Library Guides: Government Resources for Business: Home

General Resources to Get Started

USA.gov
An interagency product with timely, needed government information and services.
Small Business (USA.gov)
Data.gov
Access U.S. Government's open data

Guide Structure

This guide provides government resources that may help when doing research in the following areas:

Marketing & Entrepreneurship
Finance & Accounting (including tax)
International Business (exports/trade, country informations)
Management (including law and human resource resources)
Energy
Economic Analysis

The purpose of this guide is to provide government resources to get you started. If you are unable to find what you are looking for please contact your librarian.

Government Agencies Referred to in this guide (A-Z)

Bureau of Economic Analysis
This site contains both historical and current NIPA (National Income and Product Accounts) tables, state and regional data, and US international trade data released on a regular basis by the BEA. Data are available either in html or pdf format.
CFTC - U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
DOE - US Department of Energy
EIA - U.S. Energy Information Administration
Collects, analyzes, and disseminates independent and impartial energy information to promote sound policymaking, efficient markets, and public understanding of energy and its interaction with the economy and the environment.
EPA - Environmental Protection Agency
Provides leadership in the nation's environmental science, research, education and assessment efforts. EPA has jurisdiction over recalls involving: pesticides, rodenticides, fungicides, vehicle emission testing.
FCC - Federal Communications Commission
FDA - Food & Drug Administration
Has jurisdiction over recalls involving the following: cosmetics, drugs, vaccines, medical devices, blood and plasma products, other biologics, veterinary products.
FDIC - Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FED - Federal Reserve of the United States
FTC - Federal Trade Commission
IRS - Internal Revenue Service
ITA - International Trade Administration
SBA - U.S. Small Business Administration
Resources on starting and managing a business, finding loans and grants, and contracting.
SEC - US Securities and Exchange Commission
USITC - United States International Trade Commission - USITC
U.S. Patent & Trademark Office

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General Resources to Get Started

Guide Structure

Government Agencies Referred to in this guide (A-Z)

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