Local Government
Florida Small Business Administration: Offers a wide area of assistance to small businesses. Their assistance programs are able to help consumer in the areas of: Technical, Financial and Contracting Assistance, Internal Administrative and Disaster Assistance. Each area contains several individual programs that small businesses will find useful
URL: http://www.sba.gov/fl/
Palm Beach County Home Page: Find out about all local resources or active issues in the Palm Beach area.
URL: http://www.co.palm-beach.fl.us
Division of Consumer Services: is just that, they’re there to assist consumers through education and assistance. Their site contains a comprehensive list of consumer resources and information on several subjects that effect consumers in the state.
URL: http://www.800helpfla.com/~cs/index.html
Department of Financial Services: This web site provides consumers with information pertaining to the banking industry in Florida. This includes and is not limited to the Bureau of Auditing, Bureau of accounting and the Bureau of State Payroll. This site would be useful to consumers looking for information ranging from Banking Statutes to Financial Fraud.
URL: http://www.fldfs.com/
Division of Library and Information Services: Access library directories online. Search government resources and articles through their comprehensive archives. Explore topics of research ranging from Education and Business to Consumer and tourism.
URL: http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/fgils/
Florida Division of Emergency Management: provides citizen emergency information pertaining disaster and disaster relief. The site contains education on natural disasters, how they happen and what to do if they happen along with a storm watch center for consumers to track potential weather problems.
