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Priority Area 11:
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Utilization Reporting
- 10/30/2007 – 11/01/2007: Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) national training conference was held to introduce new program requirements to EPA grantees, small businesses, and Agency personnel.
- 03/25/2008: Email to all grantees announced the Federal Register publication date of the new regulation.
- 04/23/2008: EPA’s Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP, formerly OSDBU) participated in a Region 6 state grantee teleconference to discuss program changes.
- 04/29/2008: OSBP delivered a presentation at the State/EPA State Review Framework (SRF) Work Group Meeting on how the new Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE) Rule affects the SRF Program.
- 05/2008: The DBE page of OSBP’s Web site (http://www.epa.gov/osdbu/grants.htm) was launched, including program fact sheets and other resources. An online training module is forthcoming.
- 05/20/2008: OSBP presented live training on the DBE Rule to EPA Region 5 state grantees at a joint meeting held in St. Paul, Minnesota.
- 05/27/2008: Effective date of the DBE Rule. All grants issued after this date include detailed information on the DBE program changes, including the change to a semi-annual reporting frequency.
- 06/11/2008: OSBP presented training to the State of Wisconsin at a meeting held in Madison.
- 10/2008: OSBP will provide training on the DBE Rule at the State/EPA Workgroup meeting in Kansas City.
- OSBP is in the process of identifying other established state grantee meetings where participation would be most effective. Information about those meetings will be conveyed through the regional program coordinators.
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