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• Minority Business Development Agency Releases Report on Businesses and Workers in Indian Country

  November 23, 2021

  Key findings reveal importance of digital infrastructure, access to markets and a skilled workforce, and the role of Tribal self-governance in business development   [Washington, DC | November 23, 2021] - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) released a...

• The Minority Business Development Agency is Permanently Authorized in Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal

  November 15, 2021

  Bill’s passage assigns an Under Secretary to oversee the Agency, mandates services to rural areas, provides authorities for a new Minority Business Development Grant program and the creation of partnerships with HBCU’s and minority-serving institutions.   [Washington, DC | November 15, 2021] - Tod...

• MBDA’s 2021 “Buy MBE Day” Set for Saturday, September 25

  September 15, 2021

  Initiative generates awareness and economic support for nation’s minority-owned businesses [Washington, DC | September 15, 2021] – The U.S. Department of Commerce, Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) announces the 2021 return of “Buy MBE Day”—the Agency’s initiative to directly support mino...

• Minority Business Development Agency Awards $13.9 Million in Grants

  September 09, 2021

  Federal funding will expand MBDA Business Centers to new locations in Alabama, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma and Virginia   WASHINGTON (September 9, 2021) — The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) is awarding...

• U.S. Department of Commerce Announces Appointment of Minority Business Development Agency National Deputy Director

  September 08, 2021

  Puerto Rico Native Miguel Estién to Serve as Acting National Director and National Deputy Director, and will host this year’s National Minority Enterprise Development Week   WASHINGTON (September 8, 2021) — The U.S. Department of Commerce has announced Miguel Estién to serve as MBDA’s Acting Natio...

• Minority Business Development Agency Awards $3.7 Million in Grants

  August 25, 2021

  Federal funding will support MBDA Specialty Centers with an emphasis on advanced manufacturing, exporting, and federal contracting.   WASHINGTON (August 25, 2021) — The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) awarded $3.7 million in federal funding to nine (9) gra...

• The Opportunity Project: Census Bureau’s Innovation Model Continues to Expand Through Post-COVID-19 Challenges

  July 15, 2021

  Each year, the U.S. Census Bureau brings together cross-sector collaborators during The Opportunity Project’s (TOP) technology development sprints to come up with ways to use data and technology to solve some of the world’s biggest challenges. TOP is led by the Census Bureau’s Census Open Innovatio...

• Minority Business Development Agency Announces Grant Competitions in American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Project

  June 07, 2021

  WASHINGTON, JUNE 7, 2021 – The U.S Department of Commerce and the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) are pleased to announce the opening of major grant competitions in connection with its American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Project. “The American Indian, Alaska Native and N...

• Minority Business Development Agency Announces Grant Competition in Minority Business Enterprise Equity Multiplier Project

  June 04, 2021

  WASHINGTON, JUNE 4, 2021 – The U.S Department of Commerce and the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) are pleased to announce the opening of a major grant competition in connection with its Minority Business Enterprise Equity Multiplier Project. “Systemic barriers to business capital and eq...

• Nominations Open for 2021 National Minority Enterprise Development Week Awards

  May 24, 2021

  Minority Business Development Agency to present MED Week Honors in September. WASHINGTON, MAY 25, 2021 – The U.S. Department of Commerce, Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) is currently accepting nominations for their 2021 National Minority Enterprise Development (MED) Week Awards. These p...

• An Open Letter from Edith J. McCloud, Acting National Director, Minority Business Development Agency

  May 06, 2021

  Dear Friends, As we embark upon our celebration of Asian Pacific & Pacific Islander Heritage Month, the Minority Business Development Agency will chronicle the contributions Asian Americans and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islanders have made to a very broad cross-section of businesses and industrie...

• A Proclamation on Asian American and Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander Heritage Month, 2021

  April 30, 2021

  This May, during Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we recognize the history and achievements of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AANHPIs) across our Nation. In the midst of a difficult year of pain and fear, we reflect on the tradition of le...