Title: Federal Trade Commission
Acronym: FTC

Superintendent of Documents Class Number Stem: FT

Local Subject Index:
Local Subject Term: U.S. Federal GILS
Local Subject Term: Business
Local Subject Term: Census of Business
Local Subject Term: Census of Manufactures
Local Subject Term: Commerce
Local Subject Term: Consumer Information
Local Subject Term: Cost of Living
Local Subject Term: Economic Development
Local Subject Term: Export/Import
Local Subject Term: Federal Trade Commission
Local Subject Term: Financial Institutions
Local Subject Term: Foreign Trade and Tariff
Local Subject Term: International Trade
Local Subject Term: Investments
Local Subject Term: Marketing
Local Subject Term: Mutual Funds
Local Subject Term: National Economy
Local Subject Term: North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Local Subject Term: Occupations
Local Subject Term: Prices
Local Subject Term: Securities and Investments
Local Subject Term: Stocks
Local Subject Term: Tariff
Local Subject Term: Trade

Abstract: "The objective of the Federal Trade Commission is to maintain competitive enterprise as the keystone of the American economic system, and to prevent the free enterprise system from being fettered by monopoly or restraints on trade or corrupted by unfair or deceptive trade practices. The Commission is charged with keeping competition both free and fair."

Purpose: Selected publications of this and other United States government agencies are available through the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). The index to the publications available through the FDLP is the Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications (MOCAT), which also includes ordering information for those publications available for sale. Many publications are available to the public in the approximately 1300 Federal depository libraries throughout the United States. See also data in this record for Access Constraints and User Constraints, where such limitations on this agency's publications are appropriate.

Agency Program: "The purpose of the Federal Trade Commission is expressed in the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41-58) and the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 12), both passed in 1914 and both successively amended in the years that have followed. The Federal Trade Commission Act prohibits the use in or affecting commerce of ``unfair methods of competition'' and ``unfair or deceptive acts or practices.'' The Clayton Act outlaws specific practices recognized as instruments of monopoly. As an administrative agency, acting quasi-judicially and quasi-legislatively, the Commission was established to deal with trade practices on a continuing and corrective basis. It has no authority to punish; its function is to prevent, through cease-and-desist orders and other means, those practices condemned by the law of Federal trade regulation. However, court-ordered civil penalties up to $10,000 may be obtained for each violation of a Commission order or trade regulation rule."

Availability:
Distributor:
Distributor Name: Office of Public Affairs, Federal Trade Commission
Distributor Street Address: Pennsylvania Avenue at Sixth Street, N.W.
Distributor City: Washington, D.C.
Distributor Zip Code: 20580
Distributor Network Address:
Distributor Telephone: 202-326-2180

Access Constraints: No access constraints apply to information disseminated through the Federal Depository Library Program. In other cases, some access constraints may be applied by the agency to assure the protection of privacy or intellectual property, and any other special restrictions or limitations on obtaining the information resource.

Use Constraints: No constraints apply to the use of information disseminated through the Federal Depository Library Program. In other cases, some use constraints may be applied by the agency to assure the protection of privacy or intellectual property, and any other special restrictions or limitations on using the information resource.

Cross Reference:
Cross Reference Title: Monthly Catalog of U. S. Government Publications
Cross Reference Linkage: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/dpos/adpos400.html
Cross Reference Type: HTTP

Cross Reference:
Cross Reference Title: Federal Trade Commission Home Page
Cross Reference Linkage: http://www.ftc.gov
Cross Reference Type: HTTP

Cross Reference:
Cross Reference Title: Government Information Locator Service
Cross Reference Linkage: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/gils/gils.html
Cross Reference Type: HTTP

Point of Contact for Further Information:
Name:
Organization: Office of Public Affairs, Federal Trade Commission
Street Address: Pennsylvania Avenue at Sixth Street, N.W.
City: Washington
State: D.C.
Zip Code: 20580
Telephone: 202-326-2180

Supplemental Information: Source of information for Local Subject Index is Subject Bibliography Index. Most of the other information in this record is extracted from the U.S. Government Manual.

Control Identifier: GPO/SOD/LPS-0018

Record Source:
Department/Agency Name: United States Government Printing Office
Major Organizational Subdivision: Superintendent of Documents
Minor Organizational Subdivision: Library Programs Service
Name of Unit: Cataloging Branch
Internet Contact: dldgpo@access.digex.net
Telephone: 202-512-1141

Date of Last Modification: 19960206