Matthew Lesko has a talent for creating databases that are unique and incredibly on-target for entrepreneurs. His Government Giveaways for Entrepreneurs is just one of several books that are incredible compendiums of contacts and resources in the government and private sector. This book is an excellent compilation of information about every section of the United States government and private resources that have money and materials available for free, cheap, by grant, or otherwise at a discount for entrepreneurs. It offers information that up until its publication was not available anywhere else in one source. The book has telephone numbers and addresses for many agencies and other sources. It has information on programs run by the government that have capital to give away for any reason. This includes hundreds of invention-related programs and all sorts of funding for new business and technology.
All of this information could be found other places, but why wade through hours or days of detective work when Lesko compiles it to make your research easier and quicker!.
Books like this are an important part of your in house research capability and will open new avenues of opportunity for funding and developing your project.