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Governor Charlie Baker expanded the minimum percent of state government spending designated for Massachusetts-based small businesses, Minority-owned Business Enterprises and Women-owned Business Enterprises; a streamlining of the certification processes and new certifications to acknowledge businesses owned by veterans, LGBT people and people with...

MGM National Harbor announced Friday the hiring of its 100th minority-owned business to work on the $1.3 billion National Harbor resort casino project....

Minority contracting has grown since 2011, with the best federal agency still being the Office of the Comptroller.The Comptroller’s office had the best performance in 2014, moving rapidly to A-. The worst agency was the Federal Reserve Bank of New York which had a D-rating, reports the Office of Minority and Women Inclusion (OMWI), acc...

MBE Capital Partners, Inc. (MBECP), a certified minority owned enterprise that is the leading funding source for small to medium Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs), ha...

For the first time, Ohio has met its goal for purchasing goods and services from minority-owned businesses.   A report released Thursday shows the state purchased a record 19 percent of eligible goods and services through minority-owned businesses in fiscal year 2015. The results exceeded the 15 percent target the state set...

LaShonda Bracey doesn’t look for paths that lead to nowhere, she blazes her own. With astonishing success in government contracting, an area many businesses—particularly small businesses—often overlook, she works tirelessly and passionately to help identify the vast opportunities that are on the table.[Related: White House ConnectHome Pilot...

The Massachusetts Minority Contractors Association broke new ground last week when it announced the appointment of Beverley Johnson as the organization’s first female president and chairwoman of the board....

Searching for new, paying clients? Here's what you need to know to score opportunities for small businesses and women- or minority-owned firms....

The Small Business Administration recently announced its results of annual contracts issued for the year 2013 and once again, the government has failed to meet its goal of awarding 5% of its contracts to women-owned small businesses.According to the newly released data, 4.35% of contracts were awarded to female business owners, making last year...

The value of contracts awarded by the federal government plummeted in 2012. That's bad news for small companies.Budget battles, the sequester, and cuts to defense spending are taking their toll on small businesses. The value of contracts awarded by the federal government in the 2013 fiscal year to small businesses dropped about eight percent, to...