The first three days this week (4/28 - 4/30) I attended this training symposium hosted by the Arizona Department of Transportation (DOT). The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization whose primary goal is to foster the development, operation, and maintenance of an integrated transportation system in the United States. The purpose of the training was to educate state DOT and local public agencies on proposed programmatical changes to the DBE program, interstate DBE certification and compliance trends, and USDOT expectations of state and local agency personnel. This year's theme was "Collaboration is our drive, opportunity is our destination", and several keynote speakers such as the Director of the AZ DOT and the Deputy Secretary of Transportation delivered messages to those in attendance about how to better collaborate with DOT stakeholders to advance Civil Rights programs, like the DBE program, and establish best practices for advancing equal employment opportunities in the transportation industry.
Through this 3-day training, I gained further insight into the DBE program and federal requirements, upcoming changes to the regulation, and I was able to network with civil rights administrators from around the country.
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