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				<description><![CDATA[<p><img width="150" height="150" src="https://maryscottnabers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/DOT-DBE-program-xi8clr-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://maryscottnabers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/DOT-DBE-program-xi8clr-150x150.png 150w, https://maryscottnabers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/DOT-DBE-program-xi8clr-35x35.png 35w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" />For more than four decades, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program has served as one of the federal government’s cornerstone efforts to ensure fair competition in transportation contracting. The DBE program originated when Congress recognized that women and minority-owned businesses were being systematically excluded from federal contracting opportunities, particularly contracting opportunities [&#8230;]</p>
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