WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- Office of the Secretary of Transportation has issued a rule called: Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise in Airport Concessions Program Implementation Modifications.
The rule was published in the Federal Register on Oct. 3 by Sean P. Duffy, Secretary of Transportation.
Summary: This interim final rule (IFR) ensures that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT or Department) operates its Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) and Airport Concession Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (ACDBE) Programs (collectively, Programs) in a nondiscriminatory fashion-in line with law and the U.S. Constitution. The IFR removes race- and sex-based presumptions of social and economic disa...