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Congress.org
Congress.org is a free, public service of Capitol Advantage. Congress.org
allows users to: identify and send messages to their elected leaders
in Congress, the White House, and state legislatures, communicate
to their leaders via e-mail, letter, or fax, post these letters online
with Letters to Leaders and read what other Americans are saying to
elected officials, or find and contact local and national media by
ZIP code or by state with Media Guide. You may have your representative's
votes sent to you weekly via e-mail with MegaVote.
- FirstGov.gov
FirstGov.gov. A good first stop when looking for federal or state
government information. FirstGov is a public-private partnership,
led by a cross-agency board and administered by the Office of FirstGov.
- Postal
Service
US Postal Service. Look here for zip codes, change of address forms,
postal rates, buy postage through the mail. Also includes a helpful
movers guide.
- Social
Security
US Social Security Administration. On this site you will find social
security benefits information, forms, Medicare information and more.
You can apply here for social security online if you are 62 or older.
- vote-smart.org
Project
Vote Smart is a national library of factual information on 40,000
candidates for public office including President of the United States
to state legislature to local elected officials. They cover them in
five basic areas: backgrounds, issue positions, voting records, campaign
finances and performance evaluations made by over 100 liberal to conservative
special interest groups. In addition they interview presidential,
congressional, gubernatorial and state legislative candidates and
provide special services on issues for journalists, teachers and students.
This is the place to start to get to know your candidates.
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- Carfax.com
Carfax.com. Researches a car based on its vehicle ID number (VIN). This
service does have a cost. You can input the VIN of a car and it will
check numerous databases for the registration, if the car was leased,
purchased, a fleet car and mileage every time it went through DMV (shows
every time it was sold.) It also searches for reports of salvage, lemons,
rebuilt, flood damage, and fraudulent, rolled back or broken odometers.
- Kelley
Blue Book
Kbb.com. Kelley Blue Book has been guiding car buyers for over 75 years.
You can find out the value of your current car, price a new car, check
on financing, insurance, lemons, warranties, and more.
- National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration
nhtsa.dot.gov. The US Department of Transportation site provides vehicle
and equipment information such as recalls, problems and issues for each
make of car, as well as safety testing results.
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Travel |
- state.gov
/ travel
Before you head overseas, check in with the State Department to find
out about travel warnings for global hot spots or to get information
on passports or immunizations. Even if you're headed for a relatively
safe county, you can find basic information on traffic, crime, and medical
facilities.
- Quikbook.com
Quikbook gives you the lowest rates in quality U.S. hotels, so you
won't end up in some dive just because you want to save a few bucks.
Each hotel listing gives you "Q Ratings" that score the hotels
and room features, service levels, and business amenities.
- Fodors.com
Select a world region and then a specific destination to get a mini-guide,
so you'll know where to eat in Ft. Lauderdale or shop in Paris. You'll
also find feature articles on a variety of travel topics, and there
are plenty of message boards where you can ask or answer questions about
your favorite vacation spots.
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- coolmath4kids.com
has all kinds of numbers-related games for kids, with 2 sections focusing
on money. Under the online calculator button, you'll find savings and
loan-payment calculators. The
Lemonade stand is more fun and teaches kids about the law of supply
and demand.
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Stop telemarketers and junk mail |
- national
do not call registry
Most telemarketers cannot call your telephone number if it is in the
National Do Not Call Registry. You can register your home and mobile
phone numbers for free. Your registration will be effective for five
years. Check the website for your effective date. The National Do Not
Call Registry is managed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the
nation's consumer protection agency.
- Pennsylvania do not call
Pennsylvania has joined a number of other states in developing a "no
calls list" for telemarketers. Residents of Pennsylvania can sign
up to have their numbers placed on the list, which is published 4 times
a year. Telemarketers are required to stop calling numbers that appear
on the list at the end of 30 days following the list's publication.
You can sign up on the website or by phone. After signing up, check
the website for your effective date.
- junkbusters.com
This page covers what you can do by yourself about unwanted telemarketing calls, mail, faxes, and email. It also gives some background on direct marketing and the laws governing it.
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College and scholarship search |
- princetonreview.com
The Princeton Review site is a great place to learn about different
schools, find out how to raise test scores, fill out online applications,
and explore ways to pay for school. This is a for profit company that
sells services in all these areas. They do, however, offer a great deal
of information for free. Be sure to review their privacy statement to
understand how your personal information will be used.
- fastweb.com
FastWeb helps students make the decisions that shape their lives: choosing
a college, paying for college and finding jobs during and after college.
The service is free. This is an advertising supported website, however.
You will need to fill out the forms carefully to avoid signing up for
charged services. Be sure to check their privacy policy before joining
to fully understand how they will use your personal information. This
site will actively sell personal information if you permit them to.
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Eldercare |
- Eldercare
Locator
The Eldercare Locator is a national toll-free directory assistance
public service of the U.S. Administration on Aging that helps people
locate aging services in every community throughout the United States.
The primary goal of the service is to promote awareness of and improve
access to state, area agency and local community aging programs and
services. Through a toll free number on this website, you can get more
detailed information of services available in your local area.
- Eldercare
Online
The goal of this website is to provide information, education
and support to families caring for aging loved ones, especially those
coping with Alzheimer's Disease and related dementias. They provide
knowledge, tools and community to help caregivers improve the quality
of life for both themselves and their aging loved ones.
- Elderweb.com
This award-winning
site is designed to be a research site for both professionals and family
members looking for information on eldercare and long term care, and
includes links to information on legal, financial, medical, and housing
issues, as well as policy, research, and statistics. Please note that
the default settings may make this site hard to read. You can change
the appearance of the website using the menu bar on the top of the page.
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- Bankrate.com
Are you looking to crunch some numbers? Bankrate.com has assembled
one of the most complete sets of financial calculators on the Web. Includes
autos, home equity, CD/savings, mortgages, credit cards, managing your
money, currency, small business, moving, spending power, investing,
and insurance.
- CNNMoney.com
On CNNMoney
you'll find calculators in investing, mortgage, retirement, debt, college,
insurance, saving and spending, and currencies.
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