Can the Federal Transportation DBE Program Be Narrowly Tailored to Remedy Discrimination?
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2007-10-01
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George R. La Noue, Can the Federal Transportation Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program Be Narrowly Tailored to Remedy Discrimination?, Engage Vol. 8, Issue 4, https://fedsoc.org/commentary/publications/can-the-federal-transportation-dbe-program-be-narrowly-tailored-to-remedy-discrimination
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The federal transportation Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program is a relic from another era that no longer serves a civil rights purpose. DBE is the progeny of the 10% minority set-aside provision in the 1977 Public Works Employment Act (PWEA). That Congress was responding to a temporary economic downturn and the 1968 Kerner Commission, which highlighted the special plight of African-Americans. Creating a share for them and other minority communities seemed like an important part of overall economic pump-priming