Consumer Services Guide (CSG)

Consumer Action Edition

The Consumer Services Guide is searchable directory of resources which can help you with consumer problems and questions. There are multiple editions of the ‘Guide’, some which deal with specific issues such as housing or credit. The full directory, the Consumer Service Guide Edition, provides access to all the resources collected by Consumer Action.

 

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  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
    Information, resources, and free publications relating to allergies and infectious diseases.

  • National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA)
    NIFA is one of four USDA agencies that make up its Research, Education, and Economics (REE) mission area. The other three agencies include: Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Economics Research Service (ERS), and National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). The USDA-REE agencies provide federal leadership in creating and disseminating knowledge spanning the biological, physical, and social sciences related to agricultural research, economic analysis, statistics, extension, and higher…

  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
    The mission of NIMH is to transform the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses through basic and clinical research, paving the way for prevention, recovery and cure.

  • National Institute of Standards and Technology - The Metric Program (NIST)
    The Metric Program seeks to accelerate the Nation's transition to the metric system, the preferred system of weights and measures for United States trade and commerce. Implementing the 1988 amendments to the Metric Conversion Act of 1975, the Metric Program helps foster the metric transition activities of all Federal agencies. The Program provides leadership and assistance on the adoption and use of the metric language…

  • National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
    NIDCD is a division of the National Institutes of Health. Site features information on a number of communication disorders, with updates on research being done on these disorders.

  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)
    NIH is the steward of medical and behavioral research for the Nation. Its mission is science in pursuit of fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and the application of that knowledge to extend healthy life and reduce the burdens of illness and disability.

  • National Military Family Association - Resources for families with disability
    Support for military families with special needs family members is provided through the Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP). Although each Service has its own EFMP, they all serve the same essential function: coordinating the assignment process to ensure special needs families are not sent to locations that lack adequate medical or educational resources.

  • National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD)
    News and information about rare disorders. Includes three searchable databases, information about treatment drugs and links to support groups.

  • National Organization on Disability (NOD)
    This organization provides resources and information to people with all types of disabilities. Their website is a good way to find out about disability news and programs, facts about disabilities and contact information for other disability organizations.

  • National Park Service of the Dept of the Interior (NPS)
    The NPS works with communities to preserve and care for neighborhood treasures. It also works with teachers to create unique opportunities for students to learn about history at the real places where events unfolded.

  • National Passport Information Center - U.S. Department of State
    For information on U.S. passports, including the status of pending applications, as well as locations of the over 4,500 passport acceptance facilities.

  • National Pesticide Information Center, (EPA)
    A service that provides objective, science-based information about a wide variety of pesticide-related subjects, including: pesticide products, recognition and management of pesticide poisonings, toxicology, environmental chemistry.

  • National Runaway Switchboard (part of Health and Human Services)
    The mission at the National Runaway Switchboard is to help keep America’s runaway and at-risk youth safe and off the streets. Their services are provided in part through funding from Family and Youth Services Bureau in the Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

  • National Stroke Association
    This non-profit organization is dedicated to the education, treatment, rehabilitation, and prevention of strokes. The web site contains detailed information that help people better understand how to prevent strokes and deal with the symptoms.

  • Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
    NRDC is a national advocacy, research and lobbying organization whose work involves the preservation of national resources and the protection of the public’s health. It also provides information on environmental issues.

  • Nebraska - Attorney General
    The Consumer Protection Division (CPD) protects consumers from fraud and deceptive trade practices, as well as, ensures fair competition between businesses. The division enforces laws that protect consumers from false, misleading and undesirable sales practices.

  • Nebraska - Better Business Bureau (BBB)
    Contact for pre-purchase inquiry and complaint information on local businesses. Takes complaints on companies and arbitrates problems and disputes. Monitors and reviews local advertising and tracks and reports on charitable organizations.

  • Nebraska - Department of Insurance
    The mission of the department is to safeguard those affected by the business of insurance through the fulfillment of our statutory obligations and by promoting the fair and just treatment of all parties to insurance transactions.

  • Nebraska - Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV)
    Nebraska DMV site has been created to help you renew or register for a drivers license, find DMV forms, practice tests, drivers ed & traffic schools, auto insurance, or just about anything else related to Nebraska DMV.

  • Nebraska - Director of Banks
    The Department of Banking was created by Nebraska legislators to regulate state-chartered banks and other financial industries within the state. In 1939, regulation of state securities laws was also placed under the jurisdiction of the Department of Banking. Today, the Nebraska Department of Banking and Finance regulates and supervises various financial industries on behalf of the State of Nebraska and its residents.

  • Nebraska - Public Service Commission
    The mission of the Nebraska Public Service Commission is to assure Nebraskans receive high quality, safe and reliable public services at fair and affordable rates.

  • Nebraska - Weights and Measures Office
    The Weights and Measures Division protects the integrity of commercial measurements through certification of weighing and measuring equipment, evaluations of net quantity and pricing representations of packaged commodities and ensuring that marketing practices provide the ability to make price and quantity comparisons.

  • Nevada - Attorney General
    Under the direction of the Attorney General and Consumer Advocate, the Bureau of Consumer Protection (BCP) enforces various consumer protection statutes, in particular deceptive trade and antitrust laws, through the filing of lawsuits on behalf of the State of Nevada and the public good. BCP can not represent individual consumers in these lawsuits, nor can BCP assist individual consumers with their own private legal disputes.…

  • Nevada - Better Business Bureau (BBB)
    Contact for pre-purchase inquiry and complaint information on local businesses. Takes complaints on companies and arbitrates problems and disputes. Monitors and reviews local advertising and tracks and reports on charitable organizations.

  • Nevada - Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV)
    Nevada DMV's mission is to provide progressive and responsive service to our citizens. We maintain strict controls to ensure the accurate collection and timely distribution of all revenues. We contribute to the safety of those driving our highways through licensing, monitoring and intervention practices. We assist Nevada in meeting its federally mandated air quality standards. We protect state consumers and businesses against fraud and unfair…

 
 
 

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