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Government Agencies and Elected Officials
BackGovernment Agencies and Elected Officials
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Elected Officials
State, Local, and Tribal
Elected Officials -
State, Local, and Tribal Governments
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Federal Government
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Contact Your Government, by Topic
Find contact information for government programs, listed by topic.
Benefits
- Federal Employee Retirement Benefits
- Food Stamps (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) – Call to learn more about eligibility requirements and the nutritional benefits of the program.
- Head Start Program Locator – Find information to enroll your child in a Head Start pre-school in your area.
- Health Insurance for Children – Call the program office in your state to see if your children are eligible for free or low-cost health insurance.
- Heating and Cooling Assistance for Your Home – Call the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program Office that serves your state or tribe.
- Legal Assistance – Find legal assistance in your area.
- Medicare – Sign up or change your Medicare plan or learn more about Medicare.
- Medicare and Medicaid – Search the database for Medicare and Medicaid contacts.
- Medicare Fraud – Report Medicare fraud and abuse.
- Renter's Assistance – Contact your local Housing Authority to see if you qualify.
- School Lunch and Breakfast – Contact your state agency to participate in school nutrition programs.
- Social Security – E-mail questions using an online form.
- Student Loans – Call for help with student loans.
- Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (Welfare) – Call your state's administrator for program information.
Children and Education
- Child Abuse and Neglect – Call state officials to report abuse or neglect.
- Child Support – State and Tribal child support agency contacts
- Education and Children – E-mail your question to the Department of Education.
- Head Start Program Locator – Find information to enroll your child in a Head Start pre-school in your area.
- Health Insurance for Children – Call the program office in your state to see if your children are eligible for free or low-cost health insurance.
- National Runaway Safeline to Call for Help – Call 1-800-RUNAWAY if you are a teenager thinking of running from home, if you have a friend who has run and is looking for help, or if you are a runaway ready to go home.
- School Lunch and Breakfast – Contact your state agency to participate in school nutrition programs.
- Student Financial Aid – Call or send mail for help resolving financial aid problems.
Consumer Products and Safety
- Cable TV Complaints – Learn how to file a complaint from the Federal Communications Commission.
- Consumer Complaints – Learn where to report your consumer complaint and find contact information to file.
- Consumer Complaints – File International Complaints – File an official report online to complain about an international e-commerce transaction.
- Cosmetics – Call or write to report adverse reactions to the Food and Drug Administration.
- Federal Regulations – Here are some of the newest federal announcements for requests for public comments, notices of meetings and workshops, and proposed safety legislation in which you can get involved.
- Foodborne Illness and Food Product Complaints – Call to file a complaint.
- Mail – E-mail your questions about the U.S. mail or other postal services to the U.S. Postal Service.
- Meat and Poultry Hotline – Call to talk to the food safety education staff (available in English and Spanish).
- Report Animal Drug Reactions or Animal Feed/Pet Food Complaints – FDA encourages veterinarians and animal owners to report adverse drug reactions and medical product failures.
- Telephone Service Complaints – File a complaint with the FCC about your telephone service if you have concerns about inaccurate billing, false advertisement, scams, or other issues.
- Unsafe Products – E-mail a report of an injury, or file a complaint about a product to the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
- Unsafe Vehicle – E-mail or call to report an unsafe vehicle.
Fraud, Law Enforcement, and Crime
- Antitrust Violations – E-mail, call, or mail a report of a possible antitrust violation or potential anti-competitive activity, whether civil or criminal, to the Department of Justice.
- Arson, Bombs, Firearms, Tobacco, or Other Related Criminal Activities – Call to report arson, bomb, firearms, or tobacco related criminal activity.
- Asset Forfeiture – E-mail a question or comment about asset forfeiture and auctions.
- Community Oriented Policing – E-mail or call for information on grants and training programs.
- Consumer Fraud – E-mail your complaints to the Federal Trade Commission.
- Crime Victims – E-mail or call for crime victims' support and assistance.
- Domestic Violence Hotline – E-mail or call for crisis intervention, information about domestic violence and referrals to local service providers to victims of domestic violence and those calling on their behalf. Services are available in English and Spanish.
- Fraud and Waste in Government – E-mail, call, fax, or mail reports of government fraud and waste to the Federal Inspectors General.
- Homeland Security Advisory System – E-mail your comments on the new Homeland Security Advisory System to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
- Homeland Security Department – Look-up e-mails and telephone numbers, mailing addresses, help desk support for web applications, instructions on how to report incidents and more.
- Homeland Security State Contact List – Find contact information for your state's homeland security contact appointed by your governor.
- Identity Theft – E-mail your complaint.
- Immigration and Naturalization – Call for information about immigration and naturalization assistance (provided in English and Spanish).
- Immigration and Naturalization Local Offices – Call, write, or visit a local office to find the status of your case.
