The Bureau of the Fiscal Service (BFS) is an agency of the United States Department of the Treasury which replaced the Bureau of the Public Debt (BPD) and the Financial Management Service (FMS) effective October 7, 2012. BFS manages the government's accounting, central payment systems, and public debt, including Savings Bonds.
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Working with international freight forwarders and need specific nomenclature of your products and services to export? Check out the updated annual print subscription for the Harmonized Tariff Schedules of the United States Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes 31st Edition 2019 to keep as a desk reference.
Do you commute to work each day? You may want to check out Smartphone Applications to Influence Travel Choices: Practices and Policies produced by the Department of Transportation.
Are you considering working with your legal team to regiseter for a patent? General Information Concerning Patents 2015 will be a handy reference in your discussions and strategic planning.
In this digital age, are you concerned about your product trademarks used by another entity without permission? Protecting Your Trademark: Enhancing Your Rights Through Federal Registration, Basic Facts About Trademarks may be a helpful guide to you.
Are you an editor, marketing professional, business professional responsible for writing reports, or advertising agency executive? You need to be aware of copyrighted texts, online usage, ideas and concepts from other writers and authors. Copyright Law of the United States and Related Laws Contained in Title 17 of the United States Code should be on part of a business executive's personal library to make sure that your company's materials are not violating any copyright laws.
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