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 PUBLIC LAW 96-302—JULY 2, 1980 "(2) A small business development center shall provide services as close as possible to small businesses by providing extension services and utilizing satellite locations when necessary. To the extent possible, it also shall make full use of other Federal and State government programs that are concerned with aiding small business. A small business development center shall have— "(A) a full-time staff, including a staff director to manage the program activities; "(B) access to business analysts to counsel, assist, and inform small business clients; "(C) access to technology transfer agents to provide state of art technology to small businesses through coupling with national and regional technology data sources; "(D) access to information specialists to assist in providing information searches and referrals to small business; "(E) access to part-time professional specialists to conduct research or to provide counseling assistance whenever the need arises; and "(F) access to laboratory and adaptive engineering facilities. "(3) Services provided by a small business development center shall include, but shall not be limited to— "(A) furnishing one-to-one individual counseling to small businesses; "(B) assisting in technology transfer, research, and coupling from existing sources to small businesses; "(C) maintaining current information concerning Federal, State, and local regulations that affect small businesses and counsel small businesses on methods of compliance. Counseling and technology development shall be provided when necessary to help small businesses find solutions for complying with environmental, energy, health, safety, and other Federal, State, and local regulations; "(D) coordinating and conducting research into technical and general small business problems for which there are no ready solutions; "(E) providing and maintaining a comprehensive library that contains current information and statistical data needed by small businesses; "(F) maintaining a working relationship and open communications with the financial and investment communities, legal associations, local and regional private consultants, and local and regional small business groups and associations in order to help address the various needs of the small business community; "(G) conducting in-depth surveys for local small business groups in order to develop general information regarding the local economy and general small business strengths and weaknesses in the locality; and "(H) maintaining lists of local and regional private consultants to whom small businesses can be referred. A small business development center shall continue to upgrade and modify its services, as needed, in order to meet the changing and evolving needs of the small business community. "(4) In addition to the methods prescribed in section 21(c)(2), a small business development center shall utilize and compensate as one of its resources qualified small business vendors, including but not limited to, private management consultants, private consulting engineers and private testing laboratories, to provide services as

94 STAT. 845 Development center extension services. Staff and access requirements.

Assistance services.

Qualified small business vendors.

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