Month: May 2010

State Government Contract Assessment By Barry Williams 2009

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Contracts (pdf) The Center for the Study of Responsive Law (CSRL) surveyed1 the online availability of state government contracting information for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The CSRL examined the following: Do states provide any online information about the contracts they issue? Is the information presented in a format that will allow … Read more

State Government Contract Assessment 2010 By Patrick Benton

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Contracts 2010 (pdf) In 2009, the Center for the Study of Responsive Law (CSRL) surveyed the online availability of state government contracting information for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The CSRL examined the following: Do states provide any online information about the contracts they issue? Is the information presented in a format … Read more

COALITION URGES CONGRESS TO DEMAND SUSPENSION OF FULL-BODY SCANNING IN U.S. AIRPORTS

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Ralph Nader and a coalition of consumer, privacy and civil rights groups today urged Senator Joseph Lieberman and Rep. Bennie Thompsonto demand that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) stop the deployment of full-body scanning security devices in US airports until an independent review of the devices’ health effects, effectiveness and privacy safeguards is completed.

Consumers Need a Financial Consumers’ Association

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One of the most important measures we can advance to protect consumers and taxpayers is embodied in an amendment drafted by Senator Charles Schumer. Senator Schumer’s amendment (SA 3772) provides a facility to establish an independent non-governmental nonprofit Financial Consumers’ Association (FCA). FCA has broad support from leading consumer organizations. Given the powerful influence of … Read more

Questions and Answers About The Financial Consumers’ Association

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The Financial Consumers’ Association Over the last ten years the financial industry has spent, through lobbying expenditures and campaign contributions, over $5 billion pushing for and winning deregulation. This deregulation has come at a huge cost to taxpayers and consumers who currently have little voice in the regulatory debate. To protect consumers and to forestall … Read more

Consumer Groups Support Creation of Financial Consumers’ Association

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Leading National Consumer Groups (Consumer Union , National Consumer Law Center, Public Citizen, Consumer Federation of America, National Association of Consumer Advocates, USPIRG) support Financial Consumers’ Association (FCA) Letter follows: December 21, 2009 Senator Chris Dodd Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs 448 Russell Building Washington, DC 20510 Congressman Barney Frank Committee on Financial … Read more