Del. Procurement Study Finds Race, Gender Disparities

By The Talk of Delmarva News | April 14, 2022

A study ordered by the Delaware General Assembly into state procurement practices has found race-and-gender disparities.Legislative leaders said Wednesday that the MGD Consulting 2022 Disparity Study was one of the most comprehensive reviews ever conducted into state contracts. It determined that businesses owned by women received less than 3% of total state contracting dollars from…

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Report: Del. Has Spent 2/3rds Of CARES Act Funds

By The Talk of Delmarva News | February 16, 2021
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Delaware has spent about 69-percent of $927-million in CARES Act Funding, according to an update from State Auditor Kathy McGuiness. State agencies as of Friday had spent $638.56 million, or an average of about $11-million per week. At least three agencies have spent at least 95-percent of their allocated funds: the Department of Education, the…

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