§ 28-100. Minority and Women's Business Office – Duties.

The Office must:

(1) report at least annually to the Mayor and the City Council on the City's progress towards satisfying SLBE Program objectives;

(2) formulate SLBE Program waivers, improvements, and adjustments to the GSC goal-setting methodology and other program functions;

(3) have substantive input in the contract specification review process to ensure that contract bid specifications are not unnecessarily restrictive or unduly burdensome to small, local, minority-owned, women-owned, and other businesses;

(4) receive and analyze external and internal information, including statistical data and anecdotal testimonies, it deems appropriate to effectively accomplish its duties;

(5) subject to Title 4 {"Administrative Procedure Act – Regulations"} of the City General Provisions Article, adopt rules and regulations to carry out this chapter; and

(6) where appropriate, make recommendations for approval of changes to established size standards for SLBE firms.