* Consumer Watchdog

In October 2001 a lawsuit was filed against Consumer Empowerment by members of the music and motion picture industry in the USA.

Consumer digital video recorders ReplayTV and TiVo were launched at the 1999 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, USA.

NFPA oversees the operations of several advocacy campaigns dedicated to increasing fire safety and awareness, including the Fire Sprinkler Initiative, Bringing Safety Home ; Electric Vehicle Safety Training Program ; the Coalition for Fire-Safe Cigarettes ™; Firewise Communities / USA ; and the Alliance to Stop Consumer Fireworks. 1545465

He was a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee and the Delegation for Relations with the USA and a substitute on the Human Rights Subcommittee, Fisheries Committee, Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee and the Delegation for Relations with Iran.

He helped establish the Australian Federation of Consumer Organizations ( AFCO ) ( now known as the Consumers ' Federation of Australia ( CFA ) and with Warren Braren of Consumers Union ( USA ) he turned the International Organization of Consumer Unions ( IOCU ) ( now known as Consumers International ) concept for a world wide " Consumer Interpol " into a reality.

" Stalking the Amphisbaena ", Journal of Consumer Research, 23 ( 3 ), Dec. 1996, pp. 163 – 176.

In addition, because biomedical engineers often develop devices and technologies for " consumer " use, such as physical therapy devices ( which are also " medical " devices ), these may also be governed in some respects by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

They have three ministers in Berlin: Hans-Peter Friedrich ( Federal Ministry of the Interior ), Peter Ramsauer ( Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs ) and Ilse Aigner ( Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ).

Internationally there is the International Consumer Protection and Enforcement Network ( ICPEN ), which was formed in 1991 from an informal network of government customer fair trade organisations.

Philips is organized into three main divisions: Philips Consumer Lifestyle ( formerly Philips Consumer Electronics and Philips Domestic Appliances and Personal Care ), Philips Healthcare ( formerly Philips Medical Systems ) and Philips Lighting.

Paint manufacturers began replacing white lead pigments with the less toxic substitute, titanium white ( titanium dioxide ), before lead was banned in paint for residential use in 1978 by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission.

* January – The world's first personal all-in-one computer ( keyboard / screen / tape storage ), the Commodore PET, is demonstrated at the Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago

Other U. S. federal government agencies based in the county include the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ), Nuclear Regulatory Commission ( NRC ), U. S. Department of Energy ( DOE ), the National Institute of Standards and Technology ( NIST ), the National Naval Medical Center ( NNMC ), U. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission ( CPSC ) and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency ( NGA ).

Consumer electronics include personal digital assistants ( PDAs ), mp3 players, mobile phones, videogame consoles, digital cameras, DVD players, GPS receivers, and printers.

While the supply shortages of consumer goods characteristic of the 1980s went away ( see Consumer goods in the Soviet Union ), this was not only related to the opening of Russia's market to imports in the early 1990s but also to the impoverishment of the Russian people in the 1990s.

The ratings were based on data from CMS, the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems ( CAHPS ), Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set ( HEDIS ) data, and the Health Outcomes Survey ( HOS ).

Pfizer has four divisions: Human Health ($ 44. 28B in 2005 sales ), Consumer Healthcare ($ 3. 87B in 2005 sales ), Animal Health ($ 2. 2B in 2005 sales ), and Corporate Groups ( which includes legal, finance, and HR ).

" Postmodernism and Consumer Society " in The Anti-Aesthetic: Essays on Post-Modern Culture, Hal Foster ( ed ), Seattle: Bay Press, 1989, pp. 111 – 125

The Consumer Confidence Index ( CCI ), is an average of the Current Economic Condition Index ( CECI ) and Consumer Expectation Index ( CEI ).

DIVX players manufactured by Zenith Electronics, Thomson Consumer Electronics ( RCA and ProScan ), and Matsushita Electric ( Panasonic ) started to become available in mid 1998.

Examples: unemployment rate, quits rate, housing starts, Consumer Price Index ( a measure for inflation ), Consumer Leverage Ratio, industrial production, bankruptcies, Gross Domestic Product, broadband internet penetration, retail sales, stock market prices, money supply changes.

