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LOCATION
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Amherst
Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC)
A program of the SBDC focused on helping clients in Massachusetts get and fulfill government contracts. Procurement specialists in Boston, Fall River, Lawrence, Lynnfield, Springfield, and Worcester...View details

Amherst
Procurement Technical Assistance Program
The Procurement Technical Assistance Program (PTAP) provides businesses with guidance for responding to opportunities to market products and services to Federal, state and local governments....View details

Barnstable
Cape Cod Commission
Established as a regional planning and regulatory agency to prepare and implement a regional land use policy plan for all of Cape Cod, review and regulate Developments of Regional Impact, and...View details

Barnstable
Cape Cod Technology Council (CCTC)
Promotes the benefits of technology-based business to the region, pursue local infrastructure solutions, such as in transportation, telecommunications, deregulation of electric utilities, home-based...View details

Boston
Comm-PASS (Commonwealth of Massachusetts' Procurement Access & Solicitation System)
Allows businesses easy access to all of the information necessary to bid on many state contracts. It is a one stop shopping for viewing, downloading, printing and linking to helpful information...View details

Boston
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Serves the First Federal Reserve District that includes the six New England states: Connecticut (excluding Fairfield County), Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. The...View details

Boston
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
DEP is the state agency responsible for ensuring clean air and water, the safe management and disposal of solid and hazardous wastes, the timely cleanup of hazardous waste sites and spills, and...View details

Boston
Massachusetts Department of Food and Agriculture (MDFA)
Supports, promotes, and enhances the long-term viability of Massachusetts agriculture with the aim of helping this state's agricultural businesses become as economically and environmentally sound...View details

Boston
Massachusetts Department of Revenue Online Service Center (DOR)
Provides information about the tax laws of the Commonwealth as well as information about DOR and the programs it offers. The most popular Massachusetts tax forms, publications and statistical...View details

Boston
Massachusetts Division of Employment and Training (DET)
An agency of the Massachusetts Department of Workforce Development (DLWD), is "committed to providing unemployment insurance, labor exchange, and labor market research services to Massachusetts'...View details

Boston
Massachusetts Division of Professional Licensure
An agency within the Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation with 36 boards of registration regulating more than 46 trades and professions. The division provides information about...View details

Boston
Massachusetts Export Center (MEC)
A one-stop resource for export assistance, MEC offers services that are designed to help companies at any stage in the export process. Whether a small business just starting to export or an experienced...View details

Boston
Massachusetts Office of Business Development
MOBD helps businesses currently located in Massachusetts, as well as those outside the state that are interested in expanding, relocating, or simply exploring a range of business opportunities...View details

Boston
Massachusetts Office of International Trade & Investment
Assists in-state businesses with international interests in harnessing global market opportunities to generate new revenues, create jobs, and encourage the influx of foreign investments in the...View details

Boston
Office of Consumer Affairs & Business Regulation
Charged with educating, informing, and protecting consumers, the Office staffs a Consumer Hotline; investigates consumer problems; publishes brochures, alerts, and reports; and monitors the marketplace...View details

Boston
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Corporations Division
Offers links to information about business entities, Uniform Commercial Code (U.C.C.) filings, trademarks, the Business Assistance Resource Center, Service of Process, and Fee Schedules. Also,...View details

Boston
State Office of Minority & Women Business Assistance (SOMWBA)
SOMWBA is an agency within the Massachusetts Department of Economic Development, which promotes the development of certified minority businesses nonprofits and women owned businesses and nonprofits....View details

Boston
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Protect human health and safeguards the natural environment - air, water, and land - upon which life depends through a broad range of activities....View details

Boston
United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Functions in order to protect human health and to safeguard the natural environment....View details

Fitchburg
Montachusett Regional Planning Commission (MRPC)
Working to carry out comprehensive regional planning in the Montachusett area. MRPC is available to provide a wide variety of services to its member communities including economic development...View details

Greenfield
Franklin Regional Council of Governments
A regional municipal services and planning organization based in the upper Connecticut River Valley of Massachusetts. Its members are municipalities, which choose to work together for producing...View details

