Federal
Trade Comission - Consumer Information
Education is a key tool to prevent consumer injury. In this section
of our website, you’ll find publications with advice on avoiding
scams and rip-offs, as well as tips on other consumer topics. [Editor's
note: There is a lot of valuable information here, particularly under
their Products
& Services link.]
SafeShopping.org
This information
site, created by the American Bar Association, will help you order
safely when shopping online. You'll find cyber-shopping is fast, convenient,
and opens up a whole new world of merchandise and services for you
and your family.
FirstGov.gov
FirstGov.gov
is the "Front Door" to government information, services
and transactions. This site pulls together more than 26 million federal
web pages in addition to 16 million state and local government pages.
Here, citizens can easily get easy-to-understand information and services
from the government 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
FirstGov
for Consumers
FirstGov for Consumers
-- is a "one-stop" link to a broad range of federal information
resources available online. It is designed so that you can locate
information by category -- such as Food, Health, Product Safety, Your
Money, and Transportation. Each category has subcategories to direct
you to areas within individual federal web sites containing related
information.
FirstGov
for Kids
Kids.gov
is the official interagency children's portal to the U.S. Government.
The site features more than 400 kid-friendly links in one easy-to-find
place. Links are organized by topic area and by whether they are a
government agency, school, private or commercial organization. The
links are safe and age-appropriate. Kids can learn about everything
from fighting crime and exploring the world to music and space. And
the "Homework" section links them directly to the best reference
and homework-help sites on the web.
Federal
Citizen Information Center
At www.pueblo.gsa.gov
consumers can read, print out, or save the current Consumer Information
Catalog and the full text of all the publications listed in it. Consumers
can access additional information on a wide range of subjects by clicking
on different topic headings. Hundreds of publications, the latest
product recalls and scams, updates of consumer news from various Federal
agencies, and a calendar of consumer-related events are also available.
Consumer
Action Website
Published
continuously since 1979, the Consumer Action Handbook is one of the
most informative and popular consumer documents ever issued by the
government. This 168-page guide is designed to help citizens find
the best and most direct source for assistance with their consumer
problems and questions. The Handbook offers tips on topics such as
buying and leasing cars, protecting your privacy and yourself from
fraud, and shopping from home. It also includes a sample complaint
form that you can use as a guide for your own letter, fax or e-mail.
The Handbook offers thousands of names, addresses, phone numbers and
email addresses for Better Business Bureaus, corporate consumer contacts
and state, county and city government consumer protection offices.
You can access the web edition of the Handbook instantly at www.consumeraction.gov
and use the links provided to register your complaint directly.
U.S.
Consumer Product Safety Commission
CPSC is an Independent Federal Regulatory Agency. CPSC works to save
lives and keep families safe by reducing the risk of injuries and
deaths associated with consumer products. We do this by: developing
voluntary standards with industry, issuing and enforcing mandatory
standards or banning consumer products if no feasible standard would
adequately protect the public, obtaining the recall of products or
arranging for their repair, conducting
research on potential product hazards, informing and educating consumers
through the media, state and local governments, private organizations,
and by responding to consumer inquiries
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