By July 2013, the business and housing components of BTH will be consolidated with the consumer components of SCSA to form the new Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency ; the remainder of SCSA and the Technology Agency will merge into the new Government Operations Agency ; and the transportation components of BTH along with the formerly separate California Transportation Commission will become part of the new Transportation Agency.

Some people never purchased telephones after the AT & T breakup, and continue to lease their existing Western Electric models from QLT Consumer Lease Services ( formerly known as AT & T Consumer Lease Services ).

The Center for Consumer Freedom ( CCF ), formerly the Guest Choice Network, is an American non-profit firm that lobbies on behalf of the fast food, meat, alcohol and tobacco industries.

* Consumer Council for Water ( formerly known as Watervoice )

The five Bureaus were consolidated into three: the National Institutes of Health ; a new Health Services and Mental Health Administration ( HSMHA ); and a new Consumer Protection and Environmental Health Service ( CPEHS ), which contained programs from the short-lived Bureau of Disease Prevention & Environmental Control and the Food and Drug Administration, formerly an independent agency that had reported directly to the Secretary of DHEW.

Made by WellSpring Pharmaceutical Corporation, it was formerly distributed by McNeil Consumer Healthcare.

Eu is a patron of St John's Cathedral HIV Education Centre and was formerly a member of the Consumer Council's Management Committee of its Consumer Legal Action Fund.

* TSG Consumer Partners, a private equity firm formerly known as The Shansby Group

Most of the previous day-to-day responsibilities of the Chair of Management Board were transferred to the new Ministry of Government Services along with those for Human Resources formerly under the Premier and Consumer and Business Services, formerly a stand-alone Ministry.

A request for reviewing the WARF patents 5, 843, 780 ; 6, 200, 806 ; 7, 029, 913 US Patent and Trademark Office were filed by non-profit patent-watchdogs The Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights, and the Public Patent Foundation as well as molecular biologist Jeanne Loring of the Burnham Institute.

Now Arnoldwatch. org, a project of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, which is a nonpartisan organization that is critical of both Democrats and Republicans, called Davis a " pay to play " politician and a " sellout ".

He previously served on the boards of Williams College, KCET Public Television, The California Community Foundation, Leadership Education for Asian-Pacifics, the Consumer Advisory Committee of the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Walt Disney Concert Hall, and of the Harvard-Westlake School.

The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights contends that Kaiser continues to oppose HMO arbitration reform.

The Consumer Federation of America Foundation disputes these statistics, saying that a Department of Justice study found that guns were used defensively 62, 000 times between 1987 and 1992.

However, a challenge against some US stem cell patents is being litigated by two non-profit organizations: The Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights and Public Patent Foundation along with molecular biologist Jeanne Loring of the Burnham Institute.

After a further shift on September 10, 1993, he was named Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs and Government House Leader, once again receiving responsibility for Sport, the Fitness and Amateur Sport Act, the Boxing and Wrestling Commission and ( until May 9, 1995 ) the Manitoba Lotteries Foundation Act.

After this disclosure The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights sent a letter to the Senate stating that Perata's payments for consulting work looked " like a complex and illegal money-laundering mechanism.

President Nancy Donley is named “ Community Champion ” by Civil Justice Foundation and receives Consumer Federation of America ’ s Golden Carrot award

He is a trustee of the Shannon Foundation, and was a governor of the IEEE Consumer Electronics and Information Theory Societies.

Mattresses made of TEMPUR material have earned the Good Housekeeping Seal, were awarded a Consumer ’ s Digest “ best buy ” as well as an Ease-of-Use Commendation from the Arthritis Foundation.

The Foundation was established in 1992 by CAFOD, Christian Aid, New Consumer, Oxfam, Traidcraft and the World Development Movement.

Traidcraft also helped establish the Fairtrade Foundation with CAFOD, Christian Aid, New Consumer, Oxfam and World Development Movement in 1992.

He has acted as Patron to The Jack & Jill Children's Foundation Charity since 2005 and was appointed by the Irish Government as a Director of the National Consumer Agency in 2007 having served on its interim board since 2005.

The Faculty of Science and Agriculture offers various Science Programmes within the departments of Agriculture, Biochemistry and Microbiology, Botany, Chemistry, Computer Science, Consumer Science, Geography and Environmental Studies, Human Movement Sciences, Hydrology, Mathematical Science, Nursing, Physics and Engineering, Science Foundation and Zoology.