         | Report Product-Related Injuries
- U.S. Consumer Product
Safety Commission
- Consumers can electronically report any injury or death involving
consumer products to the CPSC. Follow-up may occur to obtain more details or
confirm information sent. Consumer information on recall notices, publications
and products under jurisdiction of other Federal agencies.
Report Complaints about Fraud
- Federal Trade
Commission
- The National Fraud Information Center, a project of the National
Consumers League, maintains a toll-free Consumer Assistance Service, at
1-800-876-7060, to provide consumers with answers to questions about telephone
or mail solicitations, information about how and where to report fraud,
referralservices, and help in filing complaints.
Telemarketing Information
- Federal Trade
Commission
- This service offers a variety of information about ways consumers can
protect themselves from telemarketing fraud.
Auto Recall and Safety
- DOT - National
Highway Traffic Safety Adminitration
- Auto recall, service bulletins, vehicle questionaire, new car
assessment (crash tests) and child seat registration.
Fair Housing Complaints
- Department of Housing
and Urban Development
- If you believe that your rights under Federal Fair Housing laws have
been violated, you can find out how to file a complaint.
Homeowner Refund
- Department of Housing
and Urban Development
- Find out if HUD owes you money! If you had an FHA-insured mortgage,
you may be eligible for a refund of part of your insurance premium or a
"distributive share." See if your name is on the list, and if it is, follow the
instructions for getting your refund. Have you been contacted by someone who
asks for a fee in return for getting you a refund from HUD/FHA? Read our Refund
Alert.
Learn About Your Community
- Department of Housing
and Urban Development
- Learn how your community plans to spend its Federal dollars. Do you
have comments or suggestions? Send them to the person listed as your
community's "contact".
Lead Hazard Control
- Department of Housing
and Urban Development
- Whether you own or rent your home, you need to know about lead
hazards.
Consumer Protection and Business Education
- Federal Trade
Commission
- "ConsumerLine" offers the full text of approximately 150 consumer and
business publications on a wide range of categories, including credit,
investments, health and fitness, telemarketing, home and real estate products
and services, automobiles, and shopping and working at home.
Federal Trade Commission Actions
- Federal Trade
Commission
- This service offers electronic copies of recent Federal Trade
Commission documents, in both text and PDF formats.
The Consumer Information Catalog
- Federal Consumer Information Center
- The General Services Administration's Federal Consumer Information Center provides a quarterly catalog of free and low-cost consumer publications. You can view the publications and catalog free of charge online, order a printed copy for yourself, or subscribe for ten or more copies for your organization. You may also purchase the booklets available in the Catalog online.
The U.S. Coast Guard Online
-
Department of Transportation -- U.S. Coast Guard
- Browse publications, reports, regulation, forms, safety alerts and
the Sea Partners Program for community education and outreach. Research the
philosophy, programs, activities, and admission requirements of the U.S. Coast
Guard Academy.
Understand Your Consumer Rights
- Federal Consumer Information Center
- The Consumer Action Handbook (formerly the Consumer's Resource Handbook) is 148 pages of valuable information that no consumer should be without. It provides advice and consumer tips on: car repair, purchase, and leasing; shopping from home; avoiding consumer and investment fraud; home improvement and financing; choosing and using credit cards wisely; and much more. Also included is the Consumer Assistance Directory with thousands of names, addresses, telephone numbers, web site and e-mail addresses for national consumer organizations, better business bureaus, corporations, trade associations, state and local consumer protection offices, state agencies, military consumer offices, and Federal agencies. For a free copy, write to Handbook, Federal Consumer Information Center, Pueblo, CO 81009, or call 1 (888) 8 PUEBLO (1-888-878-3256), or click on the link to view it.
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