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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (formerly HCFA)

Homepage: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://cms.hhs.gov
News:
Regulatory: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.hcfa.gov/regs/regsnotices.htm
Small Business:
E-mail:
Compliance Assistance:
Phone Number: (202) 690-6726

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Homepage: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.cftc.gov/cftc/cftchome.htm
News: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.cftc.gov/cftc/cftcpressoffice.htm
Regulatory:
Small Business:
E-mail:
Compliance Assistance:
Phone Number: (202) 418-5160

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Homepage: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.cpsc.gov/
News: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prerel.html
Regulatory: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.cpsc.gov/businfo/acts.html
Small Business: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.cpsc.gov/businfo/smbus.html
E-mail:
Compliance Assistance:
Phone Number: (301) 504-0550

Customs Service

Homepage: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.customs.gov
News: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.customs.gov/news/news.htm
Regulatory:
Small Business: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.customs.gov/about/sbrefa.htm
E-mail: trade.ombudsman@customs.treas.gov
Compliance Assistance:
Phone Number: (202) 927-1440

Department of Agriculture

Homepage: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.usda.gov
News: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.udsa.gov/newsroom.html
Regulatory:
Small Business: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.usda.gov/da/smallbus.html
E-mail:
Compliance Assistance:
Phone Number: (202) 720-1516

Department of Commerce

Homepage: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://home.doc.gov/
News: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.doc.gov/osdbu/news_releases.htm
Regulatory:
Small Business: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.doc.gov/osdbu/
E-mail:
Compliance Assistance:
Phone Number: (202) 482-3151

Department of Defense

Homepage: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.defenselink.mil/
News: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.defenselink.mil/news/
Regulatory:
Small Business: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.acq.osd.mil/sadbu/
E-mail:
Compliance Assistance:
Phone Number: (703) 697-9383

Department of Education

Homepage: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.ed.gov/
News: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.ed.gov/offices/OPA/index.html
Regulatory: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.ed.gov/topics/topicsTier2.jsp?&top=Policy&subtop=Regulations
Small Business: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.ed.gov/offices/OERI/SBIR/about.html
E-mail:
Compliance Assistance:
Phone Number: (202) 708-9820

Department of Energy

Homepage: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.energy.gov/
News: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.energy.gov/press/index.html
Regulatory: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://e-center.doe.gov/
Small Business: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://e-center.doe.gov/
E-mail:
Compliance Assistance:
Phone Number: (202) 586-7377

Department of the Interior

Homepage: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.doi.gov/
News: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.doi.gov/news/index.html
Regulatory:
Small Business: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.doi.gov/osdbu/
E-mail:
Compliance Assistance:
Phone Number: (202) 208-3181

Department of Justice

Homepage: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.usdoj.gov/
News: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.usdoj.gov/03press/index.html
Regulatory:
Small Business: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.usdoj.gov/jmd/osdbu/
E-mail:
Compliance Assistance:
Phone Number: (202) 514-2007

Department of Labor

Homepage: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.dol.gov
News: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.dol.gov/dol/media/main.htm
Regulatory: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.dol.gov/dol/regs/main.htm
Small Business: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.dol.gov/dol/osbp/public/sbrefa/main.htm
E-mail:
Compliance Assistance:
Phone Number: (202) 693-6460 or (888) 972-7332

Department of State

Homepage: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.state.gov/
News: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.state.gov/press/
Regulatory:
Small Business:
E-mail: thomasje@state.gov
Compliance Assistance:
Phone Number: (703) 516-1953

Department of Transportation

Homepage: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.dot.gov
News: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.dot.gov/affairs/briefing.htm
Regulatory: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.dot.gov/ost/ogc/org/regulation/C-50/
Small Business: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://osdbuweb.dot.gov/
E-mail:
Compliance Assistance:
Phone Number: (202) 366-4723

Department of Treasury

Homepage: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.ustreas.gov/
News: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.ustreas.gov/headlines.html
Regulatory:
Small Business:
E-mail:
Compliance Assistance:
Phone Number: (202) 622-1100

Department of Veterans Affairs

Homepage: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.va.gov/
News: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.va.gov/osdbu/library/news.htm
Regulatory:
Small Business: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.va.gov/osdbu/
E-mail: osdbu@mail.va.gov
Compliance Assistance:
Phone Number: (202) 565-8124 or (800) 949-8387

Drug Enforcement Administration

Homepage: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.dea.gov
News:
Regulatory: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov
Small Business: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/
pubs/fair_adviz.htm
E-mail:
Compliance Assistance:
Phone Number: (202) 307-7295

Environmental Protection Agency

Homepage: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.epa.gov
News: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.epa.gov/epahome/newsroom.htm
Regulatory: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.epa.gov/epahome/lawregs.htm
Small Business: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.epa.gov/smallbusiness
Compliance Assistance: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://es.epa.gov/oeca/main/
compasst/index.html
Phone Number: (202) 564-2220

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Homepage: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.eeoc.gov/index.html
News: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.eeoc.gov/pr.html
Regulatory: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.eeoc.gov/policy/index.html
Small Business: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.eeoc.gov/small/index.html
Liaison List: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.eeoc.gov/policy/index.html
E-mail:
Compliance Assistance:
Phone Number: (202) 663-4900 or (800) 669-4000

