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- AOL's Gov Guide Consumer Services Center - Local, state and federal consumer services organized by zip code.
www.governmentguide.com/consumer_services.adp?id=16101558
- Better Business Bureaus - Contact and web site information provided.
www.pueblo.gsa.gov/crh/bbb.htm
- Bureau of Consular Affairs, U.S. State Department - Helps with travel warnings, international adoption, passport and visa service and problems, Americans abroad.
travel.state.gov
- Commodities Futures Trading Commission - Public information and complaints page, with information about enforcement activities, consumer alerts, reparations program, and other links.
www.cftc.gov/cftc/cftccustomer.htm
- Consumer Information Center - Catalog of free and low-cost federal publications of consumer interest from the General Services Administration.
www.pueblo.gsa.gov
- Consumer Information Center: Education Resources - Listing of a number of free and low cost booklets.
www.pueblo.gsa.gov/education.htm
- Consumer Information Center: Small Business Information - Listing of a number of free and low cost booklets.
www.pueblo.gsa.gov/smbuss.htm
- Department of Transportation Auto Safety Hotline - FAQs, how to file a defect report, information on the recall process, and links to safety information.
www.nhtsa.dot.gov/hotline
- Environmental Violations - HOw to report environmental problems to the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
www.epa.gov/epahome/violations.htm
- Federal Communications Commission's Consumer Information Bureau - Consumer information, filing complaints, and laws about amateur and commercial radio, cable companies, public broadcasting, and telephone service.
www.fcc.gov/cib
- Federal Trade Commission Consumer Protection - FTC works to eliminate unfair or deceptive marketplace practices. Site includes areas of FTC involvement plus a complaint form for consumers.
www.ftc.gov/ftc/consumer.htm
- FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection - Bureau of Consumer Protection's mandate is to protect consumers against unfair, deceptive, or fraudulent practices. The Bureau enforces a variety of consumer protection laws enacted by Congress, as well as trade regulation rules issued by the Commission.
www.ftc.gov/bcp/bcp.htm
- Housing and Urban Development, File a Complaint - Consumer information and how to file a complaint housing discrimination, bad landlords in federal housing, violations of manufactured housing, land sale frauds, deceptive home improvement contractors, and other abuses and waste.
www.hud.gov/concompl.html
- Medicare's Program Integrity - Health Care Financing Administration's page that explains what Medicare fraud is, how to recognize it, and how to report it.
www.hcfa.gov/medicare/fraud/default3.htm
- Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Customer Assistance - The OCC charters, regulates and examines approximately 2,600 national banks and 66 federal branches and agencies of foreign banks in the United States. Site has instructions on how to file a formal complaint.
www.occ.treas.gov/customer.htm
- Reporting Illnesses and Product Complaints (Food Safety) - A list of links on how and where to report fraud, dangers, and violations on food and water safety to federal and state governmental agencies.
www.foodsafety.gov/~fsg/fsgprobs.html
- SEC Complaint Center - Security and Exchange Commission discusses how to handle a complaint against a stock broker.
www.sec.gov/complaint.shtml
- State Banking Authorities - Listing of officials that regulate and supervise state-chartered banks.
www.pueblo.gsa.gov/crh/banking.htm
- Taxpayer Advocate Service (IRS) - Not exactly a complaint page, but does tell about help for problem situations in paying your taxes; from the Internal Revenue Service.
www.irs.ustreas.gov/advocate/display/0,,i1%3D55%26genericId%3D13272,00.html
- U.S. Consumer Gateway - Federal government consumer information gateway. Find federal government resources on food, product safety, health, financial services, and other consumer topics.
www.consumer.gov
- U.S. Department of Labor Public Affairs Offices - List of addresses and phone numbers for national and regional offices.
www.dol.gov/dol/opa/public/aboutdol/offices.htm
- U.S. Department of Transportation Frequently Asked Questions - Among other questions answered, site lists where to file a complaint.
ntl.bts.gov/faq/index.html
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration Public Affairs Specialists - Regional FDA's public affairs specialists who respond to consumers' questions about FDA and the products the agency regulates.
www.fda.gov/ora/fed_state/dfsr_activities/dfsr_pas.html
- United States Postal Service - Page lists local consumer affairs offices, information about mail fraud, theft, postal crimes, email fraud, and how to file a complaint.
www.usps.gov/fr_feed.htm
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