This image is excerpted from a U.S. GAO report: www.gao.gov/products/GAO-12-819 ENTREPRENEURIAL ASSISTANCE: Opportunities Exist to Improve Programs’ Collaboration, Data-Tracking, and Performance Management. residual income While our work focuses on the four federal agencies’ economic development programs that support entrepreneurs, many state governments also have economic development departments that assist, plan, and support economic development activities. Local governments and nonprofit organizations may also offer programs that can be used to support economic development activities. In addition, there may be other federal agencies involved with supporting economic development. Some intermediaries receive support from multiple public- and private-sector institutions, and some entrepreneurs we spoke with indicated that they had received assistance from multiple sources.