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Guide to Government Related Business Sources

Step 1- To find out about Federal regulatory agencies and what they do, use the following:

Federal Regulatory Directory:

REF
KF
A15
5406
F4
2003

Major Federal Regulatory Agencies Homepages:

(Besides information about what the agencies do, you can also locate federal regulations on the agency homepages)

  1. Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
  2. Consumer Product Safety Commission
  3. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  4. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
  5. Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
  6. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
  7. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
  8. Federal Reserve System
  9. Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
  10. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
  11. Food Safety Inspection Service
  12. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
  13. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
  14. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Step 2- If you cannot locate federal regulations on the homepage of the Federal regulatory agency you have selected, the following publications will have them:

  1. GPO Access Online
  2. Federal Register-Call number AE 2.106 (latest 6 months in paper, back issues are in microfiche)

Step 3- Search Academic Search Premier, ABI/Inform Indexes, and Lexis/Nexis

Step 4- Search the HELIN catalog for congressional hearings 

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