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 Encyclopedia: List of organizations
This is a list of hereditary and lineage organizations.
This is a list of international organizations and non-governmental organizations and the country in which their main office is based.
A magical organization is an organization put up for the furtherance of its members by use of magic or to further the knowledge of magic among its members.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-organizations   (1266 words)

  
 Consumer Federation of America : Press Release   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Home improvement not only came in as the most common complaint to consumer agencies this year, but was also named as the fastest growing complaint category and the type of industry in which a company is most likely to go out of business and to reopen under another name.
Consumer agencies across the country were asked to list the top categories that generated the most complaints in 2001.
Consumer protection agencies are struggling to protect the public under increasing caseloads and stagnant budgets.
www.consumerfed.org /112502_NACAA.html   (643 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: List of consumer organizations
Consumer Reports is an American magazine published by Consumers Union, a non-profit organization founded in 1936 by Arthur Kallet, Colston Warne, and others who felt that the established Consumers Research organization was not aggressive enough.
The National Consumers League is a non-profit advocacy group acting on behalf of workers and consumers in the United States since the 1890s.
Consumer organizations This page is a list of lists of organizations and a list of otherwise unclassified organizations.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-consumer-organizations   (368 words)

  
 Resource Links: consumer
An education and advocacy organization specializing in credit, finance, and telecommunications issues, Consumer Action offers a multi-lingual consumer complaint hotline, free information on its surveys of banks and long-distance telephone companies, and consumer education materials in as many as eight languages.
Made up of more than 240 organizations representing a membership exceeding 50 million consumers, CFA is a consumer advocacy and education organization.
The league is a non-profit, membership organization working for consumer health and safety protection and fairness in the marketplace and workplace.
www.csj.org /infoserv_links/resource_categories/topic_consumerorg.htm   (666 words)

  
 List of organizations article - List of organizations List agricultural organizations List animal rights welfare groups ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
List of organizations article - List of organizations List agricultural organizations List animal rights welfare groups - What-Means.com
This page is a list of lists of organizations and a list of otherwise unclassified organizations.
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www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/List_of_organizations   (62 words)

  
 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.
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.
Consumer Reports® is published by Consumers Union (CU), an expert, independent nonprofit organization whose mission is to work for a fair, just, and safe marketplace for all consumers and to empower consumers to protect themselves.
www.consumeraction.gov /resprt2.shtml   (2064 words)

  
 EPIC Online Guide to Privacy Resources
A national non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of electronic media, especially on the behalf of children and families.
Organization formed in 1990 to maintain and enhance intellectual freedom, privacy, and other values of civil liberties and democracy in networked communications.
A nonpartisan coalition of consumer, civil liberties, educational, family, library, labor, and technology organizations in support of legislation that effectively protects personal privacy.
www.epic.org /privacy/privacy_resources_faq.html   (1793 words)

  
 Gilford Public Library - Consumer Organizations - Internet Links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
National Consumer Organizations From the Consumer Action Handbook this is a list of consumer organizations with links to their websites.
Consumer Alert A national non-profit organization founded in 1977 dedicated to informing consumers about the benefits of competitive enterprise.
Consumer Protection at the Federal Trade Commission Many helpful publications in over 15 subject areas from Advertising to Tobacco.
www.gilfordlibrary.org /webconsumerorg.htm   (228 words)

  
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Figuring out the problem If you encounter a telephone system that relies on automated prompts, and you cannot get the information or person you need because the system is not accessible to you, you should begin by trying to figure out the problems that you are having with that system.
As a consumer, you may not know the manufacturer of the phone system used by the entity, such as the bank or government office, that you called.
In this section, it would be helpful to list the different places someone should go for the different types of complaints.
www.atis.org /ivr/_Com/Docs/IVR-04-01-14-05-ShortConsumerArticle.doc   (1386 words)

  
 How To Get Off A Mailing List - Consumer Assistance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
All DMA members are required to run their list of prospective customers against the MPS file, to remove the individuals who have registered with MPS from their mailings.
The U. Postal Service maintains a list of people who do not want SOA mail coming to their home, and provides the list to companies that mail such promotions.
Consumers must register with MPS directly; second-party requests and bulk requests cannot be processed.
www.dmaconsumers.org /cgi/offmailinglist   (1209 words)

