Small Business Resources

Business.gov
Business.gov guides you through the maze of government rules and regulations and provides access to services and resources to help you start, grow, and succeed in business.

Court Rulings
This page provides links to various federal, state and private sites that provide legal information for the small business owner.

Department of Agriculture - Office of Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU)
The mission of the OSDBU is to provide maximum opportunities for small businesses to participate in USDA contracting activities by establishing and attaining small disadvantaged business program goals.

Department of Commerce
The Commerce Department’s mission is to create the conditions for economic growth and opportunity by promoting innovation, entrepreneurship, competitiveness, and stewardship.

Department of Education
The Education Department’s mission is to ensure equal access to education and to promote educational excellence throughout the nation.

Department of Labor: Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)
OSHA's mission is to assure the safety and health of America's workers by setting and enforcing standards; providing training, outreach, and education; establishing partnerships; and encouraging continual improvement in workplace safety and health.

Department of the Treasury
The mission of the Department of the Treasury is to promote the conditions for prosperity and stability in the United States and encourage prosperity and stability in the rest of the world.

Environmental Protection Agency
The mission of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is to protect human health and to safeguard the natural environment--air, water, and land--upon which life depends.

FirstGov
FirstGov.gov is an easy-to-search, free-access Web site designed to give you a centralized place to find information from U.S. local, state and federal government agency Web sites.

FirstGov En Español
FirstGov En Español

Small Business Administration
The mission of the SBA is to maintain and to strengthen the nation’s economy by enabling the establishment and viability of small businesses and by assisting in the economic recovery of communities after disasters.

Social Security Administration
The Social Security Administration is the nation's primary income security agency. It pays retirement, disability and survivors benefits to workers and their families, administers the Supplemental Security Income program, and issues Social Security numbers.

State and Local Contacts
The State and Local Government on the Net directory provides convenient one-stop access to the Web sites of thousands of state agencies and city and county governments.

State Links
A collection of links to State government Web sites with useful information for businesses. Whether you're already in business, just starting, or expanding to a new state - there's something here for you!

U.S. Census Bureau
The Census Bureau serves as the leading source of quality data about the nation’s people and economy.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

U.S. Department of Labor
The Department administers a variety of Federal labor laws including those that guarantee workers’ rights to safe and healthful working conditions; a minimum hourly wage and overtime pay; freedom from employment discrimination; unemployment insurance; and other income support.

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
The mission of the EEOC is to eradicate employment discrimination at the workplace.

U.S. Tax Court
Congress created the Tax Court to provide a judicial forum in which affected persons could dispute tax deficiencies determined by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue prior to payment of the disputed amounts.