Consumer Action does assist consumers with marketplace problems.

Consumer Action does assist consumers with marketplace problems.
An education and advocacy organization specializing in banking and
telecommunications issues, Consumer Action offers a 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.


Consumer Alert
2700 South Quincy Street
Suite 210
Arlington, VA 22206
(703) 845-8802
(703) 845-8920 (fax)

Consumer Alert is a non-profit, membership organization whose
mission is to inform the public about the consumer benefits of
competitive enterprise, advancing competition as the best
regulator of business. A bimonthly newsletter and other
materials are available.


Consumer Federation of America (CFA)
1424 16th Street, N.W., Suite 604
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 387-6121
(202) 265-7989 (fax)

Made up of more than 240 organizations representing a membership
exceeding 50 million consumers, CFA is a consumer advocacy and
education organization. Issues on which it currently represents
consumer interests before Congress and Federal regulatory
agencies include telephone service, insurance and financial
services, product safety, indoor air pollution, health care,
product liability and utility rates. It develops and distributes
studies of various consumer issues, as well as consumer guides in
book and pamphlet form. In addition, CFA publishes several
newsletters.

Consumers for World Trade (CWT)
2000 L Street, N.W., Suite 200
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 785-4835
(202) 416-1734 (fax)

A non-profit organization, CWT supports trade expansion and
liberalization to promote economic growth and increase consumer
choice and price competition in the marketplace. Various
publications are available.



Consumers Union of U.S., Inc. (CU)
101 Truman Avenue
Yonkers, NY 10703-1057
(914) 378-2000
(914) 378-2900 (fax)

A non-profit, independent organization, CU researches and tests
consumer goods and services and disseminates the results in its
monthly magazine, Consumer Reports, as well as other publications
and media.


Council of Better Business Bureaus, Inc. (CBBB)
4200 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22203
(703) 276-0100

Sponsored by national companies, the Council of Better Business
Bureaus provides coordination and leadership to the 166 Better
Business Bureaus (BBBs) in the U.S. (see page XX for the
listing), offers a national advertising review program, dispute
resolution services, an advisory service that reports on national
charities, consumer information services, and voluntary industry
guidelines for advertising and selling products and services.

Families USA
1334 G Street, N.W., Suite 300
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 737-6340
(202) 347-2417 (fax)

A national, non-profit membership organization committed to
comprehensive reform of health and long-term care, Families USA
works to educate and mobilize consumers on health care issues. In
addition to its two grassroots advocacy networks, a.s.a.p., a
network of health and long-term care reform activists, and
HealthLink USA, a nationwide health reform computer network for
advocacy groups, Families USA develops and distributes reports and
other materials on health and long-term care issues.