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Helpful Links for Businesses:

NJ League of Municipalities

The New Jersey State League of Municipalities is a voluntary association created to help communities do a better job of self-government through pooling information resources and brain power. It is authorized by State Statute and since 1915, has been serving local officials throughout the Garden State. All 566 municipalities are members of the League. Over 560 mayors and 13,000 elected and appointed officials of member municipalities are entitled to all of the services and privileges of the League.

NJ Conference 
of Mayors

The New Jersey Conference of Mayors was founded in 1963 by a group of leading Mayors who believed their collective voices should be heard in Trenton and Washington. As front-line soldiers in communities across the State, the founding Mayors were interested in each others activities and chose to find common ground on issues impacting their residents. NJCM has since become the largest statewide organization in our Nation to exclusively represent the interests of Mayors to the State and Federal Legislatures and Administrations.

Ocean County Data Book

This comprehensive 85 page report includes the most currently available information for Ocean County and its 33 municipalities

Government Benefits Resource Website

It's fast. It's easy. It's open 24 hours. GovBenefits.gov connects people in need to government assistance programs. GovBenefits.gov  is the official benefits web site of the U.S. government. The site provides citizens with a central location to find more than 1,000 federal and state benefit programs that meet their needs. The Web site includes information for disasters or other emergencies, employment services, small-business loans and more.

New Jersey Business Gateway Registry Services

One-stop shopping for a variety of government services, and links to other sites that are helpful to businesses, such as the Division of Taxation, the Department of Labor and the Federal government.

Through NJ’s online business service sites you can register with the State, track the status of an application, and file forms such as tax returns. Verify your registration status with the Department of Treasury, and obtain a printable business registration certificate online. Use the automated forms fill system, which eliminates the need to fill out the same information on multiple forms. Corporations can file an annual report online, and file or search for UCC records. You can check the availability of a business name.

NJ Division of Purchase and Property

Do you want to do business with the State? Need info about bidding opportunities? Would you like to know what contracts have been awarded? 

Also, on this site you can register for the Small Business Set Aside Program. The program requires State government departments make a good faith effort to award 25 percent of the dollar value of State contracts for goods and services to companies that have less than 100 employees and have their principal place of business in New Jersey. The Division of Purchase and Property is testing a process that allows vendors to register and electronically bid on projects. If the project is successful, Treasury officials hope to make the service available online soon.

U.S. government's official web portal

FirstGov.gov, the U.S. government's official web portal, provides the most complete search of government along with an easy to use comprehensive collection of topical and citizen-focused links. Whatever you want or need from the U.S. government, it's on FirstGov.gov. You'll find a rich treasure of online information, services and resources.

A powerful search engine and ever-growing collection of topical and customer-focused links connects you to millions of web pages–from the federal government, local and tribal governments and to foreign nations around the world.

On FirstGov.gov, you can search millions of web pages from federal and state governments, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories. Most of these pages are not available on commercial websites. FirstGov has the most comprehensive search of government anywhere on the Internet.

Do Business Online: FirstGov.gov will help you find and do business with government online, on the phone, by mail or in person. You may select customer gateways– citizens, businesses and nonprofits, federal employees and government-to-government –to find exactly what you need. For example, from your computer, you can apply for student financial assistance, buy government publications, apply for social security and other benefits, get a passport application, and so much more.

Here’s the short list of what you can accomplish by clicking on the tab “for Businesses and Non Profits:”