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Published continuously since 1979, the Consumer Action
Handbook is one of the most informative and popular consmer 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.
At the Federal Citizen Information Center (www.pueblo.gsa.gov), consumers can
read 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 additional publications, the latest product
recalls and scams. and updates of consumer news from various Federal
agencies are also available.
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.
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