I use two free services provided by the US government.

tiger.census.gov and weather.gov

Have other people taken advantage of other public domain gov sites?

Search trademarks and patents here:

http://www.uspto.gov/

--I use this as an initial search and then turn it over to lawyers.

Census facts here:

http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/BasicFactsServlet
--Always get great market research info here.


Library of Congress Reference shelf here:

http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/virtualref.html

--Have not used this one yet, but looks good.

Happy web fun!
worksdev

The US Fish and Wildlife Service (www.fws.gov) offers free photos to use. I use them whenever I need a nice photo.

The images are located at http://images.fws.gov

I use the forms at www.irs.gov for my taxes when I don't e-file. I avoid my agency's site at www.cms.hhs.gov. And I keep my eyes on www.usajobs.com for employment opportunities.

Aaron