DBE Race- and Sex-Based Presumptions
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2026-09-25 — Disadvantaged Business Enterprise and Airport Concession Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program Revisions: DOT final rule eliminates race- and sex-based presumptions of social and economic disadvantage in the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise and Airport Concession DBE programs, requiring individualized showings of disadvantage for certification on federally funded transportation and airport-concession contracts. (novelty: 4)
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Contributing findings
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise and Airport Concession Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program Revisions
25-sep-2026
novelty 4
per-area 4
weakens