If you receive a number of “official looking” offers to sell you government posters or scary sounding letters warning you of the dangers of being out of “poster compliance,” you are not alone. Many private firms sell government required posters. Some are quite ethical and simply provide a service by combining some of the required postings or presenting them in more attractive formats. Others are less than ethical, by trying to appear as though they represent the government or by attempting to sell “updated” posters which really aren’t. In any event, required posters are basically available for free through government agencies. A good place to start your poster hunt is the Department of Labor’s website at www.dol.gov/compliance/topics/poster.htm. At the site you will find a number of links to federal postings and even state sites. You probably can’t stop the annoying mailings but you can smugly throw them away knowing you got your posters for free.