Farm Credit Administration

Homepage: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.fca.gov/
News: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.fca.gov/News%20&%20Events.htm
Regulatory:
Small Business:
E-mail: Orrickr@fca.gov
Compliance Assistance:
Phone Number: (703) 883-4442

Federal Communications Commission

Homepage: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.fcc.gov/
News: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.fcc.gov/
Regulatory:
Small Business:
E-mail:
Compliance Assistance:
Phone Number: (202) 418-0995

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Homepage: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.fdic.gov/
News: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.fdic.gov/news/index.html
Regulatory:
Small Business:
E-mail: cturpenoff@fdic.gov
Compliance Assistance:
Phone Number: (202) 942-3828

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Homepage: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.ferc.fed.us/
News: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.ferc.fed.us/news/pressreleases
/prsrls1.htm
Regulatory: .http://www.ferc.fed.us/news/policy/data/rm97-2-000.txt
Small Business: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.ferc.fed.us/about/doing/
sba_fairness.htm
E-mail: Carol.Connors@ferc.fed.us
Compliance Assistance:
Phone Number: (202) 208-0870

Federal Reserve Board

Homepage: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.federalreserve.gov/default.htm
News: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.federalreserve.gov/pressreleases.htm
Regulatory: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.federalreserve.gov/regnsup.htm
Small Business:
E-mail:
Compliance Assistance:
Phone Number:

Federal Trade Commission

Homepage: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.ftc.gov/
News: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/news.htm
Regulatory:
Small Business:
E-mail:
Compliance Assistance:
Phone Number: (202) 326-2222 or (877) 382-4357

Food and Drug Administration

Homepage: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.fda.gov/
News: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.fda.gov/opacom/hpwhats.html
Regulatory: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.fda.gov/opacom/laws/lawtoc.htm
Small Business: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.fda.gov/oc/ofacs/
fdasbo/default.html
E-mail: Ombuds@oc.fda.gov
Compliance Assistance:
Phone Number: (301) 827-3390

General Services Administration

Homepage: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.gsa.gov/Portal/home.jsp
News:
Regulatory:
Small Business: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.gsa.gov/Portal/content/offerings_content.jsp?contentOID=
22771&contentType=1004
E-mail:
Compliance Assistance:
Phone Number: (202) 501-1021

Health and Human Services

Homepage: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.hhs.gov/
News: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.hhs.gov/news/
Regulatory:
Small Business:
E-mail:
Compliance Assistance:
Phone Number: (202) 690-7235

Housing and Urban Development

Homepage: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.hud.gov/
News: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.hud.gov/news/index.cfm
Regulatory:
Small Business: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.hud.gov/offices/osdbu/
E-mail:
Compliance Assistance:
Phone Number: (202) 708-1428

Immigration and Naturalization Service

Homepage: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/index.htm
News:
Regulatory: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/lawsregs/fedpubs.htm
Small Business:
E-mail:
Compliance Assistance:
Phone Number: (202) 305-1949

Internal Revenue Service

Homepage: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.irs.gov
News: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.irs.gov/news/nandf.html
Regulatory:
Small Business: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.irs.gov/smallbiz/index.htm
E-mail:
Compliance Assistance:
Phone Number: (800) 829-1040

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Homepage: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.nasa.gov/
News:
Regulatory:
Small Business: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://sbir.nasa.gov/
E-mail:
Compliance Assistance:
Phone Number: (202) 358-2088

National Labor Relations Board

Homepage: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.nlrb.gov/
News: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.nlrb.gov/press/press.html
Regulatory:
Small Business:
E-mail:
Compliance Assistance:
Phone Number: (202) 273-1790

Occupational Safety & Health Administration

Homepage: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.osha.gov/
News: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.osha.gov/briefing.html
Regulatory:
Small Business:
E-mail:
Compliance Assistance:
Phone Number: (202) 693-2317

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp

Homepage: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.pbgc.gov/
News: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.pbgc.gov/news/default.htm
Regulatory: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.pbgc.gov/laws/lawsregs/default.htm
Small Business: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.pbgc.gov/publications/smbus.htm
E-mail: practitioner.pro@pbgc.gov
Compliance Assistance:
Phone Number: (202) 326-4136 or (800) 736-2444 ext. 4136

Securities and Exchange Commission

Homepage: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.sec.gov
News: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.sec.gov/news.shtml
Regulatory: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.sec.gov/about.shtml
http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.sec.gov/rules.shtml
http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.sec.gov/interps.shtml
Small Business: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.sec.gov/info/smallbus.shtml
E-mail: e-prospectus@sec.gov
Compliance Assistance:
Phone Number: (202) 942-2950

Small Business Administration

Homepage: http://www.sba.gov/
News: http://www.sba.gov/news/indexheadline.html
Regulatory:
Small Business:
E-mail:
Compliance Assistance:
Phone Number: (202) 401-6645

Social Security Administration

Homepage: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.ssa.gov
News: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.ssa.gov/pressoffice/index.htm
Regulatory:
Small Business: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.ssa.gov/employers
E-mail:
Compliance Assistance:
Phone Number: (410) 965-3120

Tennessee Valley Authority

Homepage: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.tva.com
News: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.tva.com/news/releases/index.htm
Regulatory:
Small Business: http://web.sba.gov/cgi-bin/byebye.pl?TO=http://www.tva.com/econdev/smallbiz.htm
E-mail:
Compliance Assistance:
Phone Number: (423) 751-7203

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