Consumer Reports

Re-evaluate your eating habits this month! Learn about the benefits of fruits and vegetables and find out how many servings you should be getting each day.

USA.gov’s latest video, “For the People,” helps promote the benefits of USA.gov. Check it out!

June is National Rivers Month, to promote awareness and preservation of the country’s rivers. Rivers provide drinking water, recreational opportunities, wildlife habitats, and other benefits. Visit USA.gov to learn about river conservation and water quality.

Although your formal education may be coming to an end, a whole new learning experience is about to begin. Behold guides to everything you wish you had learned in school … but didn’t.These include: Spending & Saving, Starting A Career, