Section 8 (b) (2) of the Small Business Act, as amended, authorizes the SBA to make a complete inventory of the productive facilities of small business concerns. The Administration maintains a productive facilities inventory of small business industrial concerns that have voluntarily registered. It is kept in each Regional office for the small firms within the region. Purpose of this inventory is to include all eligible productive facilities in SBA's facilities register so that the small business concerns may have an opportunity to avail themselves of the services authorized by the Congress in establishing the Small Business Administration. These services include procurement and technical assistance and notice of surplus sales and invitations to bid on Government contracts for products and services within the registrants' field of operations. SBA can make complete facilities inventories of all small business concerns in labor surplus areas within budgetary and staff limitations.

For further information, contact Small Business Administration Regional Offices in Atlanta, Ga.; Boston, Mass.; Chicago, Ill.; Cleveland, Ohio; Dallas, Tex.; Denver, Colo.; Detroit, Mich.; Kansas City, Mo.; Los Angeles, Calif.; Minneapolis, Minn.; New York, N.Y.; Philadelphia, Pa.; Richmond, Va.; San Francisco, Calif.; and Seattle, Wash.. Branch Offices are located in other large cities.

Small Business Administration, What It Is, What It Does, SBA Services for Community Economic Development, and various other useful publications on currently important management, technical production, and marketing topics are available, on request, from Small Business Administration, Washington 25, D.C.. New Product Introduction for Small Business Owners, 30 cents; Developing and Selling New Products, 45 cents; U.S. Government Purchasing, Specifications, and Sales Directory, 60 cents, are available from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington 25, D.C..