  
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The consumer protection legislation, introduced in July, was spearheaded by Council President Tom Perez and creates the Office of Consumer Protection as a principal office in the Executive Branch of County government.
Consumers are warned to never give out private information over the phone unless the consumer initiated the call to a reputable organization or business.
Montgomery County's 9-11 Emergency Communications Center urges consumers who are interested in subscribing to Internet-based telephone service to be aware that 9-1-1 service is not guaranteed at a level consumers are accustomed to having.
www.montgomerycountymd.gov /consumer   (1234 words)

  
 general consumer information
The National Consumers League is a private, nonprofit advocacy group representing consumers on marketplace and workplace issues.
http://www.ukorbit.com/Consumer_Advice_Guides.htm UK Orbit is a Consumer and Information Directory.but has teh consumer advice stuff, with some explanations of various topics and links to a whole bunch of UK consumer organizations.
The National Association of Consumer Agency Administrators http://www.nacaanet.org/ They write, "the National Association of Consumer Agency Administrators was established in 1976 to support government agencies that provide consumer services.
fire.prohosting.com /pubinfo/general.html   (701 words)

  
 Telephone Preference Service - Consumer Assistance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Many consumers find telephone shopping to be a convenient way to shop.
The Telephone Preference Service (TPS), a do-not-call service, is a service to assist those consumers in decreasing the number of national commercial calls received at home.
It is against the law to send an unsolicited FAX to anyone [the Telephone Consumer Protection Act ].
www.the-dma.org /consumers/offtelephonelist.html   (588 words)

  
 PUC - Chapter 4 - Consumer Affairs
The manager reports to the newly created position of director of Consumer Affairs (also currently vacant).[ 2 ] The office's fiscal 1997 operating budget is about $345,000.[ 3 ] Customer Services' major functions include response to consumer complaints and requests for public information, and the registration of pay-phone operators and caller ID per-line blocking requests.
TPR also examined the consumer affairs function of the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI), another large regulatory agency involved in a complex industry, and one that has many of the same consumer functions as PUC (such as response to consumer complaints and inquiries and consumer education).
PUC recognizes the importance of consumer education in the transition to competition.
www.window.state.tx.us /tpr/puc/puc_ch4.html   (3021 words)

  
 Communications Industry Tops AG Consumer Complaint List   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Consumers received more than $15.3 million in restitution and savings from complaints and actions taken by the AG's Office.
Consumers also received close to $6.8 million in awards and settlements from vehicle manufacturers through the Lemon Law Administration.
Consumers wanting to file a complaint with the Consumer Protection Division should call 1-800-551-4636 or 1-800-833-6384 for the hearing impaired or visit the AG web site at www.atg.wa.gov.
www.atg.wa.gov /releases/rel_cpstats_012899.html   (507 words)

  
 How To Get Off A Telephone List - Consumer Assistance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
All DMA members are required to run their telemarketing list of prospective customers against the TPS file, to remove the individuals who have registered with TPS from their calling lists.
It is against the Telephone Consumer Protection Act to send an unsolicited FAX to anyone.
Consumers must register with TPS directly; second-party requests and bulk requests cannot be processed.
www.dmaconsumers.org /cgi/offtelephone   (1087 words)

  
 Blue Christmas 2005 | BuyBlue.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
With this list, we hope that you'll be able to put your money where your values are, and vote with your wallets.
Please share this list with your loved ones and discuss it with local organizations in which you may be involved.
BuyBlue.org, a consumer advocacy issues website, is a nonprofit corporation registered in the state of California, with federal 501(c)(3) status pending.
www.buyblue.org /?q=bluechristmas   (509 words)

  
 Organizations in Guatemala
An organization of established coffee exporters, jointly responsible for 98% of all exports.
The organization was instrumental during the negotiation with the Guatemalan government regarding the terms of the refugee return.
Organizes educational activites in the form of seminars, workshops, lectures and conferences in order to improve the social, economic and legal conditions of Guatemalan women.
www.peacebrigades.org /guate.html   (7207 words)

  
 The Mail Preference Service - Consumer Assistance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Mail Preference Service (MPS) is designed to assist those consumers in decreasing the amount of national non-profit or commercial mail they receive at home.
You may reduce the solicitations you receive from a specific company by writing directly to that company and asking to be put on the company's in-house suppress file.
Direct marketers rent these lists of names if they think their product or service would appeal to the people on those lists.
www.the-dma.org /consumers/offmailinglist.html   (888 words)

  
 List of organizations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
List of organizations on protection of cultural patrimony
List of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
This page was last modified 05:53, 29 November 2005.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_organizations   (66 words)

