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Government Hotlines

DEPARTMENTS

Agriculture

Fraud, waste, and abuse hotline, (800) 424-9121

Meat and poultry safety inquiries, (800) 535-4555

Commerce

Export enforcement hotline, (800) 424-2980

Fraud, waste, and abuse hotline, (800) 424-5197

Trade Information Center, (800) 872-8723

Defense

Army Department's Casualty and Mortuary Affairs Operations Center, (800) 626–3317

Fraud, waste, and abuse hotline, (800) 424-9098

Military OneSource, (800) 342-9647

Education

Fraud, waste, and abuse hotline, (800) 647-8733

Student financial aid info., (800) 433-3243

Energy

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Center, (877) 337-3463

Fraud, waste, mismanagement, and abuse hotline, (800) 541-1625

Health and Human Services

Fraud hotline, (800) 447-8477

General health info., (800) 336-4797

HIV/AIDS, STDs, and immunization info., including pandemic flu, (800) 232-4636

Medicare hotline (including prescription drug discounts), (800) 633-4227

National Adoption Center, (800) 862-3678

National Cancer Institute cancer info., (800) 422-6237

National Runaway Switchboard, (800) 786-2929

Traveler's health info., (877) 394-8747

Homeland Security

Flood insurance service, (800) 638-6620

Fraud, abuse, and mismanagement, (800) 323-8603

National Emergency Training Center, (800) 238-3358

Security breaches; hazardous material, chemical, and oil spills, (800) 424-8802

Housing and Urban Development

Housing discrimination hotline, (800) 669-9777

Justice

Americans With Disabilities Act info., (800) 514-0301; TTY, (800) 514-0383

Arson hotline, (888) 283-3473

Bomb hotline, (888) 283-2662

Fraud hotline, (800) 869-4499

Illegal firearms activity hotline, (800) 283-4867

National Criminal Justice Reference Service, (877) 712-9279

National Institute for Corrections Information Center, (800) 877-1461

Stolen firearms hotline, (888) 930-9275

Unfair employment practices hotline (immigration related), (800) 255-7688

Transportation

Auto safety hotline, (800) 424-9393

Aviation safety hotline, (800) 255-1111

Federal Aviation Administration consumer hotline, (800) 322-7873

Treasury

Comptroller of the Currency customer assistance hotline, (800) 613-6743

Fraud, waste, mismanagement, and abuse hotline (IRS programs), (800) 366-4484

Tax forms, tax refund info., and general info., (800) 829-3676

Tax refund status, (800) 829-4477

Taxpayer Advocate Service, (877) 777-4778

Taxpayer assistance, (800) 829-1040

Veterans Affairs

Benefits hotline, (800) 827-1000

Debt Management Center, (800) 827-0648

Fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement hotline, (800) 488-8244

Insurance policy info., (800) 669-8477

Persian Gulf hotline, (800) 749-8387

AGENCIES

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Product safety info., (800) 638-2772

Environmental Protection Agency

Asbestos and small business hotline, (800) 368-5888

Endangered species hotline, (800) 447-3813

National Lead Information Center, (800) 424-5323

National Pesticides Information Center, (800) 858-7378

National radon hotline, (800) 767-7236

Ozone information hotline, (800) 296-1996

Safe drinking water hotline, (800) 426-4791

Superfund hotline, (800) 424-9346; (703) 412-9810 in Washington

Wetlands information hotline, (800) 832-7828

Export-Import Bank

Export finance hotline, (800) 565-3946; (202) 565-3946 in Washington

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Banking complaints and inquiries, (877) 275-3342

Federal Election Commission

Campaign finance law info., (800) 424-9530; (202) 694-1100 in Washington

General Services Administration

Federal Citizen Information Center, (800) 688-9889

Office of Special Counsel

Prohibited personnel practices info., (800) 872-9855

Small Business Administration

Fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement hotline, (800) 767-0385

Small business assistance, (800) 827-5722

Social Security Administration

Fraud and abuse hotline, (800) 269-0271

Social Security benefits (including Medicare) info., (800) 772-1213

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