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	FCIC - The Handbook - National Consumer Organizations
		The Consumer Protection unit is charged by AARP to examine those consumer problems and issues that impact the financial security of people 50 years of age and older, and to help its members protect themselves from marketplace fraud and deception.
		ACCI is the leading consumer policy research and education organization consisting of a world-wide community of researchers, educators and related professionals.
		CFA is a consumer advocacy and education organization.
	www.consumeraction.gov /resprt2.shtml (1830 words)

	Consumer Action :: Consumer interests in U.S. and the European Union
		Consumer Action is a member of the TransAtlantic Consumer Dialogue, a forum of consumer organizations in the U.S. and European Union.
		The Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue is a forum of U.S and European Union (E.U.) consumer organizations which develops and agrees on joint policy recommendations to promote the consumer interest in policy making at the government level in the U.S. and the European Union.
		Consumer organizations from outside the E.U. and the U.S., as well as groups that do not meet the definition of consumer organizations, can be invited to join the working groups as 'observer members' who may express viewpoints but may not stop consensus policy decisions.
	www.consumer-action.org /coalition/articles/consumer_interests_in_us_and_the_european_union (253 words)

	E/1997/61 Consumer protection
		The guidelines for consumer protection, which were adopted by the General Assembly in its resolution 39/248 of 9 April 1985, represent an internationally accepted regulatory framework that serves as a basis for the elaboration and strengthening of national policies and legislation in the area of consumer protection.
		They are intended to protect citizens as consumers through the implementation of a set of principles of fair and reasonable standards covering physical safety; the promotion and protection of consumers' economic interests; standards for the safety and quality of goods and services; distribution facilities; redress; and education and information.
		But although consumers may be more aware of their greater responsibility in the relationship between environment and consumption patterns, that awareness can only be translated into action if consumers are given the necessary information to make the right choices and thus bring about environmentally sound consumption patterns and lifestyles.
	www.un.org /documents/ecosoc/docs/1997/e1997-61.htm (5697 words)

	Consumer organization - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Consumer organizations are advocacy groups that seek to protect people from corporate abuse.
		The aim of consumer organizations may be to establish and to attempt to enforce consumer rights.
		Glutenfreebeerfestival.com is a consumer organisation who's main aim is to encourage brewers to provide gluten free beer, and to alert industry that there are consumers keen to purchase a product should they wish to provide it.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Consumer_organizations (377 words)

	National Consumer Protection Week - 2003
		CFA is first and foremost an advocacy organization, working to advance pro-consumer policy on a variety of issues before Congress, the White House, federal and state regulatory agencies, and the courts.
		CFA is also an educational organization, disseminating information on consumer issues to the public and the media, as well as to policy makers and other public interest advocates.
		Finally, CFA is a membership organization, providing support to national, state, and local organizations committed to the goals of consumer advocacy and education.
	www.consumer.gov /ncpw2003/resources.htm (1288 words)

	Testimony of Consumer Organizations to the Blue Ribbon Task Force on the Uninsured Insurance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Consumers considering purchasing HMO coverage have the right to request a copy of the actual policy they are buying with all limitations and restrictions explained.
		If the committee is interested in what consumer organizations' recommend for further managed care reforms, we will supply this to you at a later date.
		Consumer organizations will be making recommendations to The Joint Committee on Health Insurance Mandates and will share those with the Task Force.
	www.consumersunion.org /health/testsw200.htm (3664 words)

	Consumer Organizations
		AAPD is a non-profit, non-partisan, cross-disability organization whose goals are unity, leadership and impact.
		CCD is a coalition of national disability organizations working together to advocate for national public policies that ensure the self-determination, independence, empowerment, integration and inclusion of children and adults with disabilities in all aspects of society.
		This is a community, non-profit organization which emerged from the disability independent living movement and whose mission has been to create, demonstrate and encourage resources and model early intervention services which are non-pathological and empowering.
	www.uncc.edu /sdsp/links/consumer_organizations.asp (481 words)

