2003 Conference:
Cars and Consumers
Business
Car Talk, the national
public radio program provides consumer education and opportunity to sell
used cars. http://cartalk.cars.com
Lemon-Aid This
site, updated monthly, has two goals: give you basic
information to protect your rights and make the right vehicle choices; and sell
you Lemon-Aid guides at a discount. http://www.lemonaidcars.com
Credit Card Nation provides up-to-date information on the practices of the credit card industry and offers advice on
how to get the best deals possible.
http://www.creditcardnation.com/
West Group,
publishers of legal books
Consumer Organizations
American Association of Retired Persons
(AARP) provides resources and advice for finances, travel, health, and
technology. http://www.aarp.org/
Better
Business Bureau http://www.bbb.org/bureaus/
CALPIRG-California
Public Interest Group http://calpirg.org/CA.asp?id2=3979&id3=CA&
Center
for Democracy and Technology http://www.cdt.org/privacy/quiz/
State PIRGs (Public Interest Research
Group)
http://www.truthaboutcredit.org
US PIRG-National site for public advocacy group educates citizens on issues pertaining to the environment, consumer
awareness, democracy, and education. http://www.uspirg.org/
Education
Car Talk, the national
public radio program provide consumer education related to vehicles. http://cartalk.cars.com
Jump$tart Coalition
for Personal Financial Literacy
http://www.jumpstart.org
National Coalition for Consumer
Education (NCCE) http://www.lifesmarts.org
University of Wyoming
College of Law
University of Wyoming
Department
of Family and Consumer Science
University of Wyoming
Students' Attorney
http://uwacadweb.uwyo.edu/studentatty
(site includes land-lord tenant handbook, will include section on auto
purchase and repairs and section on consumer fraud, debt and debt
collection)
Colorado State
University, College of Applied Human Sciences, Department
of Consumer and Family Studies
Colorado
State University site on alcohol for motor fuels
http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/farmmgt/05010.html
National
Center for Vehicle Emissions Control and Safety
http://www.ncvecs.colostate.edu
(site includes links to many
auto related sites).
Co
Division of Insurance http://www.dora.state.co.us/insurance/consumer/pc.htm
Federal Government
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA) contains the Department of
Transportation's database of consumer complaints, defect investigations,
recalls, and summaries of technical service bulletins, organized by
model and year.
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/
and http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/problems
Center for Auto
Safety http://www.autosafety.org/index.html
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) has publications to help consumers select the cleanest,
most fuel-efficient vehicles. It also has teaching materials.
http://www.epa.gov, http://www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/,
and http://www.epa.gov/teachers/
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
http://www.fbi.gov
Federal Communications Commission
http://www.fcc.gov/
Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation has a page entitled,
" When a Criminal's Cover Is Your Identity"
Federal
Reserve Board's Consumer Information
page
Federal
Trade Commission
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
http://www.irs.gov
Medicaid Fraud
Suspected
fraud by your Medicaid provider or abuse/neglect in a
Medicaid-funded facility: Office of the U.S. Inspector General -
Medicaid Fraud hotline (800) 447-8477
Postal Inspection Service (USPIS)
http://www.usps.com/postalinspectors/
Social
Security Administration (SSA) http://www.ssa.gov
State Government
Wyoming
Attorney
General's Office
Wyoming Better Business Bureau
East
and Central Wyoming, Northern Colorado, and Rocky Mtn. resort
communities http://www.rockymtn.bbb.org
Wyoming Department of Family Services
http://dfsweb.state.wy.us/
Wyoming Division of Banking
http://audit.state.wy.us/banking
Wyoming Public Service Commission
http://psc.state.wy.us/
Wyoming Insurance Department
http://insurance.state.wy.us/
Local Area Information
Albany County Public Library
Albany County Tourism-Laramie
Laramie Chamber of Commerce
University
of Wyoming
University of Wyoming College of Agriculture
2002 Conference:
Credit Cards and Privacy Rights
Speakers' Websites
Richard
Alderman
http://www.peopleslawyer.net
http://www.law.uh.edu/faculty/main.asp?PID=1
Beth
Givens
http://www.privacyrights.org
Business
About.com-Civil Liberties
and Privacy Rights http://civilliberty.about.com/cs/privacyrights/
Privacy Rights Now http://www.privacyrightsnow.com
Your credit report can be obtained
from Equifax (800-685-1111) http://www.equifax.com,
Trans Union (800-888-4213) http://www.transunion.com;
and Experian
(888-682-7654) http://www.experian.com
To receive a free
copy of your credit report visit
http://www.Annualcreditreport.com.
Consumer
Organizations
Consumer
Action-Privacy Rights http://www.consumer-action.org/Library/English/Pubs-Privacy_EN.html
Family
Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/index.html
Privacy
Rights Clearinghouse http://privacyrights.org
Education
Marketing Practices of Credit Card
Issuers: Implications for Regulatory Policy and Education Chuck
Tomkovick, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Babu G. Baradwaj,
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
www.sbaer.uca.edu/research/sma/1995/pdf/04.pdf
