abstract: As state departments of transportation (DOTs) carry out their highway construction programs, they are required to direct a portion of their federal-aid fund expenditures toward small businesses called Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs). A DBE is defined as a small, for-profit business concern that is at least 51% owned and controlled by one or more socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. States are required to meet the maximum feasible portion of their DBE participation goals using race-neutral means designed to remove barriers and enhance opportunities for all small businesses, not just DBEs. This synthesis compiles and documents race-neutral strategies being used effectively by state DOTs to meet their DBE participation goals. It also reviews and synthesizes problems faced by state DOTs in the administration of their DBE programs and identifies race-neutral remedies used to overcome these challenges. Information used in this study was acquired through a review of the literature and a survey of state DOTs. Follow-up interviews were conducted with three states as case examples.
Report/Paper Numbers: Project 20-05 (Topic 41-08)
Language: English
Authors: Casey, PatrickThomas, AndreaThiel, James SPagination: 95p
Publication Date: 2011
ISBN: 9780309143325
Media Type: Print
Features: Appendices
(3)
; Bibliography; Figures
(9)
; References
TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; I10: Economics and Administration
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Apr 21 2011 10:47AM
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