Welcome to How To ...
|
THIS IS A SPRING 1998 ARCHIVE OF THE U. S. BUSINESS
ADVISOR WEB SITE. |
|---|
Welcome to How To ...
If you don't see what you're looking for, try
Search.
|
Address and Package Your Mail [USPS] Information on how to get postal business forms. |
Common Sense Solutions To Environmental Problems (EPA) Find EPA's small business waste reduction guide, a business sector notebooks searchable by EPA's 18 selected major industrial groups, pollution prevention technologies and roundtable, and a technical library. |
|
Disaster Assistance [SBA] Information on disaster assistance loans, disaster area offices, outside resources for disaster assistance, and general information and publications. |
Do Business with GSA [GSA] "Do Business With GSA" explains in plain language how to find business opportunities with GSA, how to take advantage of them, and how to make the most of services offered by OED's Business Service Centers-the front door to contracting with GSA. |
|
Expand a Business [SBA] SBA offers business development assistance, sector specific help, and specialized software for marketing, running, and expanding a business. |
Finance a Business [SBA] SBA opens doors of opportunity by helping small businesses secure capital, to include software for and workshops on financing your business. |
|
FinanceNet [NPR] FinanceNet is the Internet's central clearinghouse for all electronic information from federal, state and local governments on the sale of all manner of property and surplus, from planes and boats to loans and homes. |
Find Business Cards A SBA-maintained database of business cards that is not sold or given to anyone but is listed by state and searchable for ease of use. |
|
Get CBD leads and useful Business News Information [SBA] Search today's Commerce Business Daily and access selected Business, Finance, International, non-profit, and News sites. |
Get Employer's Quick Reference Guide to Social Security [SSA] Current law requires that employers send to SSA by the end of February each year a Form W-2 Wage and Tax Statement for every employee (along with a Form W-3 transmittal summary). We've prepared this quick reference guide to help you find sources of information, services and assistance that will help you meet your end-of-year wage reporting requirements |
|
Get Forms and Directory of Small Business Lending from SBA [SBA] Download selected SBA loan and 8(a) forms and listings by state of small business lending reported by commerical banks. |
Get Forms and Publications from the IRS [IRS] Search, download, and print IRS forms, instructions, and publications. |
|
Get Information on EPA's Partners for the Environment Program [EPA] How to request more information for EPA's New Era of Voluntary Partnership. |
Get Information on SBIR/STTR Awards [SBA] Selected program support offered by SBA's Office of Technology, to include SBIR/STTR awards, commercial matching system, and pertinent management and financial assistance. |
|
Get a Passport [DOS] Complete information on how to get an American passport and receive useful travel-related information for the business traveler. |
Get a Service Corps of Retired Executives Counseling Appointment [SBA] Download and fill out on-line appointment form for counseling session with Service Corps of Retired Executive |
|
Get a Small Business Innovation and Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology
Transfer Research [SBA] Information on preparing a SBIR proposal, pre-solicitation announcements, solicitation, successful proposals and list of awards, and pertinent management and financial advice. |
HUD Marketplace [HUD] One-stop shop for HUD's business partners diveded into specific groups and general information for all business partners. |
|
How Do I File W-2 Wage and Tax Statement? [SSA] This "short course" is an overview of the W-2 filing process. It gives the employer a basic understanding of annual wage reporting including a list of common errors and oversights, and tips to help employers avoid them. |
IGNet - Internet Search List Find the needle in the internet haystack. |
|
Interactive expert help to deal with selected OSHA regulation (OSHA) OSHA is providing online and downloadable interactive expert help for business owners to deal with regulations on confined spaces, asbestos rules, and Cadmium Biological monitoring. |
Investor Opportunities and Venture Capital Access (SBA & ACE-NET) Find both investors looking for promising opportunities and small companies looking for investors through the Angel Network. |
|
Learn about Access to Venture Capital (SBA) Find the venture capital to launch a small business through the Small Business Investment Company Program (SBIC). |
OSHA - Safety and Health Internet Sites Find an index of safety and health internet sites. |
|
OSHA - Standard Industrial Classification Search Search for your standard industrial code (SIC) by keyword. |
OSHA Computerized Information System (OCIS) Access the Occupational Safety and Health Administrations's Computerized Information System for standards, bulletins, technical links, new initiatives, and training and outreach. |
|
Occupational Safety And Health Assistance For Small Businesses (OSHA) Listing of programs and available assistance from OSHA for small businesses in the health and safety area. |
Office of Advocacy Frequently Asked Questions Find useful information from the SBA's Office of Advocacy on laws and regulations, research on small business, statistics on small business, special reports, and news releases. |
|
SBA - 8(A) Contractor Listings Search for 8(a) firms by state. |
SBA - Property For Sale Find SBA property for sale that was acquired by the government in administering the SBA loan program. Property ranges from real estate to personal property that came from a wide variety of business operations. |
|
SBA Pro-Net Search for small companies and make U.S. Contractor Registration available to small firms. |
SCORE - Service Corps Of Retired Executives Access the Service Corps of Retired Executives for counseling and training under a grant from the SBA. There are SCORE chapters in every state. |
|
Search EDGAR [SEC] EDGAR, the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system, performs automated collection, validation, indexing, acceptance, and forwarding of submissions by companies and others who are required by law to file forms with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). |
Search Federal Jobs [OPM] Use a Web browser to search database, updated each week day, of vacancies advertised by federal agencies. Search by keyword and state. |
|
Services For Employers And Businesses (SSA) Help with wage filing, names and social security numbers, selling to SSA. |
Start a Business [SBA] SBA helps entrepreneurs start a business through information, technical assistance, training, and counseling. |
|
Zipcode Lookup [USPS] Provides zipcode lookup service. |