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Federal Agencies
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Banks: which federal agency regulates your bank [site 1] [site 2]
2/2008 Banks: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (your rights w/national banks)
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Consumer.Gov -- the federal government's mega-consumer site
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Consumer Sentinel: Joint Federal/State/Local complaint database
CyberCrime.Gov: DOJ resource about computer crime
Federal Communications Commission
Comptroller of the Currency ("national" banks)
Environmental Protection Agency
Federal Citizen Information Center (Pueblo, CO)
Federal Reserve Bank consumer information
Fed Sales: one-stop shopping for government auctions, surplus, etc.
Federal Trade Commission
Federal Trade Commission Online Consumer Complaint form
Food and Drug Administration
Government Guide online complaint forms by topic
Dept. of Housing & Urban Development (HUD)
Internet Crime Complaint Center (FBI and others)
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
U.S. Postal Inspection Service
Securities and Exchange Commission fraud/complaint center
Seniors.Gov: info from federal agencies for senior citizens
Department of Transportation: aviation consumer protection division
USA.gov(FirstGov): US Government information by subject

International Agencies, Organizations, Resources
Asia Pacific Consumer Law links
Australian Office of Fair Trading
Australian Department of Fair Trading (New South Wales)
Australian Consumers' Association
Australia's Consumers' Federation of Australia
Australia ConsumersOnline.Gov: government consumer portal
4/2007 Australian Competition and Consumer Information Scamwatch
Australia Office of Consumer and Business Affairs
Australian National Consumer Website
Australia Product Safety Recalls
Queensland, Australia Office of Consumer Affairs
Canada: Alberta Consumers' Association
Industry Canada Consumer Connection
Industry Canada Consumer Information
Canada's Consumer Information Gateway from government agencies
Consumers' Association of Canada
Consumers Council of Canada
Canada: Financial Consumer Agency of Canada
Canada Ontario Motor Vehicle Industry Council: dealer complaints and info
SOCAP Canada
China Consumers' Association
Consumers International
Consumers International list of consumer agencies worldwide
Danish Consumer Ombudsman
Denmark National Consumer Agency
Estonia Consumer Protection Board
eConsumer.gov: file consumer complaints about international transactions
European Advertising Standards Alliance (self-regulation)
European Commission on Consumer Affairs
6/2007 European countries' national consumer policies, organizations
EuroConsumer: handles shopping complaints on EU purchases
Finland National Consumer Research Centre
Germany's Stiftung Warentest: product reviews, more
Hong Kong Consumer Council
Hungary Inspectorate for Consumer Protection
India (Rourkela) Consumer Protection Council
International Consumer Agencies list from Virtual Institute of Information
International Consumer Protection and Enforcement Network (ICPEN)
International listing of Consumer Organizations (from Consumers Intl)
Ireland Consumers' Association
Ireland Consumerline.org: consumer advice, links, publications
Ireland (Northern) General Consumer Council
Irish Consumer strategy group
Ireland National Consumer Agency
ASSOUTENTI - Onlus - Associazione nazionale utenti dei servizi pubblici (Italian national consumers assoc.)