- Internet Fraud (Civil or Criminal) – E-mail reports of suspected fraud to the FBI's Internet Fraud Complaint Center.
- Medicare Fraud – Report Medicare fraud and abuse.
- Nuclear Facilities – E-mail or call to report any safety or security concern involving a nuclear reactor, nuclear fuel facility or radioactive materials.
- Religious Discrimination – File a complaint if you've experienced religious discrimination or violation of religious liberty rights.
- Terrorist Activity – E-mail leads to the FBI online, or call your local FBI Field Office.
- Victim's Rights, Services, and Criminal and Juvenile Justice – Call for information and referrals.
- Violence Against Women and Family Violence – E-mail your questions about laws, regulations, grants, and other resources.
Government Officials
- Contact Your U.S. Representative – Use this directory to find your representative's contact information and House committee assignments.
- Contact Your U.S. Senator – Find your senator's contact and biographical information, and view a Senate organizational chart.
- Federal Advisory Committees – Access the database that federal agencies to manage an average of 1,000 government-wide advisory committees.
- Federal Government – Browse phone and e-mail directories for federal agencies and officials.
- Foreign Policy Comments – E-mail your comments on U.S. foreign policy to the U.S. Department of State.
- Governor – Find e-mail, telephone, and postal contact information by clicking on your state governor's website.
- House Committee Offices – Learn about the bills, agencies, programs, and issues that House committees are reviewing.
- Inspector General – E-mail, telephone, fax, and mail contact information to report federal government waste and fraud.
- President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden – Send questions, comments, concerns, or well-wishes to the President or his staff.
- Rulemaking – Participate in the federal rulemaking process by commenting on proposed rules.
- Secretary of State and U.S. Department of State – E-mail, write, or call with your question for the Department of State or comment on U.S. foreign policy.
- Senate Committee Offices
- Supreme Court – Call or write the Supreme Court, and call for visitor information.
Health
- Blood – E-mail, call, fax or mail notification of blood transfusion-related or blood donation death.
- Children's Health Insurance – Find state e-mail, phone, and mail contacts to receive information on health programs in your state.
- Genetics – E-mail your comments and questions to the Office of Public Health Genomics.
- Health Information – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) offers a wide variety of disease prevention and health promotion telephone hotlines in English and Spanish.
- Health Information Toll-Free Hotlines – Call for information about health topics, from asthma to weight control.
- Infectious Diseases – E-mail comments and questions to the National Center for Infectious Diseases.
- Medicare and Medicaid – Search the database for Medicare and Medicaid contacts.
- Report Animal Drug Reactions or Animal Feed/Pet Food Complaints – FDA encourages veterinarians and animal owners to report adverse drug reactions and medical product failures.
- Report a Public Health Emergency – Contact the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about a public health emergency, and find answers to common questions.
- Tuberculosis – Call or write to ask questions and get information about tuberculosis.
- Unlawful Sales of Medical Products on the Internet – Call or e-mail about illegal sales of animal or human medications, medical devices, and more.
- Vaccines – Call or send mail about adverse reactions to vaccines.
- Viral Hepatitis – Call to get information about viral hepatitis.
Home, Community, and Work
- Accessibility – File a complaint about accessibility barriers at a building or facility.
- Affordable Housing – E-mail a question to Ginnie Mae about affordable housing.
- Census – E-mail the Census Bureau questions and comments about the Census.
- Discriminatory Mortgage Lending – File an official complaint, if you feel that you have been discriminated against based on your race, color, national origin, religion, sex, family status, or disability.
- Emergency E-mail Notification – Sign up to receive emergency e-mail notification of natural disasters or other emergencies in your area, from local, regional, and national government sources.
- Employment and Training – Find state contacts for unemployment, welfare-to-work, adult and Native American training programs, and more.
- Employment Discrimination – File an employment discrimination complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
- Environmental Programs – E-mail a question or comment to the Environmental Protection Agency.
- Environmental Violations – Report Online – E-mail a report of possible environmental violation to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
- Health Benefits – Employee Benefits Security Administration regional offices will inform you of your rights and help you claim your benefits.
- Housing Counselors – Talk to a federally-approved housing counselor about buying a home, renting, default, avoiding foreclosure, credit issues, or reverse mortgages.
- Housing Discrimination Complaints – E-mail, call or mail complaints about housing discrimination when renting or buying a home.
- Hurricane Telephone Hotlines – Hurricane survivors can call government telephone hotlines to get assistance or health and safety information, and learn how to volunteer.
- Land Sale Complaints – If you believe you have been a victim of fraud and abuse when buying or leasing land from developers, you can file a complaint.
- Librarians – Chat with or e-mail a government librarian
- Mine Emergency Numbers
- Mine Safety
- National Runaway Safeline to Call for Help – Call 1-800-RUNAWAY if you are a teenager thinking of running from home, if you have a friend who has run and is looking for help, or if you are a runaway ready to go home.
