Dismantling Inclusion Puts Infrastructure at Risk
Recent decisions to scale back affirmative action and disadvantaged business programs in infrastructure are already starting to tilt the playing field away from small businesses in aviation and transportation.
For decades, these programs through the U.S. Department of Transportation have opened doors for highly-competent women-, minority- and veteran-owned firms.
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Sri Kumar, president of Tennessee-based infrastructure and aviation consulting firm Connico, notes that dismantling inclusion puts infrastructure at risk.
- Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program was gutted by the DOT.
- Affirmative action and disadvantaged business programs are being scaled back.
Author's opinion: Inclusion is crucial for infrastructure development.
Author: Sri Kumar, president of Connico.
Summary: Dismantling inclusion hurts infrastructure and small businesses.