SEATTLE — State lawmakers are considering a new bill designed to simplify the process for minority-, LGBTQ-, and women-owned businesses to qualify for state certification and compete for public ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Washington state has launched the LGBTQ Business Enterprise program, offering free certification to help LGBTQ-owned businesses ...

The literature review presented in this chapter describes the DOT certification programs and how they were developed in different ways, in part due to the flexibility found in 23 CFR 637B. Included is ...

“Certification sounds great in theory, but doesn’t always work efficiently in practice,” said Vikram David Amar, a professor of law at the University of California, Davis. “It doesn’t always generate ...

This appendix contains short descriptions of different certification programs related to materials sampling and testing that were referenced in the literature review. The programs are listed in ...