Can the Federal Transportation DBE Program Be Narrowly Tailored to Remedy Discrimination?

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dc.contributor.authorLa Noue, George R.
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-06T19:34:54Z
dc.date.available2021-01-06T19:34:54Z
dc.date.issued2007-10-01
dc.description.abstractThe 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-primingen_US
dc.description.urihttps://fedsoc.org/commentary/publications/can-the-federal-transportation-dbe-program-be-narrowly-tailored-to-remedy-discriminationen_US
dc.format.extent7 pagesen_US
dc.genrejournal articlesen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m253ph-pndc
dc.identifier.citationGeorge 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-discriminationen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/20320
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherThe Federalist Societyen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Political Science
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC School of Public Policy
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Faculty Collection
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dc.subjectfederal transportationen_US
dc.subjectCongressen_US
dc.subjectdiscriminationen_US
dc.subjectcourtsen_US
dc.subjectracial preferenceen_US
dc.subjectminorityen_US
dc.titleCan the Federal Transportation DBE Program Be Narrowly Tailored to Remedy Discrimination?en_US
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