Tag: Contracting
Progress on MBE contracting limited without enforcement
This year’s General Assembly session ended without changes to the state’s Minority Business Enterprise program, despite a $500,000 study that identified a host of...
R.I. needs to get with the times on minority contracting
The state historically has failed miserably in ensuring minority-owned businesses get their fair share of tens of millions of dollars in state contracts.
That looked...
Newport’s Naval Undersea Warfare Center a hub for defense-based research and...
There’s no denying the boost Rhode Island’s economy gets from the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport. Like so many other parts of the...
SBA broadens program eligibility for businesses
PROVIDENCE – The U.S. Small Business Administration recently took action to allow more small businesses to become eligible for the agency’s loan guarantees and...
Diversity elusive in construction
White men still dominate construction, though some companies are committed to changing that
Born to immigrant families struggling to get by in Providence, Edwin A....
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