	Background on the Consumer Coalition
		The Coalition for Consumer Protection and Quality in Health Care Reform was formed in the beginning of 1993 in an effort to focus attention on quality and consumer issues within the context of health care reform.
		Consumer Information Provisions were included in the House Education and Labor, and Gephardt leadership bills, planned for in the Energy and Commerce bill, and included in the Senate Labor and Human Resources, Finance Committee, and Mitchell leadership bills.
		Consumer Advocate/Ombudsman Provisions were included in the House Education and Labor, and Gephardt leadership bills, planned for in the Energy and Commerce bill, and included in the Senate Labor and Human Resources, Finance draft, and Mitchell leadership bills.
	www.consumers.org /oldback.htm (1886 words)

	Consumer Federation of America : About CFA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		As an education organization, CFA disseminates information on consumer issues to the public and the media, as well as to policymakers and other public interest advocates.
		Some of these organizations are consumer advocacy, education, or cooperative organizations that belong to the federation.
		CFA's Consumer Cooperative Advisory Group meets quarterly to discuss issues of interest to CFA and consumer cooperatives, and to plan initiatives that benefit the existing and potential members of cooperative groups.
	www.consumerfed.org /about.cfm (708 words)

	Consumer Resources on the WEB
		ACCI is a membership organization of academics and other professionals involved in consumer and family economics and dedicated to enhancing consumer well-being.
		Consumers' Checkbook/Center for the Study of Services is an independent, nonprofit consumer organization that provides consumers information to help them get high quality services and products at the best possible prices.
		CI is an independent, non-profit organization that supports, links and represents consumer groups and agencies all over the world on such issues as product and food standards, health and patients’ rights, the environment and sustainable consumption, and the regulation of international trade and public utilities.
	www.ansi.org /consumer_affairs/consumer_resources.aspx?menuid=5 (1537 words)

	Korea National Council of Consumer Organizations
		The Korea National Council of Consumer Organizations is a federation of consumer protection organizations created to stimulate the activities of consumer groups and defend the interests of consumers.
		Its purpose is to support its member organizations in consumer protection activities to help them more effectively achieve their intended goals.
		Established in 1976, with 4 consumer organizations as its founding members, the Korea National Council of Consumer Organizations now coordinates consumer protection activities of 10 member organizations and 182 regional associations.
	www.consumer.or.kr /english (188 words)

	Consumer Action :: sprint changes
		The complaint further alleges that Zillow.com’s over and under valuations are causing substantial injury to consumers nationwide when they consider selling their home, using their home equity or buying or refinancing property.
		Consumers who believe that they have been victimized by discriminatory and/or predatory lending practices may contact NCRC’s fair housing and Consumer Rescue Fund staff at 800-475-NCRC.
		Consumer Action is a member of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC), a national non-profit membership organization that promotes economic justice and equal access to credit, capital and financial services to traditionally underserved communities.
	consumer-action.org /coalition/articles/consumer_interests_in_us_and... (524 words)

	Consumer Health Information Corporation : Media Center
		Consumer Health Information was founded in 1983 by Dr. Dorothy L. Smith, an internationally-recognized consumer advocate, author, and expert in patient compliance with medications.
		NCPIE is a nonprofit coalition of organizations committed to stimulating and improving communication of information on the appropriate use of medicines to consumers and health professionals.
		She has written 23 books that provide consumers with advice on how to use prescription and nonprescription medications effectively, and has appeared on hundreds of television and radio programs across the country to increase consumer awareness of their important role in medication therapy.
	www.consumer-health.com /media_center/ch_elected.htm (507 words)

