Improving communications for MDOT's DBE program : research spotlight.

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• Creators:
  Davis, Timothy A.
• Corporate Creators:
  CTC & Associates LLC
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Contractors Disadvantaged Business Enterprises Education And Training Employee Communications Stakeholders
• Publication/ Report Number:
  RC-1582
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  Michigan
• Corporate Publisher:
  Michigan. Dept. of Transportation. Bureau of Field Services
• Abstract:
  The U.S. Department of Transportation
  
  (DOT) mandates state DOTs to establish
  
  goals that ensure participation in transportation projects by businesses owned
  
  by historically disadvantaged individuals.
  
  MDOT’s Office of Business Development
  
  (OBD) administers a robust Disadvantaged
  
  Business Enterprise (DBE) program for the
  
  department.
  
  To date, OBD managers have generally
  
  focused their communications efforts on
  
  increasing participation among disadvantaged businesses. But for the DBE program
  
  to be most effective, several improvements
  
  need to occur. First, MDOT engineers
  
  involved in construction projects must
  
  better understand the program’s rationale
  
  and procedures.
  
  MDOT contractors also need more
  
  education about the program. In particular,
  
  prime contractors must understand the
  
  DBE program well enough to communicate
  
  information about it to subcontracted firms, which are often disadvantaged
  
  businesses.
  
  The MDOT Construction Manual and
  
  other documentation must be modified
  
  to include or improve the explanation of
  
  the DBE program. Finally, MDOT needs
  
  to identify other communications tools
  
  to inform all stakeholders about DBE
  
  program offerings and requirements.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:0701ace33af656b20a0e256328b1d760fd94580bf2fd63911628c7b526b8ef69
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/25736/dot_25736_DS1.pdf
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