Federal Government Documents - Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives

Department of Commerce (http://www.commerce.gov) features information and links to the department’s agencies and offices, and information on economic development, trade, technology, and much more.

Bureau of Economic Analysis (http://www.bea.gov) offers economic accounts including regional and industry economic analyses, research and surveys, and publications.

Business.gov (http://www.business.gov) provides a one-stop, common access point for Federal Government services and information needed to assist with starting, running, and growing a business.

Economic Indicators.gov (http://www.economicindicators.gov) provides timely access to the daily releases of key economic indicators from the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau.

Economic Statistics Briefing Room from the White House (http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/esbr.html) provides access to current Federal economic indicators on a wide range of areas from employment to production to transportation.

EDGAR (http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml), U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s website with companies’ registrations, reports, and forms, and SEC regulatory actions.

Federal Trade Commission (http://www.ftc.gov/index.html) provides information on federal consumer protection laws, federal antitrust laws, economic research and analysis, and information for consumers and businesses.

FRASER: Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research (http://fraser.stlouisfed.org) provides economic information and data to researchers interested in the U.S. economy with links to scanned images (in Adobe® Acrobat® PDF format) of historical economic statistical publications, releases, and documents.

FRED: Federal Reserve Economic Data (http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2) offers regional and national financial and economic data from 3000 U.S. economic time series.

Industry, Trade, and the Economy: Data and Analysis (http://ita.doc.gov/td/industry/otea) offers state export data, foreign trade data, industry sector data, and much more.

NAICS NAICS (North American Industry Classification System - http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html) includes definitions for each industry, search the 2007 NAICS and 2002 NAICS for codes that changed, information on converting SIC to NAICS, and information on the manual, which is also available in print at the State Library.

National Technical Information Service (http://www.ntis.gov) the largest central resource for government-funded scientific, technical, engineering, and business related information available today. Here you will find information on more than 600,000 information products covering over 350 subject areas from over 200 federal agencies.

REIS (Regional Economic Information System) (http://www.bea.gov/regional/index.htm) Provides local area economic data for states, counties, and metropolitan areas for 1969-1995. Statistics in the data base include: personal income and earning variables, full and part employment variables, transfer payments variables, and farm income and expenses variables.

Small Business Administration (http://www.sba.gov) contains small business statistics, business laws and regulatory assistance, and economic data including state economic profiles.

STAT USA (http://www.stat-usa.gov) offers economic, business, and international trade information produced by the U.S. Government. This database is available for free for in-house use only at the State Library.

U.S. Census Bureau’s Economic Programs (http://www.census.gov/econ/www/index.html) offers information on economic data by sector, statistics, surveys, historical data, and much more.

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (http://www.uspto.gov) search for patents and trademarks, find information on patents and trademarks, and information on laws and regulations.

USA Trade Online (http://www.usatradeonline.gov) information on U.S. imports and exports with statistics and tools to monitor trends and research markets. This database is available for free for in-house use only at the State Library.

Budget of the United States (http://www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget), available at the State Library in print current two years, SuDoc: PREX 2.8:

County Business Patterns, Kentucky (http://www.census.gov/epcd/cbp/view/cbpview.html), available at the State Library in print 1973-2001, CD-ROM 1987-1994, SuDoc: C 3.204/3-19:

Economic Indicators (http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/publications/ei) available at the State Library in print from April 1993 to the present, SuDoc: Y 4.EC 7:EC 7:

Economic Report of the President (http://www.gpoaccess.gov/eop/index.html), available at the State Library in print 1995 to the current report, SuDoc: PR 43.9:

Statistics of Income Bulletin (http://www.irs.gov/taxstats/article/0,,id=117514,00.html), available at the State Library in print Summer 1995 to the present, SuDoc: T 22.35/4:

Survey of Current Business (http://www.bea.gov/scb/index.htm) available at the State Library in microfiche January 1974 to December 1996 and in print January 1979 to the present, SuDoc: C 59.11: