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Useful Contact Information
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Benefits |
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Federal
Employee Retirement Benefits §
Food Stamps – Call to learn
more about eligibility requirements and the nutritional benefits of the
program. §
Head Start – Call the
regional office in your area to learn more about the program. §
Health
Insurance for Children – Call the program office in your state to
see if your children are eligible for free or low-cost health insurance. §
Heating
and Cooling Assistance for Your Home – Call the Low
Income Home Energy Assistance Program Office that serves your state or tribe. §
Legal Assistance – Contacts for
civil legal aid in your area. §
Medicaid – State and
federal contacts. §
Medicare §
Renter's Assistance – Contact your
local Housing Authority to see if you qualify. §
Social Security – E-mail
questions using an online form. §
Student Loans – Call for help
with student loans.
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Telephone Bill
Assistance – Call for information on the program. §
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (Welfare) – Call your state's
administrator for program information. |
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Children & Education |
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Child Abuse and
Neglect – Call state officials to report abuse or neglect. §
Child Support – Contacts at the
Administration for Children & Families §
Education and
Children – E-mail your question to the Department of Education. §
Head Start – Call the
regional office in your area to learn more about the program. §
Health
Insurance for Children – Call the program office in your state to
see if your children are eligible for free or low-cost health insurance. §
Medicare Fraud – Report Medicare
fraud and abuse. §
Student Financial
Aid – Call
or send mail for help resolving financial aid problems. §
Teen Violence – E-mail, call or
fax to talk about or receive information. |
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Consumer Products & Safety |
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Cable TV Complaints – Learn how to
file a complaint from the Federal Communications Commission. §
Consumer Complaints – Learn where to
report your consumer complaint and find contact information to file. §
Corporate
Customer Service Information – Search this online listing of corporate
customer service contact information by company name. §
Cosmetics – Call or write
to report adverse reactions to the Food and Drug Administration. §
EConsumer
e-Commerce Complaints – File an official report online to
complain about an international e-commerce transaction. §
Federal Regulations – Here are some
of the newest federal announcements for requests for public comments, notices
of meetings and workshops, and proposed safety legislation in which you can
get involved. §
Foodborne Illness and Food Product Complaints – Call to file a
complaint. §
Mail – E-mail
questions about the U.S. mail or other postal services to the U.S. Postal
Service. §
Meat and Poultry
Hotline – Call to talk to the Food Safety Education staff. §
Telephone
Service Complaints §
Unsafe Products – E-mail a report
of an injury or file a complaint about a product to the Consumer Product
Safety Commission.
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Unsafe Vehicle – E-mail or call
to report an unsafe vehicle. §
Veterinarians and Animal Owners Report Drug Reactions
or Product Failures – FDA encourages veterinarians and animal
owners to report adverse drug reactions and medical product failures. |
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Fraud, Law Enforcement & Crime |
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Antitrust Violations – E-mail, call or
mail a report of a possible antitrust violation or potential anti-competitive
activity, whether civil or criminal, to the Department of Justice. §
Arson, Bombs, Firearms, Tobacco or Other Related
Criminal Activities – Call to report arson, bomb, firearms or
tobacco related criminal activity. §
Asset Forfeiture – E-mail a
question or comment about asset forfeiture and auctions. §
Community
Oriented Policing – E-mail or call for information on grants
and training programs.
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Consumer Fraud – E-mail
complaints to the Federal Trade Commission. §
Crime Victims – E-mail or call
for crime victims' support and assistance. §
Domestic
Violence Hotline – E-mail or call for crisis intervention,
information about domestic violence and referrals to local service providers
to victims of domestic violence and those calling on their behalf. Services
are available in English and Spanish. §
Fraud and
Waste in Government – E-mail, call, fax or mail reports of
government fraud and waste to the Federal Inspectors General. §
Homeland Security Advisory System – E-mail your
comments on the new Homeland Security Advisory System to the Federal Bureau
of Investigation (FBI). §
Homeland
Security Department – E-mail your questions and comments to
the new department.
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Homeland
Security State Contact List – View the map and find contact
information for your state's homeland security contact appointed by your
governor. §
Identity Theft – E-mail your
complaint. §
Immigration
and Naturalization – Call for information about immigration
and naturalization assistance provided in English and Spanish. §
Immigration
and Naturalization Local Offices – Call, write or visit a local office to
find the status of your case. §
Internet
Fraud (Civil or Criminal) – E-mail reports of suspected fraud to the
FBI's Internet Fraud Complaint Center. §
Nuclear Facilities – E-mail or call
to report any safety or security concern involving a nuclear reactor, nuclear
fuel facility or radioactive materials. §
Send Comments to the Internet Fraud Task Force – The Internet
Fraud Task Force is seeking public comment on their work by 1/19/07. §
Terrorist Activity – E-mail leads to
the FBI online or call your local FBI Field Office. §
Victim's Rights, Services and Criminal & Juvenile
Justice – Call for information and referrals. §
Violence
Against Women and Family Violence – E-mail your questions about laws,
regulations, grants and other resources. |
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Government Officials |
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Contact
Your U.S. Representative §
Federal
Advisory Committees – Access the database used by federal
agencies to continuously manage an average of 1,000 advisory committees
government-wide. §
Federal Government – Telephone
directories. §
Foreign Policy
Comments – E-mail your comments on U.S. foreign policy to the U.S.
