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The University Libraries
Consumer Information
- Better Business Bureau
- Helping Web users find reliable, trustworthy businesses online. Reports
on individual companies, online complaint forms, dispute resolution information,
consumer news and alerts.
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- Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance
- The grants "bible" for the federal government.
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- Charity Watchdog Information
- NEW! Help in determining legitimate and accountable
charities.
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- Consumer Information Center, Pueblo,
CO
- Federal consumer information publications available here online and
FREE!
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- Consumer Expenditure Survey
- From the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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- Consumer Price Index
- From the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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- Consumer Reports
Online
- Some of the reports are free. Thorough, easy to use Index.
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- ConsumerReview.com
- Claims to offer the web's best consumer generated product reviews to
help you make smart buying decisions.
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- Consumer World
- A public service, non-commercial guide cataloging over 2000 of the most
useful consumer resources.
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- Do Not Call Registry
- National Do Not Call Registry site where consumers may block telemarketing
calls at home.
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- Epinions.com
- Both professional and volunteer-supplied reviews of a huge variety of
consumer goods.
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- FBI Internet Fraud Complaint
Center
- New! IFCC provides a convenient and easy-to-use reporting
mechanism that alerts authorities of a suspected criminal or civil violation.
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- HealthFinder
- General health-related information from the US government.
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- HUD Consumer Information
Publications
- Healthy homes, mortgages, buying, renting or owning a home, links to
other HUD sites.
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- ID
Theft, When Bad Things Happen to Your Good Name
- A very important publication from the FTC!
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- National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
- Children & airbags, crash test results, child safety seats, recalls,
etc.
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- National Safe Kids Campaign
- Recall alerts, safety tips, resource catalog, fact sheets, health-safety
links, family safety checklist.
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- US-GPO Sales Product Catalog
- Publications available for purchase from the Government Printing Office.
One of the browseable subject lists (#2) is "Concumer Information".
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- Social Security Administration
- Gateway to all the services and information available from this agency.
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- NumberWay
- Telephone Directories on the Web. A listing of free, online phone directories
from many countries around the world.
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- US Consumer Product Safety Commission
- Unsafe product warnings & recalls.
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- US Consumer Gateway
- The main portal for most consumer oriented information sources from
the federal government.
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- US Postal Service
- USPS services, all basic forms, postal rates, and the new PosteCS, a
secure electronic courier service.