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Government information sites

U.S. Small Business Administration - an agency of the Federal government that assists in the interest of small businesses. News on federal grants and loans and other information. Its Small Business Training Network is a virtual campus housing free training courses, workshops, and knowledge resources designed to assist entrepreneurs and other students of enterprise. The resources are free; registration is required.

The federal government provides a gateway to federal business resources.

The Library of Congress provides Business Reference Services, a starting point for conducting research at the Library of Congress in the subject areas of business and economics. Reference specialists in specific subject areas assist patrons in formulating search strategies and gaining access to the information and materials contained in the Library's rich collections of business and economic materials.

The State of North Carolina provides a Serving Businesses portal with comprehensive links to business resources and information.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission small business page provides shortcuts to much of the information on its website relating to smaller companies.

U.S. Census Bureau is handy for demographic trends, market research, links to the Bureau of National Affairs and economic information.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission provides a search page, EDGAR Filings to locate 10Qs, etc.

FEDSTATS is the gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. federal agencies.

A service of the Library of Congress, THOMAS provides the status of legislation that is pending before Congress, access to the Congressional Record, and Congressional committee information.

U.S. Census Bureau Economic Census is a summary of the latest available (1997, 2002 results are trickling out) national statistics.

Navigation of these government information locators is disjointed, but they outline government information on the web and provide links by category: federal web locator and state web locator. The sites are provided by the Illinois Institute of Technology.

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