Archive for November, 2010
Federal Government Enforces DBE Program
The US Dept of Justice announced the following:WASHINGTON – Two Michigan construction companies have agreed to pay the United States $1.407 million to resolve allegations that they knowingly submitted false claims relating to a federally funded construction project at Detroit Wayne County Metropolitan Airport, the Justice Department announced today. The United States alleges that the companies, John Carlo Inc. and Angelo Iafrate Construction Company, falsely claimed that they had used Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs) for part of the work on the project when they had not. The DBE program provides assistance to businesses owned by minorities, women, and other socially and economically disadvantaged individuals to enter federally-funded construction and design industries.
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State Allocates $141 Million to Upgrade Transportation Infrastructure and Drive Economic Growth
Caltrans issued a press release today detailing the allocation of $141 million to improve the state’s highways
and increase economic growth. Read the entire Caltrans press release.
