State

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State Federal Records

• Jim Burton, Ph.D.
• Marketing Real Estate
• College of Business

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Overview

• Dept of Industry Trade
• Labor Dept
• Dept of Transportation
• Dept of Natural Resources
• Agriculture Dept
• Federal Commerce Dept
• Corps of Engineers
• General Services Administration
• Housing Urban Development
• Interior Dept
• Other Departments

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Dept of Industry Trade

• Economic Profiles
• Industrial property offerings sales rents
• Demographics
• Foreign investors

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Labor Dept

• Labor Information Systems
• Employment growth
• Unemployment rates
• Other publications
• Grantor/Grantee Indexes
• Economic Indicators
• Strategic Planning Research

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Dept of Transportation (DOT)

• Recent appraisal reports
• Sales comps
• Traffic counts
• Future highway plans
• Appraisal bids

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Dept of Natural Resources

• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Geologic Survey
• Historic Sites Parks
• Freshwater wetlands
• Coastal marsh beaches

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Agriculture Dept

• Information
• Many departments
• Online access www.agr.state.ga.us
• Market Bulletin
• Farmland Rent/Lease

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Federal Commerce Dept

• Bureau of Census
• Survey of Current Business
• CPI
• Construction costs
• Labor costs

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Corps of Engineers

• Flood plain information
• Wetlands information
• Watershed studies
• Topographical maps
• Dock shoreline regs
• Lake visitations

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General Services Administration (GSA)

• Office of Real Estate Sales
• Public Buildings Service
• Appraisals
• Lease information

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Housing Urban Development (HUD)

• Multi-family loans
• Single-family loans
• Property Division
• Environmental/Relocation/Acquisition
• Handbooks Forms
• Market Analysis

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Interior Dept

• US Geological Survey
• Environmental Affairs
• National Park Service
• Tax Credit properties
• Façade easements
• Park facilities services

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Other Departments

• Fish Wildlife Service
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• National Archives Record Administration
  Appraisal Disposition Section
• Federal Publications

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Freedom of Information Act 1966

• Excludes elected officials
• Excludes private companies
• Excludes federal contractors
• Excludes state local governments

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Federal Information

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