The document discusses government spending in the United States and opportunities for businesses to sell to the government. It notes that US government spending in 2011 was estimated to be $3.73 trillion and included over $500 billion for the Department of Defense. It also lists many federal departments, agencies, state governments, and local municipalities as major visitors to the ThomasNet website looking to purchase goods and services. The document encourages businesses to pursue selling to the various government entities listed as they represent significant purchasing power.

1. Government
Sell to the Government –
the World’s Largest Buyer
The U.S. government spending for 2011 is estimated to be $3.73 trillion1.
The budget includes $553 billion for the Department of Defense, which
Government’s
includes a $22 billion increase over 2010, as well as an additional Top 10 Visitors to
$148 billion for R&D overall, $1.24 billion for a Next Generation Air ThomasNet.com
Transportation System, and a $556 billion comprehensive surface
transportation bill.2 The Department of Defense accounts for three of the 1. U.S. Army
top four ThomasNet.com Buyers—the U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force.
2. U.S. Navy
Who are ThomasNet.com Visitors from Government? 3. U.S. Air Force
The U.S. Military State Governments and Agencies
Major Government Research Laboratories City Governments 4. NASA
Federal Government Agencies Local Municipalities
and Departments 5. Department of
Homeland Security
Do Business with the Government 6. U.S. Postal Service
Many government institutions have multiple contacts using our site.
These are a few of the many organizations that have hundreds of 7. U.S. Department
of Agriculture
registered ThomasNet.com Buyers:
U.S. Air Force U.S. Navy U.S. Army U. S. Postal Service 8. Federal Aviation
Administration
These government Buyers bring their purchasing 9. New York City
power to ThomasNet.com. Are you getting
10. U.S. Department
your share? of Energy
U.S. Federal Departments and Organizations
U.S. Department of Health and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services U.S. Senate
Human Services
U.S. General Services U.S. Southern Command
U.S. Department of Justice Administration
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Department of State U.S. Geological Survey
U.S. Postal Service
U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Government Printing Office
U.S. Department of
U.S. Department of the Treasury U.S. House of Representatives Veterans Affairs
U.S. Department of Transportation U.S. International Federal Aviation Administration
Trade Commission
U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. Department of Energy
U.S. Joint Forces Command
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human U.S. Department of
Services, Program Support Center U.S. National Archives and Labor - OSHA
Records Administration
U.S. Dept. of Housing and U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Urban Development U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Commission
1
Reuters
2
The White House Office of Management and Budget

2. Laboratories Nevada
Cities and Towns San Jose, CA
Ames Laboratory New Hampshire San Lorenzo, CA
Albuquerque, NM
New York Santa Barbara, CA
Government
Argonne National Laboratory Amherst, MA
Atlantic Oceanographic and North Carolina South Bend, IN
Baltimore, MD
Meteorological Laboratory Ohio St. Charles, IL
Bellevue, WA
Battelle Pacific Northwest Oklahoma Tempe, AZ
Blacksburg, VA
Laboratory
Oregon Tuscaloosa, AL
Bloomington, IN
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Pennsylvania Waterbury, CT
Boston, MA
Idaho National Laboratory
Rhode Island West Bend, WI
Broken Arrow, OK
Knolls Atomic Power Lab
South Carolina West Haven, CT
Chandler, AZ
Lawrence Berkeley National
Tennessee
Laboratory Chattanooga, TN
Utah
Lawrence Livermore Laboratory College Station, TX Foundations and
Virginia
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Washington
Columbus, OH Institutions
National Renewable Energy Detroit, MI California Department of
Laboratory Wyoming Cancer Research
El Paso, TX
Naval Research Laboratory National Cancer Institute
Eureka, CA
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Counties Fayetteville, GA National Science Foundation
Princeton Plasma Physics U.S. Office of Surface Mining
Aiken County, SC Florence, KY
Laboratory
Clark County, WA Frankfort, KY Woods Hole Oceanographic
Sandia National Laboratories Institution
Coconino County, AZ Frisco, TX
Culpeper County, VA Gaithersburg, MD
State Governments Fairfax County, VA Greenwood, IN Governments
Alabama
Glynn County, GA Hatfield, MA Worldwide
Alaska Hayward, CA
Grant County, OR Brazil
Arizona Hialeah, FL
Hall County, NE China
Arkansas Honolulu, HI
Hamilton County, OH Colombia
California Hutto, TX
Harford County, MD Cyprus
Colorado Indianapolis, IN
King County, WA Ecuador
Connecticut Las Vegas, NV
Lake County, FL Egypt
District of Columbia Leesburg, FL
Lawrence County, IN India
Florida Lowell, MA
Loudoun County, VA Ireland
Georgia Lynchburg, VA
Maricopa County, AZ Israel
Hawaii Madison, AL
Monroe County, FL Jordan
Idaho Memphis, TN
Nassau County, NY Latvia
Illinois Miami Beach, FL
Placer County, CA Malaysia
Indiana Montgomery, AL
Riverside County, CA New Zealand
Kansas Mountain View, CA
Rowan County, NC Pakistan
Kentucky New York, NY
Sedgwick County, KS Singapore
Louisiana Odessa, TX
Suffolk County, NY South Africa
Maine Phoenix, AZ
Sumter County, FL Turkey
Maryland Plano, TX
Washington County, UT Ukraine
Michigan Redmond, WA
Waukesha County, WI United Kingdom
Missouri Rochester, NY
Webb County, TX Venezuela
Montana San Antonio, TX
Worcester County, MD
Nebraska San Diego, CA
Yamhill County, OR
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