	GROUP IX: CONSUMER ORGANIZATIONS
		Consumer organizations use EIA data to monitor energy prices, primarily at the local level, and to analyze how the electric power industry operates.
		Some participants were concerned, however, that data on individual factories, businesses, and residential consumers (for example, history of energy use and payment history) should not be made available without the express written consent of the customer.
		They liked the focus group format and thought it would be superior to a survey at this time, since their own thinking is evolving and they either would not respond to a survey or would not know how to respond.
	www.eia.doe.gov /cneaf/electricity/elec2002/focus/consumer.html (2748 words)

	Telecommunications Consumer Protection Fund (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The purpose of the Verizon portion is to facilitate and further consumer protection and education of limited-English and non-English-speaking communities potentially affected by GTE California's alleged 1989-92 marketing abuses.
		To develop the capacity of grassroots organizations serving limited-English speaking communities to serve as representatives and advocates in statewide telecommunications protection, regulation and legislation.
		Organizations who currently provide direct services or community education to limited or non-English speaking clients and are likely to integrate telecom education and protection into their ongoing activities after the grant expires are highly encouraged to apply.
	www.consumerfdn.org /trusts/tcpf.html (1097 words)

	Consumer World: Everything Consumer (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Consumer World is a public service, non-commercial* guide with over 2000 of the most useful consumer resources.
		The links provided herein are maintained by their respective organizations, not Consumer World, and they are solely responsible for their content.
		Use of trademarks, logos, and brand names in Consumer World are for identification purposes only, and does not imply an endorsement of Consumer World by the trademark owner, or that such trademark owner has authorized Consumer World to promote its products, services, or content.
	www.consumerworld.org.cob-web.org:8888 (1010 words)

	National Consumer Organizations - HSH Associates Library of Mortgage Information
		Otherwise, these organizations do not assist consumers with individual complaints, although many are interested in hearing from consumers about problems, issues and trends in connection with their advocacy and consumer education activities.
		Most, though not all, develop and distribute consumer education and information materials; several are professional associations primarily or exclusively concerned with improving consumer protection or customer service; and many are engaged in advocacy of consumer interests before government, the courts and the news media.
		Consumer Alert's mission is to inform the public about the consumer benefits of competitive enterprise and to expose the flawed economic, scientific and risk data that underlie certain public policies.
	library.hsh.com /?row_id=65 (2126 words)

	SPINALCORD: Consumer Organizations
		A non-profit New Jersey based organization run by and for those who are physically challenged to fly in airplanes either as a passenger or as a member of the flight training program.
		The National Organization on Disability promotes the full and equal participation of America's 54 million men, women and children with disabilities in all aspects of life.N.O.D. is the only national disability organization concerned with all disabilities, all age groups and all disability issues.
		A veterans service organization whose primary goal is to maximize the quality of life for people with SCI or spinal disease through research, education, advocacy, and recreation programs.
	www.spinalcord.uab.edu /show.asp?durki=21802&site=1021&return=21922 (3662 words)

	Department of Executive Administration
		The CPRT membership is comprised of representatives from federal, state, county, and city consumer agencies, as well as various consumer organizations, and several consumer reporters from print and TV media.
		The membership of the Consumer Protection Roundtable is dedicated to educating the public on consumer issues through close contacts with consumer reporters in the print and broadcast media and by providing timely information on their web sites.
		One major activity of the CPRT is to refer consumer complaints to the appropriate government agency or consumer organization.
	www.cityofseattle.net /consumerprotection (523 words)

	Consumer Sentinel
		Consumer Sentinel has a restricted-access site that allows law enforcement agencies access to hundreds of thousands of complaints from consumers about identity theft and Internet cons, telemarketing scams and other frauds.
		In just the last two years, law enforcers using Consumer Sentinel have brought hundreds of cases and returned millions of dollars to consumers.
		Consumer Sentinel is a registered trademark of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.
	www.consumer.gov /sentinel/index.html (232 words)

