Environmental Scanning Resources
Below are r esources useful to research and planning offices of California community colleges for creating local area environmental scans. Use these resources in conjunction with county and regional resources.
- Bureau of Economic Analysis
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Bureau of Labor Statistics--Data
- Cal Facts: CA's Economy and Budget Perspective
- California Department of Finance
- California Economic Census: 1992
- California Employment Development Department (EDD)
- California Legislative Analyst's Office
- California Occupation Projections
- California Network of Small Business Development Centers (SBDC)
- California Technology, Trade and Commerce Agency
- Counting California
- Economic Statistics Briefing Room (Current Federal Economic Indicators)
- General Job Outlook Search--CA
- General Job Outlook Search--U.S.
- Government Information Sharing Project
- Labor Market Information Division of EDD (for California, its counties and MSAs)
- O*NET Online(Occupational Information Network)
- Rand Corporation--Institute on Education and Training Publications
- State of the Cities Data System
- U.S. Business Advisor
- U.S. Bureau of the Census
- U.S. Bureau of the Census Depository Libraries in California
- U.S. Department of Commerce
- U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
- U.S. Small Business Administration
- World Wide Web Sites of Commerce Department Agencies
