# Government

Every entry marked Government on the Tulsa Ecosystem Map. Tulsa entries first, then by connections.

- [OCAST](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/ocast): Short for the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology.
- [Oklahoma Department of Commerce](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/oklahoma-department-of-commerce): The state agency for business and economic development.
- [City of Tulsa](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/city-of-tulsa): Tulsa's city government.
- [PartnerTulsa](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/partner-tulsa): The City of Tulsa's economic development organization, formally the Tulsa Authority for Economic Opportunity.
- [Oklahoma Works](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/oklahoma-works): Oklahoma's statewide workforce partnership of several agencies, with offices that connect job seekers and employers.
- [Oklahoma Employment Security Commission](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/oesc): The Oklahoma state agency for unemployment insurance and employment services.
- [Central Library Business Center](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tulsa-library-business-center): A free service of the Tulsa City-County Library at the downtown Central Library.
- [Oklahoma Workforce Commission](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/oklahoma-workforce-commission): The coordinating body for workforce development across Oklahoma, created under the Oklahoma Workforce Transformation Act.
- [SBA Oklahoma District Office](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/sba-oklahoma): The Oklahoma City office of the US Small Business Administration, the federal agency for small businesses.
- [Eligible Training Provider List](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/eligible-training-provider-list): Oklahoma's searchable list of approved training programs that eligible people can pay for with Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act…
- [Oklahoma CareerTech](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/careertech): The Oklahoma state agency for career and technology education, with tech centers on campuses across the state.
- [Oklahoma Talent Accelerator](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/talent-accelerator-grant): An Oklahoma workforce program, led by the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission and funded by a US Department of Labor grant, that helps…
- [Open Tulsa Data Portal](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tulsa-open-data-portal): The City of Tulsa's portal for public data, part of its Open Tulsa transparency initiative.
- [Osage Nation](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/osage-nation): A federally recognized tribal government headquartered in Pawhuska, in the Tulsa metro.
- [STEM Intern Partnership](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/ocast-stem-intern-partnership): An OCAST program that helps Oklahoma companies pay science and technology students to work as interns on innovation projects.
- [Industry Innovation Program](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/ocast-industry-innovation-program): An OCAST grant program that gives non-dilutive funding to Oklahoma companies for innovation projects.
- [Neighborhood Academy](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/neighborhood-academy-of-tulsa): A free three-session course run by the City of Tulsa that teaches residents how to work with City departments, boards and commissions and…
- [Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/oklahoma-rehabilitation-services): The Oklahoma state agency that helps people with disabilities find and keep work, through local vocational rehabilitation offices and…
- [Grand River Dam Authority](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/grda): Oklahoma's largest public power utility, funded by its electricity and water sales rather than taxes.
- [Muscogee (Creek) Nation](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/muscogee-nation): A sovereign tribal government headquartered in Okmulgee, in the Tulsa metro.
- [Oklahoma Corporation Commission](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/oklahoma-corporation-commission): The Oklahoma state regulator for fuel, oil and gas, public utilities and transportation.
- [Work Ready Oklahoma](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/workready): An Oklahoma Human Services program, part of the state's TANF work strategy, whose employment centers give workshops, job preparation and…
- [U.S. Economic Development Administration](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/us-economic-development-administration): A federal agency within the U.S.
- [Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/wioa): A US federal law, signed in 2014, that funds the public workforce system: job search help, education, training and support services for…
- [US Department of Labor](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/us-department-of-labor): The federal department for wage earners, job seekers and retirees.
- [American Job Centers](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/american-job-centers): A nationwide network of local workforce offices set up under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and supported by the US…
- [Federal Trade Commission](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/ftc): The US federal agency that enforces laws against unfair, deceptive and anticompetitive business practices.
- [SBA Mentor-Protégé Program](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/sba-mentor-protege): A US Small Business Administration program in which a small business (the protégé) learns from an experienced government contractor (the…
- [Women-owned small business certification](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/wosb-certification): A free US Small Business Administration certification that lets small businesses at least 51% owned and controlled by women who are US…
- [Track One](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/track-one): A US Patent and Trademark Office option to pay extra fees so a utility or plant patent application gets prioritized examination.
- [Cherokee Nation](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/cherokee-nation): The sovereign government of the Cherokee people, based in Tahlequah.
- [US Department of Agriculture](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/usda): The federal department for farming, food and rural America.
- [Oklahoma City Convention Center](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/okc-convention-center): A convention center in downtown Oklahoma City built by the City as a MAPS 3 project and completed in 2020.
- [Belle Isle Library](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/belle-isle-library): A Metro Library branch in Oklahoma City that reopened in 2022 after a renovation that added study rooms, two large meeting rooms and a…

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