Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (practical health care information and research to help consumers make informed decisions about health care issues).
www.ahcpr.gov
Bureau of Labor Statistics
www.bls.gov/blshome.htm
California Department of Insurance
www.insurance.ca.gov
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
www.cdc.gov
Constitution
www.house.gov/Constitution/Constitution.html
Consumer.gov (a “one-stop” web site to access multiple federal consumer information resources).
www.consumer.gov
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Washington, DC 20207
(800) 638-2772 toll-free hotline
(800) 638-8270 toll-free hotline for hearing impaired
email: info@cpsc.gov
www.cpsc.gov
Department of Education
www.ed.gov
Department of Justice
www.usdoj.gov
Department of Labor
www.dol.gov
Department of Transportation
www.dot.gov
EEOC
www.eeoc.gov
Federal Unemployment Compensation
www.doleta.gov
Food and Drug Administration, Office of Consumer Affairs
FDA/HFE-88
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857
(800) 532-4440 or (301) 443-3285
(301) 443-9767 fax
www.fda.gov
Health and Human Services (HHS)
www.hhs.gov
HealthFinder – a gateway site to help consumers find health and human services information quickly
www.healthfinder.gov
Internal Revenue Service
www.irs.ustreas.gov
Mammography – listing of FDA certified facilities providing mammography
www.fda.gov/cdrh/faclist.html
Medicare
www.medicare.gov
Medline – published medical information coordinated by the National Library of Medicine
www.njm.nih.gov
National Institute on Aging – covers a wide range of topics including specific diseases, health conditions, treatments and research
www.nih.gov/nia
National Senior Citizen Law Center
www.nsclc.org
National Technical Information Service (NTIS) – part of the Department of Commerce, this site has information on US government products that deal with health and safety
www.ntis.gov
NIH – access point to the consumer health resources of the National Institutes of Health
www.nih.gov/health
NIOSH (National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health)
4676 Columbia Parkway
Cincinnati, OH 45226
(513) 533-8328
www.cdc.gov/niosh/homepage.html
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
www.osha.gov
OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
Information and Consumer Affairs
(202) 219-8151
www.osha.gov
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
www.pbgc.gov
Social Security Administration
www.ssa.gov
Social Security Handbook
www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/handbook/handbook-toc.html
State Payroll Tax & Revenue
www.payroll-taxes.com/websites.html
Women’s Health Information Center – a ‘gateway’ site that has attempted to organize information on health issues for women, including links to government clearinghouses and many private sector organizations
(800) 994-WOMAN
www.4woman.org