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Key Departments in State, Federal & Local Government

Senate Joint Resolution 09-046 - Desgination of April 28 as Equal Pay Day
Click here to view the document. 

IRS Small Business & Self Employed Tax Center
http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/index.html
This section offers a broad range of resources across federal and state agencies, as well as industry/profession specific information for self-employed entrepreneurs, employers and businesses.

Learn how you can apply for federal stimulus funding - The Office of Management & Budget instructed federal departments and agencies to begin drafting rules on implementation of the $787 billion Recovery Act...click here for more.

Read about HB 1224- Eliminate Gender Discrimination in Individual Health Insurance by Rep. Sue Shaffer and Senator Morgan Carroll --  and how Colorado Women get their health insurance.  http://www.denvergov.org/Portals/353/documents/women&healthinsurance.pdf

Also, visit: www.denvergov.org to view an updated bill list “2009 Legislation Affecting Women” - link in upper right hand corner. For more information on the Denver Women's Commission, visit www.denvergov.org/women.

Economic Stimulus Bill - click here for highlights

Track every dollar spent with the stimulus money - visit www.recovery.gov

How a Bill Becomes Colorado Law
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STATE
 
Colorado State Government
www.colorado.gov

Colorado General Assembly
www.leg.state.co.us

Colorado Secretary of State
www.sos.state.co.us

Voting Information 
www.elections.colorado.gov

Colorado Office of Economic Development & International Trade
www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite/OEDIT/OEDIT/1162927366334

Small Business Development Center
http://denversbdc.org

Minority Business Office
www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite/OEDIT/OEDIT/1165009699718

Colorado Business Resource Guide
www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite/OEDIT/OEDIT/1154721645662

State of Colorado Office of Certification
www.dot.state.co.us/eeo/certification/ocindex.htm

State of Colorado Permits & Licenses Index
www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite/CO-Portal/CXP/1185353121493

State Purchasing Office, Division of Finance & Procurement
www.gssa.state.co.us

University of Colorado Business Advancement Center
www.colorado.edu/cubac

RTD FasTracks Public-Private Partnerships
www.rtd-fastracks.com/main_91

FEDERAL

Federal Business Opportunities
www.fedbizopps.gov 

Federal Government Grants
www.Grants.gov 

National Women's Business Council
www.nwbc.gov

Online Women's Business Center
www.sba.gov/aboutsba/sbaprograms/onlinewbc/index.html

Small Business Administration
www.sba.gov

Small Business Development Center
www.sba.gov/sbdc

SCORE (Senior Core of Retired Executives)
www.score.org

U.S. Business Advisor (includes information on financing)
www.business.gov

U.S. Census
www.census.gov

U.S. Chamber of Commerce
www.uschamber.com

U.S. Department of Commerce: Basic Guide to Exporting
www.unzco.com/basicguide/index.html

U.S. Department of Commerce Commercial Service
www.ita.doc.gov/cs

U.S. Department of Commerce Office of Export Promotion Services' Trade Event List
www.export.gov/comm_svc/tradeevents.html

U.S. Department of Commerce Trade Information Center
www.ita.doc.gov/td/tic/

U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics
www.bls.gov

U.S. Department of Labor-Women's Bureau
www.dol.gov/wb

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
www.uspto.gov

Women-21
www.women-21.gov

Women's Network for Entrepreneurial Training
www.sba.gov/womeninbusiness/wnet.html

LOCAL

Denver Mayor's Office of Contract Compliance
www.denvergov.org/mocc

City and County of Denver
www.denvergov.org

Denver Public Library
http://denverlibrary.org/

Denver Public Schools
fm.dpsk12.org

SCORE (Senior Core of Retired Executives) - Denver Office
www.scoredenver.org

Small Business Administration - Denver
www.sba.gov/co/

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