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The Demise of Disadvantaged Business Enterprises

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete – In 1983, Congress enacted the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program, which requires that the Department of Transportation (DOT) spend ten percent of federal highway construction funding with small businesses owned and controlled by “socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.” But the DOT has just agreed to end its contract goals for DBE's.

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