  
 Consumer Alert Inc.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Consumer Alert has recently moved to an address just a few blocks from Capitol Hill and the White House.
This new space is more than sufficient for our needs while saving the organization and you a substantial amount of funds in monthly rent.
Fran is now an Adjunct Scholar at the Competitive Enterprise Institute where she works and writes on trade issues affecting consumers, serves on a USTR trade advisory committee, and runs a coalition of nonprofits to push for reform of the US sugar program.
www.consumeralert.org   (314 words)

  
 Consumer Information, Best of the Internet - NHSL
The online resource for consumer information from the federal government covering topics from food, health, money and technology to home and community and product safety.
From the Consumer Action Handbook this is a list of consumer organizations with links to their websites.
A national non-profit organization founded in 1977 dedicated to informing consumers about the benefits of competitive enterprise.
pierce.state.nh.us /internet/consumer.asp   (574 words)

  
 CNN - Car leases, Internet scams top consumer complaint list - Oct. 8, 1996
"What we were finding is that consumers didn't realize there were a lot of hidden charges, and most importantly, once you sign a lease agreement it is final.
Ponder's group and the National Association of Consumer Agency Administrators asked consumer agencies to list the top five subjects that generated the most complaints in 1995.
Nearly all of the 46 respondents cited used car sales as the most frequent complaint; auto repair and home improvement complaints were close behind.
www.cnn.com /US/9610/08/consumer.fraud   (392 words)

  
 Angie's List Consumer Watch Articles
As Angie’s List members read this article, they should ponder their own shopping habits and if individual pricing stickers are important to their shopping process.
Many consumer advocates believe that the habits of Massachusetts’ consumers are something that should not be easily changed simply because the retail and food industries do not want to shoulder the cost and responsibility of item pricing.
The governor and some legislators are proposing that retail and grocery stores be allowed to buy their way out of the item pricing requirements by paying an annual fee.
www.massconsumers.org /AngiesList/0703.html   (442 words)

  
 Organization Links
HUGE list described as a 'virtual textbook of pointers'.
Also includes a list of state chapters and contact info.
She has many interesting pages on a wide variety of consumer topics.
www.wou.edu /education/sped/wrocc/links_consumer_orgs.htm   (282 words)

  
 FCIC - The Handbook - Corporate Consumer Contacts Main Page
This section lists the names and addresses of more than 650 corporate headquarters and, in many cases, the name of the person to contact.
An international professional organization established in 1973, SOCAP provides training, conferences and publications to encourage and maintain the integrity of business in transactions with consumers; to encourage and promote effective communication and understanding among business, government and consumers; and to define and advance the consumer affairs profession.
SOCAP members are identified in the Corporate Consumer Contacts section of CRH by a mobius strip, which is part of SOCAP's official logo, and symbolizes the unbroken connection between good business and customer satisfaction and loyalty.
www.consumeraction.gov /corpormain.shtml   (506 words)

  
 Consumer Organizations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The following is a list of consumer organizations which provide services directly to blind consumers.
An advocacy organization active in promoting the rights of people who are blind in the US.
The American Foundation for the Blind—the organization to which Helen Keller devoted her life—is a national nonprofit whose mission is to ensure that the ten million Americans who are blind or visually impaired enjoy the same rights and opportunities as other citizens.
www.accesstojobs.com /consumer_organizations.htm   (140 words)

  
 AllAllergy - Allergy, Intolerance and Celiac Organizations: Professional Non-Profit, Commercial, Pharmaceutical, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
This is a list of sites that are providers of allergy information or care designed by individual lay persons'.
This is a list of relevant pharmaceutical organizations.
This is a list of Occupational Health organizations.
www.allallergy.com /organisations.htm   (203 words)

  
 List of organizations - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
List of organizations - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about List of organizations contains research on
List of organizations, List of Lists of Organizations, Miscellaneous Organizations and See also.
www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/List_of_organizations   (85 words)

  
 Federal Trade Commission
Consumer redress provided to consumers using bond posted by defendants with the State of Florida.
The FTC works for the consumer to prevent fraudulent, deceptive and unfair business practices in the marketplace and to provide information to help consumers spot, stop and avoid them.
The FTC enters Internet, telemarketing, identity theft and other fraud-related complaints into Consumer Sentinel, a secure, online database available to hundreds of civil and criminal law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and abroad.
www.ftc.gov /bcp/conline/edcams/scholarship/cases.htm   (569 words)

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