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Nuclear Facilities – Call the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to report any safety or security concern involving:
Nuclear reactors
Nuclear fuel facilities
Radioactive materials
Religious Discrimination – File a complaint with the Department of Justice if you've experienced:
Congressional contacts:
Federal contacts:
State and local contacts:
- Governors—Find email, telephone, and postal contact information by clicking on your state governor's website.
- Local Governments—Locate websites for the cities, counties, towns, and local communities in your state.
Judicial contacts:
- Federal Courts—Learn about the work of the federal courts in assigning jury duty, ruling on important cases, and overseeing naturalization ceremonies.
- Supreme Court—Call or write the Supreme Court, and call for visitor information.
Home, Community, and Work
- Accessibility – File a complaint about accessibility barriers at a building or facility.
- Affordable Housing – Contact Ginnie Mae about affordable housing.
- Census – Email 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.
- 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 – Email a question or comment to the Environmental Protection Agency.
- Environmental Violations – Report Online – Email 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 – Email, call or mail complaints about housing discrimination when renting or buying a home.
- 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 email a government librarian
- Mine Emergency Numbers - Notify Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) of a mine accident or emergency, report hazardous conditions and get general contact information.
- Mine Safety - Email your questions regarding regulations, inspections, data, policy, and other topics to Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA).
- 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 – Explore resources for finding employment and training assistance for veterans.
- Worker Issues – Email or mail the Department of Labor.
- Workplace Safety – Email a complaint to the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA).
- Antitrust and Competition – Email the Federal Trade Commission with a question or comment on an antitrust matter.
- Antitrust Violations – Email, 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 with the Federal Reserve.
- Bankruptcy Fraud – Report suspected bankruptcy fraud to the U.S. Trustee Program of the Department of Justice.
- Business and Electronic Commerce Practices – Email complaints (stores, finance companies, auto dealers, mortgage companies, credit bureaus, spam email, etc.) to the Federal Trade Commission.
- Charities – Submit complaints to the Federal Trade Commission.
- Credit Union – Email or call with questions or comments, or report fraud to the National Credit Union Administration.
- Deposit Insurance – Email for assistance from the Federal Deposit Insurance Commission.
- Economic and Humanitarian Assistance Activities Overseas – Email, call or write comments or questions to the U.S. Agency for International Development.
- File Paper Tax Return - Find out where to file your paper tax return - with or without a payment - with the IRS.
- Investors – Email, fax or mail concerns and problems of individual investors to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
- IRS (Internal Revenue Service) Reform – Email 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 – Email, 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 – Email 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 – Email a complaint to the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA).
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Last Updated: June 13, 2019