Women, minority federal contractors shaken by diversity rule change
- Posted on November 24, 2025
- By Star Tribune
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Women, minority federal contractors shaken by diversity rule change

U.S. Dept. of Transportation severely curtailed a 40-year subcontractor diversity program that reached 50,000 small businesses, over 1,300 of them in Minnesota. The businesses are shaken, worried about next year because the change came so suddenly instead of being phased in over time.