collection agency complaints

• Ftc Report: Consumers Complaints About Debt Collection Abuses Top the List

Advocates Call For New Restrictions On Debt Buying & Other Safeguards to Protect Consumers WASHINGTON, March 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new report issued by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today found that the agency received more complaints from consumers about debt collection than any other single industry. The report shows that current law fails to address rampant debt collection abuses and leaves consumers vulnerable to being harassed for unsubstantiated debt, according to Consumers Union, the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports.

• U.S. Newswire
• March 21, 2011

• Georgia Supreme Court Says State Agency Can't Investigate Law Firm

A state agency lacked the authority to investigate a law firm for alleged violations of state consumer protection law, the Georgia Supreme Court has ruled in affirming judgment. The law firm is in the business of debt collection. The state's consumer affairs agency received complaints that the firm engaged in abusive collection practices.

• Lawyers USA
• June 18, 2010

• Proposed Information Collection (Nation-wide Customer Satisfaction Surveys) Activity: Comment Request

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each revision of a previously approved collection, and allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice. This notice solicits comments on information needed to identify problems or complaints in VA's health care services.

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 2349, January 17, 2012
• Notices
• Veterans Affairs Department

• State Will Review Sales Tax Payments; Counties, Stadium Districts Say Shares Appear Too Small

Madison State auditors will review the Department of Revenue's collection of sales tax in response to complaints from counties and others that the agency has not been giving them their due. They will file a preliminary report on the matter by the end of the year. The Legislature's Joint Audit Committee later will decide whether to order a full-blown audit of sales tax collections, said Sen. Carol Roessler (R-Oshkosh), the committee co-chairwoman.

• The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
• November 10, 2005

• 28 CFR 42.404 - Guidelines.

... relating to covered employment, data collection, complaints and public information. (b) Where a feederal agency determines that title VI guidelines are not approp...

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 28: Judicial Administration

• Ftc Releases List of Top Consumer Complaints in 2010

Identity Theft Tops the List Again WASHINGTON, March 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Federal Trade Commission today released the list of top consumer complaints received by the agency in 2010. The list showed that for the 11th year in a row, identity theft was the number one consumer complaint category. Of 1,339,265 complaints received in 2010, 250,854 - or 19 percent - were related to identity theft. Debt collection complaints were in second place, with 144,159 complaints.

• U.S. Newswire
• March 09, 2011

• Consumer complaints; Auto insurance gripes are No. 1 in the state.

... and repair service, with banking and collection agency complaints also in its top five. The Federa...

• Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
• Nbr. 2011, January 2011

• Tribes Hit Jackpot with High-Interest Web Loans

By Matt Volz The Associated Press

... by the Better Business Bureau after the agency received 20 complaints mainly dealing with billingg and collection issues. (Copyright 2011)Provided by ProQuest LLC. ...

• The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA
• December 30, 2011

• Id Theft Remains Federal Trade Commission's Top Consumer Complaint

For the 11th year in a row, identity theft was the most frequent consumer complaint received by the Federal Trade Commission, according to the latest data released by the agency. The more than 250,000 identify theft reports received by the agency in 2010 constituted 19 percent of all consumer complaints, according to the data. The second highest complaint - debt collection - constituted 11 percent of all complaints, with more than 144,000 reports.

• Lawyers USA
• March 18, 2011

• Rep. Jack Kingston Holds a Hearing On Agriculture Marketing Regulatory Programs Budget

... development program into one program, the agency will have more flexibility to support USDA priorit... of $1.2 million for state sample collection in testing the food and drinking water needed by t... It takes a lot of constituent complaints to get 115 congressman to write a letter to any se...

• Political Transcript Wire
• March 14, 2011