GOVERNMENT RESOURCES

*Business.Gov www.business.gov. Helps businesses save time and money spent on regulatory compliance by providing quick and easy access to business laws, government regulations, forms and agency contacts

* Small Business Administration www.sba.gov .Manage from start to finish, expand your business, increase your business knowledge and productibity support your business with team of experts SBA forms federal forms SBA partner forms. Site has online training courses in business planing, financing and accounting business management starting a business marketing advertising and government contracting. The local District office is located at

Small Business District Centers in the Dallas Area include

Texas-North SBDC Dallas SBDC
1402 Corinth Street
Dallas, TX 75215
(214) 860-5865


International SBDC – Dallas, Texas
1950 Stemmons Frwy., Suite 5067
Dallas, Texas 75207
(214) 747-1300, (800) 337-7232

* Dept of Commerce www.commerce.gov Government source for laws and regulations concerning International Trade, Economic Development and the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

*US Copyright Office www.copyright.gov Site is the source on the basics about copyrights, how to register a copyright and how to search the database of copyrights

*US Dept Commerce-Patent & Trademark www.uspto.gov Source for information on patents and trademarks. Read the special guides that are available at the site and select from the menu pulldown topics about E-Business

* US Department of Labor-Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) www.osha.gov Government site contains workplace safety standards/ regulations, enforcement of the standards and required record keeping.

*CCH Business Owner’s Toolkit -Government Contracts Under small business guides option includes a short guide on Government Contracting 101

* IRS.Gov www,irs.gov This link covers tax information especially for small business and self employed business. Topics include record keeping requirements, allowable deductions, permitted accounting methods and the procedures for filing business taxes