General Session 2 FAA DBE Compliance Update 19th Annual Airports Economic Opportunity and Policy Forum Houston, Texas December 3, 2012 Federal Aviation Administration Alignment • Policy – National responsibility – Based in DC – Staff in Headquarters • Compliance – National responsibility – Based in Los Angeles – Staff nationwide (some virtual) 2 General Responsibilities • 7 Staff for 1,300 airports • Overall goals, accomplishments, compliance reviews & oversight, complaint investigations, training, & technical assistance • Joint Venture arrangements, Long-Term and Exclusive leases, analysis of shortfalls in overall goals, Small Business Elements, and DBE Certification training program 3 What’s ? 4 dbE-Connect 5 FAA dbE-Connect • • • • • • • DBE- and ACDBE-searchable Bid opportunities DBE goals DBE program training conferences New – internal tracking Upcoming – external data input Links to other DBE program information https://faa.dbesystem.com/ 6 NEW OLD DOT DOORS 7 DOORS DBE Office Online Reporting System (DOORS) • DOT DOORS (new) vs. FAA DOORS (old) • New and improved system: different website • Will soon improve further as an FAA system • Goals & Accomplishment Reporting Goals Accomplishments DBE August 1 DBE December 1 ACDBE October 1 ACDBE March 1 http://osdbu.dot.gov/DOORS/Application/logon.aspx 8 Best Practices • • • • Ongoing FAA project Template to gather good ideas Draft under review FY 12 compliance reviews gathered some, including useful forms • Will continue in FY 13 and beyond • Please contact for consideration 9 Common Misunderstandings • Another ongoing FAA project • Place to centralize and clarify misconceptions • Living document • Topics such as goal-setting, certification, accomplishment reporting, & counting 10 Stakeholder Meetings • In the past these have been issuespecific such as SBE questions • This year held one soliciting comments on the DBE certification training • More upcoming – Suggested topics? 11 Certification Training • • • • • Establish program by 2/15/13 FAA lead, with USDOT, FHWA, & FTA Program, outline, modules, stakeholder Online with verbatim text & voice-over Also live sessions, webinars, technical assistance, refresher training, & advanced training 12 Conferences • Participate with trade associations • Participate with FAA Airports • Stand-alone workshops • FAA National Civil Rights Conference 13 DBE/ACDBE Program Compliance Team Staff Name Phone 310-725-3948 Michael Freilich Director, Western Pacific Region and DBE/ACDBE Program Compliance Email michael.freilich@faa.gov Mailing Address FAA Western-Pacific Regional Office AWP-9, P.O Box 92007 Los Angeles, CA 90009-2007 310-725-3943 cory.nelson@faa.gov Cory Nelson Equal Opportunity Assistant Gene Roth Team Lead, DBE/ACDBE Program Compliance 404-305-5256 gene.e.roth@faa.gov FAA Western-Pacific Regional Office AWP-9, P.O Box 92007 Los Angeles, CA 90009-2007 FAA Southern Regional Office (ASO-9) 1701 Columbia Ave. College Park, GA 30337 Regional DBE/ACDBE Program Compliance Team Specialists Alaskan Region- Alaska Sophia Soler Phone 718-553-3443 Email sophia.soler@faa.gov Mailing Address FAA Eastern Regional Office (ACT-009) 159-30 Rockaway Blvd. Jamaica, NY 11434 Central Region- Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska Patricia Wright 310-725-3955 patricia.wright@faa.gov FAA Western-Pacific Regional Office AWP-9, P.O Box 92007 Los Angeles, CA 90009-2007 Eastern Region- Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia Keturah Pristell 404-305-7392 keturah.pristell@faa.gov FAA Southern Regional Office (ASO-9) 1701 Columbia Ave., C190, Stop 151 College Park, GA 30334 Great Lakes Region- Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin Nancy Cibic 847-294-7182 nancy.cibic@faa.gov FAA Great Lakes Regional Office 2300 E. Devon Avenue Rm. 440 (AGL-9) Des Plaines, IL 60018 New England Region- Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont Keturah Pristell 404-305-7392 keturah.pristell@faa.gov FAA Southern Regional Office (ASO-9) 1701 Columbia Ave., C190, Stop 151 College Park, GA 30334 Northwest Mountain Region- Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming Ricky Watson 310-725-3940 ricky.watson@faa.gov FAA Western-Pacific Regional Office AWP-9, P.O Box 92007 Los Angeles, CA 90009-2007 Southern Region- Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Puerto Rico, Virgin Gene Roth Islands 404-305-5256 gene.e.roth@faa.gov FAA Southern Regional Office (ASO-9) 1701 Columbia Ave. College Park, GA 30337 Southwest Region- Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas Dolores Leyva 310-725-3939 dolores.leyva@faa.gov FAA Western-Pacific Regional Office AWP-9, P.O Box 92007 Los Angeles, CA 90009-2007 Western-Pacific Region- American Samoa, Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Nevada Patricia Wright 310-725-3955 patricia.wright@faa.gov FAA Western-Pacific Regional Office AWP-9, P.O Box 92007 Los Angeles, CA 90009-2007 •14 Questions 15