	The Bell: April/May 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		NMHA’s National Consumer Supporter Technical Assistance Center (NCSTAC) has awarded three year grants to eight consumer-run organizations to help them either establish new nonprofit organizations or to help their existing group engage in recovery-oriented systems transformation.
		Virginia Organization of Consumers Asserting Leadershipâ”To collaborate with the Consumer Empowerment Leadership Training (an academy of the MHA of Virginia) to develop a mental health system recovery assessment in the state using consumers to examine the system, and to work with stakeholders to create a recoveryoriented system.
		Developed in 1998 to support and strengthen consumer-run organizations, NCSTAC is funded by a grant from the federal Center for Mental Health Services.
	www.nmha.org /newsroom/bell/2005/2005-04-05/Consumer-RunBoost.cfm (388 words)

	Organizational Links - Consumer Organizations
		AARP - is a nonprofit, nonpartisan membership organization for people age 50 and over, dedicated to enhancing quality of life for older persons through social change, information, advocacy and service.
		Alzheimer's Foundation - a nonprofit organization offering information and support services to people with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and their families.
		Consumer Consortium on Assisted Living - a national consumer advocacy organization dedicated to the needs, rights, and protections of assisted living consumers.
	www.bjbc.org /Page.asp?PgID=49 (181 words)

	CONTAC (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Contac was developed utilizing research on ideal consumer self-help programs, successful consumer-run programs, community support service philosophy about service delivery, descriptions of mature mental health systems, and management and leadership skills.
		We also believe that we must act justly on behalf of people that have, or have had a mental or emotional illness and insure the right and support to seek recovery from these illnesses.
		And to demand that all consumers are treated with the dignity and humanity due to all human beings.
	www.contac.org.cob-web.org:8888 (488 words)

	Membership List
		The participating organizations in the Consumer Coalition have chosen to be either members, endorsers, or collaborators based on their own rules of joining coalitions.
		All organizations and individuals have been welcome at meetings and encouraged to contribute to the discussions regardless of their membership in the Coalition.
		Consumer based organizations that have joined together in support of the Coalition's principles and have agreed to work toward a health care system to better serve consumers.
	www.consumers.org /members.htm (183 words)

	Oregon DHS : Mental health - Consumers & families
		These consumer and advocate resource links will help you locate consumer run organizations and other national programs to assist family members or consumers who have mental illness.
		NAMI Oregon is a statewide grassroots organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for individuals with mental illness and their families through support, education, and advocacy.
		SAFE is a non-profit organization owned and operated by current and former consumers of mental health services in Lane County Oregon.
	www.oregon.gov /DHS/mentalhealth/consumers.shtml (362 words)

	Texas Consumer Organizations Criticize Farmer's Insurance Decision Action Underscores Need For Real Reform (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		(Austin, TX--) The state's leading consumer organizations criticized Farmers Insurance today for its decision to pull out of the Texas homeowners insurance market, escalating the current insurance crisis.
		"Farmers Insurance is forcing their policyholders and all Texas insurance consumers to pay the price for their failure to properly handle water damage claims," said Lambe.
		Consumers Union, Texas Watch and AARP recently unveiled a 5-point insurance reform legislative program to stop the insurance crisis gripping Texas.
	www.consumersunion.org /finance/farmers902.htm (365 words)

	Consumer Reports WebWatch Staff & Contributors: Charles Bell
		In his work in the executive office of Consumers Union, Bell provides staff support to James Guest, Consumers Union's President, and oversees special initiatives that involve outside funding and external alliances.
		Bell also works closely with Consumers Union's advocacy offices in California, New York, Texas and Washington, DC on a wide range of consumer policy issues, including the Internet, the environment, financial services and health care.
		Since joining Consumers Union in 1989, Bell has written articles on health care and consumer affairs topics which have been published in the Charlotte Observer, the Journal News, the San Francisco Examiner, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Seattle Times, and the Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine.
	www.consumerwebwatch.org /dynamic/charles-bell.cfm (258 words)

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