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General Workshop Session II
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Transcript of General Workshop Session II
Federal AviationAdministrationGeneral Workshop
Session II
20th Annual Airports Economic Opportunity and Policy Forum
Orlando, FL
December 9, 2013
FAA DBE Compliance Update
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Overview
• 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
• 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: [email protected] • mail: USDOT Inspector General, P.O. Box 708,
Fredericksburg, VA 22404-0708
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Compliance Reviews
• 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 Email Mailing Address
Michael FreilichDirector, Western Pacific Region and DBE/ACDBE Program Compliance
310-725-3948 [email protected] Western-Pacific Regional Office
AWP-9, P.O Box 92007Los Angeles, CA 90009-2007
Cory NelsonEqual Opportunity Assistant
310-725-3943 [email protected]
FAA Western-Pacific Regional OfficeAWP-9, P.O Box 92007
Los Angeles, CA 90009-2007Gene RothTeam Lead, DBE/ACDBE Program Compliance
404-305-5256 [email protected] FAA Southern Regional Office (ASO-9)1701 Columbia Ave.
College Park, GA 30337
Regional DBE/ACDBE Program Compliance Team Specialists Phone Email Mailing AddressAlaskan Region- Alaska Sophia Soler 718-553-3443 [email protected] FAA Eastern Regional Office (ACT-009)
159-30 Rockaway Blvd.Jamaica, NY 11434
Central Region- Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska Patricia Wright 310-725-3955 [email protected] FAA Western-Pacific Regional OfficeAWP-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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] FAA Western-Pacific Regional OfficeAWP-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 Islands
Gene Roth 404-305-5256 [email protected] 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 [email protected] FAA Western-Pacific Regional OfficeAWP-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 [email protected] FAA Western-Pacific Regional OfficeAWP-9, P.O Box 92007
Los Angeles, CA 90009-2007
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Questions