SBA offers a number of programs and services, including training and educational programs, counseling services, financial programs and contract assistance. They provide assistance, counseling and training to prospective and existing business people. The institutes provide counseling by students and faculty to small business clients. GPO bookstores are located in 24 major cities and are listed in the Yellow Pages under the bookstore heading. You can request a Subject Bibliography by writing to Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, Washington, DC 20402-9328.
Many federal agencies offer publications of interest to small businesses.
There is a nominal fee for some, but most are free. Below is a selected list of government agencies that provide publications and other services targeted to small businesses. The CIA offers a consumer information catalog of federal publications. The CPSC offers guidelines for product safety requirements. Publications and programs on entrepreneurship are also available through county extension offices nationwide.