Taunton
Southeastern Regional Planning & Economic Development District
Plans for the future of southeastern Massachusetts that includes expansion of economic opportunity, protection of natural and historic resources, and development of excellent physical and cultural...View details

Westborough
Massachusetts Technology Collaborative
An economic development organization established by the state to foster sustainable economic growth by: promoting a better understanding of the forces that shape the state's economy, and by enabling...View details

Worcester
Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission (CMRPC)
A planning partnership serving the interests of local government in Central and Southern Worcester County. CMRPC is set up to assist communities in meeting the challenges of future growth....View details



Statewide and Nationwide Small Business Resource Partners
LOCATION
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Statewide
EPA New England Chapter
Functions in order to protect human health and to safeguard the natural environment....View details

Statewide
General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
The web site of the general court provides information on current legislation and legislators, the text of laws and the budget, guides to the legislative process, and much more....View details

Statewide
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
IRS Stakeholder Liaison provides small businesses and stakeholders with timely and consistent tax guidance. Develops relationships with governmental, civic and trade organizations to determine...View details

Statewide
Massachusetts Business Resource Team
Provides a single point of contact for one on one services to businesses looking to create and retain jobs in Massachusetts as well as aggregates government and other economic development programs...View details

Statewide
Massachusetts Division of Insurance
The Division of Insurance protects consumers and businesses by providing assistance and information, regulating the insurance industry?s market behavior and financial solvency, and fostering...View details

Statewide
Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission
Assists eligible individuals with disabilities to attain employment or self-employment, and self-sufficiency by providing a range of services including training, counseling and referrals to business...View details

Statewide
SBA PRO-Net: Procurement Marketing and Access Network
A search engine for contracting officers, a marketing tool for small firms and a link to procurement opportunities and important information. It is designed to be a virtual one-stop-procurement-shop....View details

Statewide
Secretary of States Office, Massachusetts
The Secretary of State is responsible for the initial creation and certain maintenance filings for all domestic state and out-of-state business entities including for-profit and nonprofit corporations,...View details

Statewide
Small Business Administration(SBA) Office of Veterans Business Development (OVBD)
OVBDs mission is to assist veterans, service-disabled veterans, reserve component members, and their dependents or survivors by helping them to learn about, access and effectively utilize all...View details

Statewide
Taxpayer Advocacy Service, IRS
An independent organization within the IRS, consisting of highly skilled case advocates who negotiate on your behalf with the IRS to secure the most beneficial resolution for your IRS problem....View details

Statewide
United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Functions in order to protect human health and to safeguard the natural environment....View details

Statewide
United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Functions in order to protect human health and to safeguard the natural environment....View details

Statewide
United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Functions in order to protect human health and to safeguard the natural environment....View details

Statewide
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Administers the patent and trademark laws as they relate to the granting of patents for utility inventions, designs and plants and the issuing of trademark registrations. The USPTO examines applications...View details

Nationwide
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
IRS Stakeholder Liaison provides small businesses and stakeholders with timely and consistent tax guidance. Develops relationships with governmental, civic and trade organizations to determine...View details

Nationwide
International Trade Administration
Helps businesses participate in the growing global marketplace and provides practical information to help select markets and products....View details

Nationwide
Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
Serves as the a focal point for small businesses interested in doing business with the Department of Energy (DOE) and administers the Department's small business program by establishing goals,...View details

Nationwide
Procurement Technical Assistance Program
The Procurement Technical Assistance Program (PTAP) provides businesses with guidance for responding to opportunities to market products and services to Federal, state and local governments....View details

Nationwide
U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development
USDA Rural Development provides financial and technical resources in rural areas in order to support community and economic development opportunities, as well as improve quality of life issues....View details

Nationwide
United States Agency for International Development
Works to support long-term and equitable economic growth and advancing U.S. foreign policy objectives by supporting economic growth, agricultural and trade, global health,and democracy, conflict...View details

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