The Department of Transportation (DOT) recently published a notice in the Federal Register of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to amend the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) and the Airport Concession Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (ACDBE) regulations. 87 Fed. Reg. 43620 (July 21, 2022). This proposal is the first NPRM update since 2014. While the DOT was originally scheduled