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NCHRP Report 644: Guidelines for Conducting a Disparity and Availability Study for the Federal DBE Program (2010)
National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP)

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Wainwright, Jon, Holt, Colette, Transportation Research Board. "Introduction." NCHRP Report 644: Guidelines for Conducting a Disparity and Availability Study for the Federal DBE Program. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2010.

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Front Matter (R1-R9)
Strict Scrutiny Standard (1-1)
Strict Scrutiny as Applied to the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program (2-6)
Implications and Effects of Western States (7-7)
TRB Model Disparity Study Project (8-8)
Introduction (9-11)
Guidelines for Conducting Disparity and Availability Studies (12-15)
Review of Existing Studies (16-24)
Current State DOT Goal-Setting Methods (25-28)
Determination of Relevant Product Market (29-29)
Estimation of DBE Availability (30-47)
State DOT Disparity Analyses (48-50)
Anecdotal Analyses (51-53)
Management of the Study Process (54-54)
Collection of Subcontracting Data (55-55)
Multi-Jurisdiction Studies (56-56)
Model Study Scope of Work (57-57)
Tips for a Successful DBE Disparity or Availability Study RFP Process (58-59)
Non-DBE Subcontract Data Is Just as Important as DBE Subcontract Data (60-61)
Methods for Collecting Subcontract Data in Anticipation of Future Studies (62-62)
Methods for Addressing Missing Subcontract Data for Current Studies (63-64)
Strict Scrutiny Standard (68-78)
Strict Scrutiny as Applied to the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program (79-81)
State DOTs' Implementation of Part 26 Must be Narrowly Tailored (82-83)
Judicial Review of DBE Goal Setting Under Part 26 (84-87)
Additional Evidence of Discrimination (88-91)
Additional Elements of Narrowly Tailored DBE Goal Setting (92-93)
Implications of Western States (94-95)
Appendix D - Glossary (96-98)
Cases (Alphabetical) (99-99)
Cases (By Circuit) (100-100)
General References (101-101)
Disparity and Availability Studies (102-103)
Abbreviations used without definitions in TRB publications (104-104)