Federal and State Institutions

In the application: Main Menu → Research → Federal and State Institutions

Follow the sections in order, or use the contents and chapter links to go directly to what you need. Existing lessons may change example records or repeat a shared screen.

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1. Find federal offices and state institutions

Start with the button-specific workflow: Find federal offices and state institutions.

Watch from the beginning

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  1. 0:00 — Open Federal and State Institutions
  2. 0:05 — Select a state and directory categories
  3. 0:23 — Expand the federal buying-office groups
  4. 0:57 — Review an office's presolicitation list
  5. 1:37 — Read the hospital directory fields
  6. 2:03 — Read the nursing-home directory fields
  7. 2:23 — Search the Florida university directory
  8. 2:41 — Read the university directory rows
  9. 3:08 — Read the State Prisons directory fields
  10. 3:29 — Choose a contact directory
  11. 3:53 — Read the APHIS office email directory
  12. 4:14 — Return to the Agriculture office list
  13. 4:32 — Use FOIA Contacts for records requests
  14. 5:02 — Return to the institution results

Written walkthrough and screen references

  1. Research federal offices and institutions by state
  2. Read agency small-business and FOIA contact directories