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Small Business Resources

A Handout and Training Guide 

Spanish Peaks Library District

September 11, 2008

General Business Resources

• Business.gov
  http://www.business.gov
  
  
• SBA
  http://www.sba.gov
  
  
• GPO Access
  http://www.gpoaccess.gov/ 

Business Classifications

• U.S. Census Bureau - NAICS
  http://www.census.gov

Business Plans

• SBA (US Small Business Administration)
  http://www.sba.gov/smallbusinessplanner/plan/writeabusinessplan/index.html

Financial Assistance

• SBA Homepage
  http://www.sba.gov/index.html
  
  
•  Colorado SBA office:
  http://www.sba.gov/localresources/district/co/index.html
  
  
•  SBA grants information
  http://www.sba.gov/services/financialassistance/grants/index.html
  

Business Statistics

• Census Bureau
  http://www.census.gov
  

• Economic Census
  http://www.census.gov/
  

• Census Latest Business Data
  http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/recent.htm
   
• American Factfinder: http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DatasetMainPageServlet?_lang=en&_program=ECN&_ds_name=E0200A1
• Census drill-down tables:
  http://www.census.gov/econ/census02/
  
  
• County Business Patterns

American Factfinder: http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DatasetMainPageServlet?_program=EAS&_tabId=EAS2&_submenuId=datasets_5&_lang=en&_ts=170929518769

 Drop-down boxes: http://censtats.census.gov/cbpnaic/cbpnaic.shtml

• CBP site
  http://www.census.gov/epcd/cbp/view/cbpview.html
  
  
•  Small Business Economy: A Report to the President
  http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/sb_econ2006.pdf
  
  
  
• SBA's Office of Advocacy Research and Statistics,  Office of Economic Research http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/
  
  
  
• FedStats
  http://www.fedstats.gov/
  

International Business

• Export.gov
  http://www.export.gov
   
•  US Department of State
  http://www.state.gov/
  
  
  
• US Department of State Travel and Business
  http://www.state.gov/travelandbusiness/
  
  

• STAT-USA
  http://www.stat-usa.gov/
  
  

• Depository Libraries
  http://www.gpoaccess.gov/libraries.html
  
  

• The International Trade Administration
  http://trade.gov/index.asp
  
  

• US Commercial Service Market Research Library http://www.buyusainfo.net/adsearch.cfm?search_type=int&loadnav=no
  
  

• Office of the US Trade Representative
  http://www.ustr.gov/Trade_Agreements/Section_Index.html
  
  

• Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS)
  http://www.usitc.gov/tata/hts/index.htm
  
  
  
•  Schedule B
  http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/

Employment

• Employer Identification Number (EIN)
  http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=98350,00.html
  
  

• The Bureau of Labor Statistics Wage Data
  http://www.bls.gov/bls/wages.htm.
  
  

• FMLA Compliance Assistance
  http://www.dol.gov/esa/whd/fmla/
  
  

• America's Job Bank
  http://www.ajb.org/
  
  

• CareerOneStop
  http://www.careeronestop.org/COS_Aboutus.aspx
  
  

• Occupational Outlook Handbook
  http://www.bls.gov/oco/
   
•  Partnered with Occupation Outlook Quarterly
  http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/ooqhome.htm
  
  

• Career Guide to Industries
  http://www.bls.gov/oco/cg/home.htm
  
  

• License and permit sites for each state include:

Arizona: http://az.gov/webapp/portal/topic.jsp?id=1161, http://az.gov/webapp/portal/subtopic.jsp?id=1168&name=Business

Colorado: http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite/CO-Portal/CXP/1165693060265

New Mexico: http://www.rld.state.nm.us/index.html

Utah: http://www.dopl.utah.gov/

Wyoming: http://plboards.state.wy.us/

• Local Employment Dynamics (LED)
  http://lehd.dsd.census.gov/led/datatools/datatools.html

Procurement

• FedBizOpps
  http://www.fedbizopps.gov/
  
  

•  FBODaily.com
  
  

• CCR/PRO-Net
  http://www.sba.gov/services/contractingopportunities/register/index.html

• Small Business Certification Program on the SBA website at: http://www.sba.gov/services/contractingopportunities/index.html.
  
  

• SBA online courses
  http://www.sba.gov/services/training/onlinecourses/index.html.  

• STAT-USA
  http://www.stat-usa.gov/
  
  

• State of the Nation
  http://www.stat-usa.gov/sotn.
  
  

• Globus & NTDB (National Trade Data Bank)
  http://www.stat-usa.gov/ntdb.  

• USA Trade Online
  http://www.usatradeonline.gov/
  
  

• STAT-USA Training Center training materials
  http://home.stat-usa.gov/training

 Regulations & Compliance

• Business.gov
  http://www.business.gov
  
  

• USA.gov
  http://www.usa.gov/
  
  

• Federal Register
  http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html
  
  

• Code of Federal Regulations
  http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html
  
  

• Regulations.gov
  http://www.regulations.gov
  
  

• Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
  http://www.ftc.gov/
  
  
  
•  FTC business page
  http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/business.htm
  
  

• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
  http://www.osha.gov
  
  Other OSHA pages of note:
  
  
  • Fact Sheets:
    http://www.osha.gov/OshDoc/toc_fact.html
    
    
  • Small business page:
    http://www.osha.gov/dcsp/smallbusiness/index.html
    
    

• US Dept. of Labor
  http://www.dol.gov/
   
• State Regulatory Offices
  
  
  • Arizona - Industrial Commission of Arizona
    http://www.ica.state.az.us/
  • Colorado - Colorado Department of Labor and Employment
    http://www.coworkforce.com/
     
  • New Mexico - New Mexico Department of Labor
    http://www.dol.state.nm.us/
     
  • Utah - Labor Commission of Utah
    http://laborcommission.utah.gov/indacc/indacc.htm
     
  • Wyoming - Wyoming Department of Employment
    http://wydoe.state.wy.us/