1. Doing Business with the United States Federal Government
Presented by
Keith Berner

3. The USA

4. The State of Ohio

5. Cuyahoga County, Ohio

6. Government or Governments?
As of 1997, there were 87,504 governments in the United States, not counting the federal and 50 state governments.

7. Levels of Government & Responsibilities
"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people."
--United States Constitution

8. Levels of Government & Responsibilities
Some of the powers accorded the federal government under the US Constitution:
Taxes, defense, general welfare, borrowing, commerce with other nations, coining money, post offices, intellectual property rights, judiciary, war, foreign affairs, interstate commerce

9. Size of Federal vs. State/Local Markets
Total Spending 2002
Federal: $2,212,773,000,000
State & Local: $1,039,700,000,000

10. Federal Outlays by
Data for
2002

11. Agency 1 Federal Outlays by Agency 2

12. Federal Spending by State
Data for
2001

14. The World’s Largest
Customer – What Do They

15. What don’t they buy?!