These websites will be of interest if you plan to or are currently conducting business with the U.S. federal government.

• Acquisition Community Connection: Offers authoritative acquisition, technology and logistics information, and access to experts and peers working on critical Acquisition, Technology & Logistics (AT&L) processes.

• Central Contractor Registration: CCR was created to be the single repository of vendor data for the entire DoD to avoid this administrative duplication and allow contractors to take responsibility for the accuracy of their own important business information by supplying it directly to the government through a single registration.

• Defense Acquisition and Procurement Policy: DPAP leads the transformation to strategic acquisition by integrating the people, processes and technologies required to implement a modern acquisition environment that supports the Warfighter’s needs.

• E-Gov: Uses improved Internet-based technology to make it easy for citizens and businesses to interact with the government, save taxpayer dollars, and streamline citizen-to-government communications.

• FedBizOpps: Is the single government point-of-entry (GPE) for Federal government procurement opportunities over $25,000.

• FedTeDS: An online dissemination solution designed to safeguard sensitive acquisition related information for use by all Federal Agencies and their approved business partners.

• FirstGov.gov: The U.S. government's official web portal. Find government benefits, apply for government grants, shop government auctions, apply for government jobs, and more.

• Minority Business Development Agency: MBDA is the only federal agency created specifically to foster the establishment and growth of minority-owned businesses in America. MBDA is an entrepreneurially focused and innovative organization committed to wealth creation in minority communities.

• National Business Center: Your source of business opportunities for the Department of the Interior and other participating agencies.

• Past Performance Information Retrieval System: PPIRS is a web-enabled, government-wide application that provides timely and pertinent contractor past performance information to the Federal acquisition community for use in making source selection decisions.

• Small Disadvantaged Business: the SBA's minority development programs are intended to help small businesses be successful for the future.

• Small Business Administration: the SBA advocates for all small businesses by taking leadership in building a productive partnership between the American people and its government.

• Small Business Incentive Research: The National Science Foundation (NSF), an independent agency of the Federal Government, invites eligible small business concerns to participate in the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs. NSF will support high quality projects on important scientific, engineering, or science/engineering education problems and opportunities that could lead to significant commercial and public benefit if the research is successful.

• U.S. Business Advisor: USBA exists to provide business with one-stop access to federal government information, services, and transactions. Our goal is to make the relationship between business and government more USAGOV.net: With commercial spending down and government spending up, consider selling your products or services to state, city and county governments. This is a hidden market that provides wealth of potential bid opportunities.

• VA Business Opportunities System: BOS is a simple, user-friendly system that will enable the public to conduct procurement activities via the Web. Our programs in medical research, diagnosis and treatment, data processing, and hospital construction have already absorbed many advances in electronics, systems, and materials which a few years ago were components designed for space exploration.