Jamaica Consumer Affairs Commission
Japan National Consumer Affairs Center
Korea Consumer Gateway to 200+ agencies/groups
Korea Consumer Protection Board
Malta: consumer articles, warnings by journalist
Malta Consumers' Association
Mauritius Institute of Consumer Protection
Mexico's Federal Consumer Protection Agency (en espanol)
Consumers' Institute of New Zealand Consumer Online (NZ's Consumer Reports)
New Zealand Ministry of Consumer Affairs
Polish Consumer Federation
Russian Consumer Federation
Consumers Association of Singapore
Slovenia Office of Consumer Protection
Catalan (Spain) Institute of Consumer Affairs; European Info Agency for Consumer Affairs
Spain: National Consumer Institute (in Spanish)
Spain: Consumer.es (consumer news stories in Spanish)
Swedish Consumer Agency
Swedish Consumer Coalition
Office of Fair Trading (UK govt agency)
Trading Standards Net (comprehensive UK consumer site)
Trading Standards Central (by U.K. government)
Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue
9/2008 UK's Advertising Standards Authority
UK's Consumer.Gov Gateway to consumer information
UK Consumer Action Group
UK Consumer Direct: advice and information
UK Ethical Consumer: corp. social/environmental records
3/2007 UK ICSTIS: monitors premium rate telephone services
UK's National Consumer Council
Welsh Consumer Council (Wales)

State and Local Agencies
Alabama Attorney General's Office Consumer Affairs Section
Arizona Attorney General
Arkansas Attorney General consumer protection
Banking Regulators by state (homepages)
California Attorney General consumer information/complaints
California Bureau of Auto Repair
3/2007 California consumer law with links to statutes
California Contractors State Licensing Board
California Dept. of Consumer Affairs
CA Los Angeles County Dept. of Consumer Affairs
CA Office of Privacy Protection
CA Santa Cruz Cty District Attorney Consumer Affairs Division
CA San Francisco Consumer Advocate (weights and measures, agriculture)
Colorado Dept. of Law Consumer Protection
Colorado Office of Consumer Counsel (utilities)
Connecticut Attorney General Consumer Tips
Connecticut Dept. of Banking
Connecticut Dept. of Consumer Protection
Delaware Attorney General consumer information
Doctor licensing boards by state (those on-line only)
Florida Attorney General's Office
Florida Dept. of Agriculture Division of Consumer Services
Florida Broward County Consumer Affairs Division
Florida's Hillsborough County Consumer Protection Agency
Jacksonville, Florida Division of Consumer Affairs
Florida Miami-Dade County Consumer Services Dept.
Florida's Orange County Consumer Fraud Unit
Florida Palm Beach County Consumer Affairs Division
Florida's Pinellas County State Attorney Consumer Protection
Georgia Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs
Georgia Consumers' Insurance Advocate
Hawaii selected regulations from Dept. of Commerce & Consumer Affairs
Idaho Attorney General Consumer Protection
Illinois Attorney General's Office
Illinois: City of Chicago Dept. of Consumer Services
Indiana Attorney General's Office complaint form
2/2007 Indiana Consumer (AG's office)
Indiana Office of the Utility Consumer Counselor
Iowa Attorney General Consumer Protection Division
Kansas Attorney General Consumer Protection
Kansas Insurance Department
Kentucky Attorney General's Office
Louisiana Attorney General
Maine Attorney General Consumer Protection Unit
Maine Office of Consumer Credit Regulation
Maryland Attorney General homepage
Maryland Montgomery County Division of Consumer Affairs
Maryland's Office of People's Advocate (utility advocate)
Massachusetts Attorney General
Massachusetts: Cambridge Consumers' Council
Massachusetts: Cape Cod Consumer Assistance Council
Mass. Division of Registration: check on licenses of many tradespeople/professionals
Mass. Home Improvement Contractor Registration lookup
Massachusetts Metro West Consumer Assistance Office
Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs
Medicine/Medical/Doctor licensing boards state by state
Michigan Attorney General consumer & business information
Michigan Dept. of Consumer & Industry Services (selected laws)
Minnesota Attorney General (Consumer Connection)
Mississippi Attorney General Consumer Protection Division
Missouri Attorney General
Missouri Department of Insurance
Missouri Office of Public Counsel (utilities)
Montana Dept. of Administration Consumer Protection
Nebraska Attorney General
Nevada Attorney General Bureau of Consumer Protection
Nevada Consumer Affairs Division
New Hampshire Attorney General Consumer Protection Bureau
New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs
New York Attorney General consumer information
NYC Department of Consumer Affairs
NYC Dept. of Consumer Affairs "Consumer Campus" - info for college students
NYC Public Advocate Consumer Complaining
New York State Consumer Protection Board
NY State Office of Professions (check licensing and disciplinary actions of 38 categories of professionals)
7/2007 NY Nassau County Office of Consumer Affairs
NY Suffolk County Office of Consumer Affairs
New York, Ulster County Consumer Fraud Bureau
NY Westchester County Department of Consumer Protection
North Carolina Attorney General Consumer Protection
North Dakota Attorney General
Ohio Attorney General consumer info and complaint form
Ohio Consumers' Counsel
Oklahoma Attorney General consumer protection
Oregon Attorney General
Oregon Dept. of Consumer and Business Services
Pennsylvania Attorney General's Bureau of Consumer Protection
Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate (utilities)
Pennsylvania Utilities Commission Information
Pharmacy state regulatory boards
2/2008 Rhode Island Attorney General
San Francisco's Consumer Advocate
South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs
South Dakota Attorney General's Office
State and Local Consumer Agencies (Pueblo's master list)
State and Local Government Directory (all agency types)
State banking departments
State insurance departments
State government homepages
State securities regulators (addresses and links)
Tennessee Division of Consumer Affairs
Texas Attorney General's Consumer Information page
Utah Attorney General
Utah Division of Consumer Protection
Vermont Attorney General consumer information
Virginia Attorney General
Virginia Beach Consumer Affairs Division
Virginia Office of Consumer Affairs
Washington DC Attorney General (Consumer Protection)
Washington State Attorney General's Consumer Information also: consumer blog
West Virginia Attorney General's office
Wisconsin Attorney General consumer news
Better Business Bureaus
AUTOLINE -- mediation and arbitration of car complaints
BBB OnLine (look for the "CARE" symbol to assure honest dealings)
Better Business Bureau On-line Complaint Form (national)
Boston Better Business Bureau (with on-line reliability reports, scam alerts, more)
Canadian Council of Better Business Bureaus
Council of Better Business Bureaus
Links to local Better Business Bureaus
New York Metro Better Business Bureau
National Advertising Division of the BBB
Vancouver Island BBB
Consumer Organizationsand Professional Associations
American Arbitration Association
American Association of Individual Investors
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
American Consumer Institute
American Council on Consumer Interests
American Society of Home Inspectors
American Society of Travel Agents
Arbitration mandates in contracts, Give Me Back My Rights
Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
Association for Consumer Research
Association of Home Appliance Mfrs (Major Appliance Consumer Action Program)
BoatUS: industry-sponsored mediation of consumer complaints about boats
California Consumer Rights Association
Call for Action (network of consumer help centers)
CalPIRG (California Public Interest Research Group unofficial site)
California Utility Consumers' Action Network
Center for Auto Safety
Center for Democracy & Technology ( net privacy issues)
Center for Science in the Public Interest
Coalition Against Insurance Fraud
Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email (spam)
Commercial Alert: a Ralph Nader anti-commercialism and advertising group
Community Associations Institute: for homeowners assns, coops, condominiums
Consumer Action (San Francisco)
Consumer Attorneys of California
Consumer Federation of America
Consumer Federation of California
Consumers League of New Jersey
Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion (anti-scan-card page)
Consumers Union consumer advocacy and issues site
Consumers Union en espanol (in Spanish)
Consumer Watchdog: Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights
Consumers' Voice: advocates on telecom issues
Council of Better Business Bureaus
DigitalConsumer.org: seeks personal rights to copy music, etc.
Direct Marketing Assn (DMA) consumer tips
Direct Selling Association Code of Ethics
Electronic Privacy Information Center
Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights
ID Theft Resource Center
Insurance Information Institute
Medicare Rights Center
Michigan Consumer Federation
National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG)
National Association of Consumer Advocates
National Assn. of Consumer Agency Administrators (NACAA)
National Assn. of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys
National Assn. of Insurance Commissioners
National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI)
National Assn. of Securities Dealers complaint program
National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates
National Center for Financial Education
National Charities Information Bureau
National Coalition for Consumer Education/LifeSmarts
National Consumer Law Center
National Consumers League
11/2007 National Consumers League Blog -- Savvy Consumer
Consumer Assistance Directory: National Consumer Organizations (Consumer's Resource Handbook)
National Consumer Organizations (list)
National Foundation for Consumer Credit (Consumer Credit Counseling Service main office)
National Fraud Information Center (National Consumers League -- info)
NICE -- National Institute for Consumer Education
Netcheck Commerce Bureau (similar to BBB)
North American Securities Administrators Association
Oklahoma Center for Consumer and Patient Safety
Organic Consumers Association
Pennsylvania Consumer Action Network
Online Privacy Alliance (businesses for voluntary privacy standards)
PlanetFeedback: send complaints/comments to companies online and off
Privacy Leadership Initiative: business site promoting best practices
Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
Public Citizen founded by Ralph Nader
Public Interest Research Groups (USPIRG & state PIRGs)
SOCAP -- Society of Consumer Affairs Professionals in Business
Square Trade: free online alternate dispute resolution service
Stop RFID: A Caspian site devoted to electronic UPC codes
Tenants Union (directory of resources nationwide)
ToySafety.org: compilers of annual "10 Worst Toys" list
TRAC -- Telecommunications Research & Action Center