General Workshop
Session II
FAA DBE Compliance
Update
20th Annual Airports Economic
Opportunity and Policy Forum
Orlando, FL
December 9, 2013
Federal Aviation
Administration
Overview
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Alignment/Responsibilities
Training
IG Audit re new DBEs
Compliance Reviews
Best Practices
FAA dbE-Connect
Certification Training
Staff List
Questions?
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Alignment
• Policy
– National responsibility
– Based in DC
– Staff in Headquarters
• Compliance
– National responsibility
– Based in Los Angeles
– Staff nationwide (some virtual)
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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,
Stakeholder Meetings, and DBE Certification
training program
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Training
• Participate with trade associations
• Participate with FAA Airports
• Stand-alone workshops
• FAA National Civil Rights Conference
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OIG Audit of New DBEs
IN GENERAL
For FY 13 through 15, DOT OIG shall submit to Congress a
report on the number of new small business concerns owned
and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged
individuals, including those owned by veterans
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OIG Audit of New DBEs (cont.)
THE REPORT SHALL INCLUDE:
1. List of the top 25 and bottom 25 large and medium hub
airports;
2. Results of an assessment on the reasons why the top airports
have been successful; and
3. Recommendations on methods for other airports to achieve
results similar to those of the top airports.
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OIG Audit of New DBEs - Status
• FAA has provided data & technical
assistance
• OIG making substantial progress
• Airport contacts, in-depth interviews
• Looking for common themes regarding
barriers and best practices
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OIG - DBE Fraud Indicators
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Minority owner lacking background, expertise, or equipment to perform
subcontract work
Employees shuttling back and forth between prime contractor and
minority-owned business payrolls
Business names on equipment and vehicles covered with paint or
magnetic signs
Orders and payment for necessary supplies made by individuals not
employed by minority-owned business
Prime contractor facilitated purchase of minority-owned business
Minority-owned business owner never present at job site
Prime contractor always uses the same minority-owned business
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Contact OIG
• OIG Hotline - available 24 hours a day, 7 days a
week online complaint form:
http://www.oig.dot.gov/hotline
• telephone: 800-424-9071
• fax: 540-373-2090
• e-mail: hotline@oig.dot.gov
• mail: USDOT Inspector General, P.O. Box 708,
Fredericksburg, VA 22404-0708
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Compliance Reviews
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Typically conducted onsite
Part 23 & 26 regulatory requirements
Individually tailored technical assistance
Not just benefit individual airport, but all
airports, by gathering best practices and
common misunderstanding.
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FAA dbE-Connect
• Automate all the elements
of the DBE and ACDBE programs.
• Components accessible to DBEs, FAA staff,
and soon airport DBELOs.
• Currently includes airport record, goals,
compliance reviews, complaints, document
upload capabilities and unique report
generation.
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FAA dbE-Connect (cont.)
• Next phase - reporting mechanism for
the annual accomplishment reports
accessible to airports, providing a new
and improved DOORS.
• Future phase - creation of key
documents from templates and create
automatic system flags and alerts.
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FAA dbE-Connect (cont.)
• Also contains a listing of airport DBE
opportunities and a national directory of
nearly 27,000 certified businesses.
• Links to other DBE program information
https://faa.dbesystem.com/
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Best Practices
• Ongoing FAA project to gather
good ideas & clarify common
misunderstandings.
• Final draft under review by USDOT
• Please contact for consideration
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Certification Training
• FAA established 2/15/13
• Online with verbatim text & voice-over
• 4 live sessions, technical assistance,
refresher training, advanced & DBELO
training
• Stats – 450 completed & 90 in progress
• Next – transfer to USDOT
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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
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Questions
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