The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) issued an Interim Final Rule (IFR) effective October 3, 2025, instituting an immediate and significant change for the qualification of women- and ...

For decades, the Arkansas Department of Transportation has awarded contracts to companies owned by women and certain minority ...

The U.S. DOT moves to revise its Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program, removing race- and sex-based contracting criteria ...

A new interim final rule for the 45-year-old initiative requires all current DBEs to be re-evaluated for certification ...

For those unfamiliar, DBE certification is a tool used extensively in federally assisted projects, roads, transit, and ...

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) is a historic investment, allocating $550 billion to build, repair, and improve the nation's roads, bridges, airports, railways, and other ...

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 ...

For 25 years, WBK Engineering, a Bodwé Professional Services company, and recently certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) headquartered in St. Charles, has been more than a civil ...