Mining Government Resources for Your Information Needs

GOVERNMENT RESOURCES ARE A VIRTUAL GOLD MINE OF INFORMATION IF YOU KNOW HOW TO GO BEYOND THE STATISTICAL ABSTRACT AND THE OCCUPATIONAL OUTLOOK HANDBOOK. BEST OF ALL, THE INFORMATION IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN AND DOESN'T (USUALLY) REQUIRE A FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST TO OBTAIN

BY LISA A. ZWICKEY

The economy seems to be on everyone's mind these days, and your organization's executives are probably no exception. Keeping them up to date on the changing economic landscape can be daunting, especially since there are so many governmental organizations that issue economic information, such as the Bureau of Labor Statistics; the Department of the Treasury; the Census Bureau; the Bureau of Economic Analysis; the Economics and Statistics Administration; etc. But it's the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) that I find most helpful for those daily executive updates.

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