On Oct. 3, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) published its Interim Final Rule (IFR) ending race- and sex-based presumptions of ...

On October 24, 2025, the United States Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) published frequently asked questions (FAQs) on the October 3, 2025 Interim Final Rule (IFR) for the Disadvantaged ...

This story was originally published on Construction Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily Construction Dive newsletter. The U.S. Department of Transportation has ...

Recent court decisions and new federal policies are throwing a wrench in government programs designed to improve gender and racial diversity on highway projects in Minnesota and beyond. Earlier this ...

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg speaks during an April 2022 event. Buttigieg's Dept. of Transportation has proposed the first rulemaking update to its DBE regulations since 2014. The U ...

The Equity in Infrastructure Project, a group of state and local government agencies that seeks to boost disadvantaged businesses’ opportunities for prime infrastructure construction contracts, has ...

The Trump administration's Department of Transportation (DOT) has agreed to terminate a $37 billion program that takes race and gender into consideration when awarding highway and transit project ...

A major government contractor is expanding access to disadvantaged small businesses to get federal work–everything from airport concessions to traffic management systems. The Department of ...

Some businesses led by women and minorities are sounding the alarm after a federal court last fall temporarily blocked a program meant to prevent discrimination in government-funded transportation ...

President Donald Trump’s rollback of diversity programs has now hit a longtime mainstay of projects that use U.S. Department of Transportation funds. The more than 1,300 Minnesota small businesses ...