Publications – Colette Holt & Associates

“Big Changes Proposed to DBE and ACDBE Programs,” American DBE Magazine, 2022.
“Legal Challenges to COVID-19 Support for Disadvantaged Businesses,” American DBE Magazine, Summer 2021.
“Important Updates on DBE, SBA, AND M/WBE Programs,” American DBE Magazine, Spring 2021.
“Legal Update On Recent Contracting Civil Rights Cases,” American DBE Magazine, Spring 2020.
“Current Issues Facing the USDOT DBE Program,” American DBE Magazine, Winter 2019
“U.S. DOT’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program: Key Components and Issues,” TR News, The National Academies, Transportation Research Board, November-December 2018.
“The Trump Administration: What Might be Ahead for DBEs,” American DBE Magazine, Summer 2017.
“DBE Program Update: Litigation Victory in Chicago and USDOT Guidance on Retainage Payments,” American DBE Magazine, Fall 2016.
“What DBEs Need to Know Now,” American DBE Magazine, Fall 2013.
“The Limited Impact of Rothe VII on M/W/DBE Programs,” Contract Management Magazine, 2010.
“Guidelines for Conducting a Disparity and Availability Study for the Federal DBE Program,” Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences, NCHRP Report, Issue No. 644, 2010.
“Western States Paving Company v. Washington State Department of Transportation: Ninth Circuit Upholds Federal Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program for Transportation Contracts,” American Bar Association, Section of Antitrust Law, The Transportation Antitrust Update, No. 16 (Spring), 2007.
“Meeting the Western States Challenge: Setting Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Goals on USDOT Contracts,” Small Business Exchg., Vol. 22, No. 18, July 2006.
“Strict Constitutional Scrutiny is Not Fatal in Fact: Federal Courts Uphold Affirmative Action Programs in Public Contracting,” Labor Law Journal, Vol. 54, No. 4, Winter 2003.
“Business Enterprise Program Survives Legal Challenges,” Contract Management, Vol. 42, Issue 10, October 2002.
“Is the Tide Turning? Affirmative Action Program Upheld,” DBE Enterprises Magazine, Issue 2, February 2002.
“USDOT Revises Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program,” www.airportplanning.com, March 2000.
“Strict in Theory or Fatal in Fact? Federal Courts Send Mixed Signals on Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Programs,” Contract Management, Vol. 39, Issue 3, March 1999.