Given a steady increase in fraudulent activity, the U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General (OIG) has recently sharpened its focus on policies related to disadvantaged business enterprises (DBEs).1 In fact, DBE fraud accounted for 35% of all active grant and procurement fraud cases in early 2016 – up from 25% in 2010 and 29% in 2013.2
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Contracting with Disadvantaged Business Enterprises
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William Chad Hayes
William "Chad" Hayes is a Partner at Hudson Lambert Parrott Walker, LLC, a law firm founded on national successes in trials and arbitration for banking, construction and commercial industries.
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Antony L. Sanacory
Antony L. Sanacory is a Partner at Hudson Lambert Parrott Walker, LLC.
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