- Pension Benefits – Employee Benefits Security Administration regional offices will inform you of your rights and help you claim your benefits.
- Radon – Call the hotline to learn about radon and indoor air quality in your home.
- Veterans Employment and Training – Key contacts for grants and employment and training assistance for veterans.
- Worker Issues – E-mail or mail the Department of Labor.
- Workplace Safety – E-mail a complaint to the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA).
- Workplace Safety for the Federal Workplace – E-mail or call for program information to improve the health and safety of the government workforce.
Military and Veterans
- Air Force Contacts
- Air Force Recruiting
- Army Personnel Locator – Write to the U.S. Army to locate active duty personnel.
- Army Recruiting – Find an Army recruiter near you
- Department of Defense – E-mail, call or mail questions and requests for information.
- Department of Veterans Affairs – E-mail, call, fax or mail questions, comments or complaints.
- Marines Contacts – E-mail your question to the Marine Corps.
- Marines Recruiting
- Navy contacts
- Navy Recruiting – Navy recruiting website
- Troops – E-mail greetings to overseas troops.
- Veterans Employment and Training – Key contacts for grants and employment and training assistance for veterans.
- Veterans Issues – E-mail inquiries about medical and other benefits, cemeteries, agent orange and Persian Gulf illness.
- World War II Memorial – The World War II Memorial, completed in 2004 in Washington, DC, honors the 16 million who served and the more than 400,000 who died.
Money and Business
- Antitrust and Competition – E-mail the Federal Trade Commission with a question or comment on an antitrust matter.
- Antitrust Violations – E-mail, call, or mail a report of a possible antitrust violation or potential anti-competitive activity, whether civil or criminal, to the Department of Justice.
- Bank Complaints – File a complaint about a bank or other financial institution
- Bankruptcy Fraud – Report suspected bankruptcy fraud to the U.S. Trustee Program of the Department of Justice.
- Banks – Mail consumer complaints about banks to the Federal Reserve Board.
- Business and Electronic Commerce Practices – E-mail complaints (stores, finance companies, auto dealers, mortgage companies, credit bureaus, spam e-mail, etc.) to the Federal Trade Commission.
- Charities – E-mail complaints to the Federal Trade Commission.
- – E-mail or call with questions or comments, or report fraud to the National Credit Union Administration.
- Deposit Insurance – E-mail for assistance from the Federal Deposit Insurance Commission.
- Economic and Humanitarian Assistance Activities Overseas – E-mail, call or write comments or questions to the U.S. Agency for International Development.
- Investors – E-mail, fax or mail concerns and problems of individual investors to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
- IRS (Internal Revenue Service) Reform – E-mail an idea, issue or suggestion to the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel.
- IRS Taxpayer Advocate Service – The Taxpayer Advocate Service helps individuals and small businesses resolve problems with the IRS
- Patents and Trademarks – E-mail, call or mail questions about patents and trademarks.
- Securities and Exchange Commission – Contact the SEC's Office of Investor Education and Advocacy for individual assistance at help@sec.gov
- Statistics – Contacts to assist with locating and using Bureau of Labor Statistics data, publications and services.
- Tax Help – E-mail or call with comments and feedback.
- Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Application – Volunteer for this unique opportunity to influence how the IRS delivers services to the public by becoming a member of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (TAP).
- Tax Refund Status – Check your federal tax refund status online.
- Trade Barriers – Call to receive assistance in resolving problems.
- Workplace Safety – E-mail a complaint to the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA).
Travel and Transportation
- Air Travel Accessibility or Discrimination – Mail forms to report complaints.
- Air Travel Service – E-mail or mail about problems.
- Americans Abroad – Assistance During a Crisis – The Department of State and U.S. embassies and consulates help U.S. citizens overseas during emergencies.
- Amtrak Train Service – E-mail or call to comment.
- Automobiles, Trucks or Motorcycles – Call or mail to report safety-related defects.
- Aviation Safety – Call to report a possible violation to the Federal Aviation Administration.
- Consumer Complaints – Learn where to report your consumer complaint and find contact information to file.
- File a Claim for Baggage Damaged by Airline Security Screeners
- International Travel Safety – E-mail your questions to the Department of State.
- National Forests – Contact the national headquarters office by comment form, email, phone, or by postal mail
- Passports for U.S. Citizens – E-mail or call the Department of State's National Passport Information Center to learn about how to obtain, replace or change a passport.
- Transportation Research – E-mail a librarian about specific transportation questions.
- Transportation Safety and Security – The TSA contact center can help you prepare for an upcoming flight, file a complaint, and more.
- Vehicle Safety – Report an unsafe vehicle.
- Visas for Non-U.S. Citizens – E-mail or call the Department of State's Visa Services' Public Inquiries Branch with questions about U.S. visas.