Gov't Agencies

Government Agencies & Other Organizations

• 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

• 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

• Employee Benefit Survey

  • www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/

• 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

• Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) - Medicare and Medicaid information

• www.hcfa.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

• http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/mammography

• 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

• 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