Dismantling Inclusion Puts Infrastructure at Risk
Recent decisions to scale back affirmative action and disadvantaged business programs in infrastructure are starting to affect small businesses in aviation and transportation.
Sri Kumar, president of Tennessee-based infrastructure and aviation consulting firm Connico, notes that these programs have opened doors for highly-competent women-, minority- and veteran-owned firms for decades.
For decades, these programs through the U.S. Department of Transportation have opened doors for highly-competent women-, minority- and veteran-owned firms.
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program has been gutted, which may backfire, according to an infrastructure consultant.
Author's Summary
Dismantling inclusion puts infrastructure at risk by affecting small businesses.