Disparity Studies on Municipal Contracting: What They Are and Nine Questions Journalists Should Ask About Them

Government contracts can mean big dollars for minority- and women-owned firms — if they get them.

Yet there’s often a wide disparity between the number of minority- and women-owned businesses available for government contracts and the number awarded those contracts. But before municipalities can pursue programs to close that gap, they need to commission a disparity study to prove the gap exists.

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