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: hotline@oig.dot.gov • 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 michael.freilich@faa.govFAA Western-Pacific Regional Office

AWP-9, P.O Box 92007Los Angeles, CA 90009-2007

Cory NelsonEqual Opportunity Assistant

310-725-3943 cory.nelson@faa.gov

FAA Western-Pacific Regional OfficeAWP-9, P.O Box 92007

Los Angeles, CA 90009-2007Gene RothTeam Lead, DBE/ACDBE Program Compliance

404-305-5256 gene.e.roth@faa.gov 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 sophia.soler@faa.gov 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 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 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 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 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 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 patricia.wright@faa.gov FAA Western-Pacific Regional OfficeAWP-9, P.O Box 92007

Los Angeles, CA 90009-2007

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Questions