Department of State.
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Freedom of
Information Act – Contacts for federal agencies. §
Governor – Find e-mail, telephone and postal
contact information by clicking on your state governor's website. §
Hurricane
Telephone Hot Lines §
Inspector General – E-mail,
telephone, fax and mail contact information to report federal government
waste and fraud. §
President
and Vice President – Send comments to President Bush or Vice
President Cheney. §
Rulemaking – Participate in
the federal rulemaking process by commenting on proposed rules. §
Secretary of State and U.S. Department of State – E-mail, write
or call with your question for the Department of State or comment on U.S.
foreign policy. §
Space Shuttle
Columbia – E-mail and telephone contact information for NASA, if you
locate shuttle debris or have photographic or video images of the Space
Shuttle Columbia that may aid the investigation. §
State
and Territorial Contact Directory – Address, phone, web home page, how to
e-mail, Governor...
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State Legislators – Search for
state legislators and topical legislative information, by U.S. states and
territories. §
Supreme Court – Call or write
the Supreme Court. |
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Health |
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Blood – E-mail, call,
fax or mail notification of blood transfusion-related or blood donation
death. §
Children's
Health Insurance – State e-mail, phone and mail contacts. §
Diabetes – E-mail comments
and suggestions about Public Health Resources from the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention. §
Genetics – E-mail comments
and questions to the Office of Genetics and Disease Prevention. §
Health
Information Toll-Free Hotlines – Call for information about health
topics, from asthma to weight control. §
Infectious Diseases – E-mail comments
and questions to the National Center for Infectious Diseases. §
Medicaid – State and
federal contacts. §
Medical
Products and Drugs – E-mail a report of an adverse reaction. §
Tuberculosis – Call to ask
questions and get information about Tuberculosis. §
Unlawful Sales of Medical Products on the Internet – E-mail a
report. §
Vaccines – Call or mail
adverse affects. §
Veterinarians and Animal Owners Report Drug Reactions
or Product Failures – FDA encourages veterinarians and animal
owners to report adverse drug reactions and medical product failures. §
Viral Hepatitis – Call to get
information about viral hepatitis. |
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Home, Community & Work |
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Accessibility – E-mail, mail or
call with complaints concerning access to facilities for people with
disabilities. §
Affordable Housing – E-mail a
question to Ginnie Mae about affordable housing. §
Census – E-mail the
Census Bureau questions and comments about the Census. §
Discriminatory
Mortgage Lending – File an official complaint, if you feel
that you have been discriminated against based on your race, color, national
origin, religion, sex, family status or disability. §
Emergency
E-mail Notification – Sign up to receive emergency e-mail
notification of natural disasters, or other emergencies in your area, from
local, regional and national government sources. §
Employment and Training – Find state
contacts for unemployment, welfare-to-work, adult and Native American
training programs, and more. §
Employment
Discrimination – Call about employment discrimination. §
Energy-Efficient and Renewable Energy Technologies – E-mail, call,
fax or mail your questions to the Department of Energy. §
Environmental
Programs – E-mail a question or comment to the Environmental
Protection Agency.
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Environmental
Violations – Report Online – E-mail a report of possible
environmental violation to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. §
Housing Counselors – Federally-approved
housing counseling agencies in your state. §
Housing
Discrimination – E-mail, call or mail complaints about
housing discrimination when renting or buying a home. §
Hurricane
Telephone Hot Lines §
Land Sale Complaints – If you believe
you have been a victim of fraud and abuse when buying or leasing land from
developers, you can file a complaint by writing to HUD. §
Radon – Call the
hotline to learn about radon and indoor air quality in your home. §
USA Freedom Corps – E-mail a
question or comment.
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Veterans
Employment and Training – Key contacts for grants and employment
and training assistance for veterans. §
Worker Issues – E-mail or mail
the Department of Labor. §
Workplace Safety – E-mail a
complaint to the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA). §
Workplace
Safety for the Federal Workplace – E-mail or call for program information
to improve the health and safety of the government workforce. |
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Military & Veterans |
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American
Battle Monuments Commission – Order flowers for a grave or memorial
site in an American Battle Monument or cemetery. §
Army Personnel
Locator – Write to the U.S. Army to locate active duty personnel. §
Army Recruiting – Find an Army
recruiter near you
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Department of
Defense – E-mail, call or mail questions and requests for
information. §
Department
of Veterans Affairs – E-mail, call, fax or mail questions,
comments or complaints. §
Find Military
Personnel – Find ways to locate persons of unknown whereabouts. §
Marines – Information for
locating active duty Marines, Marines recruiting and Marines contacts. §
Marines contacts – Information for
locating active duty Marines, Marines recruiting and Marines contacts. §
Navy Personnel
Locator – Write to the U.S. Navy to locate active duty personnel. |
