Federal, state and local authorities are intensifying scrutiny of minority contracting programs across the country in the wake of a Times investigation that found that companies received more than $300 million in government contracts based on unsubstantiated claims by the firms’ owners to be…
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The U.S. Department of Transportation has called for a review of all Native American companies in its minority contracting program to weed out firms whose owners do not belong to a state or federally recognized Native American tribes.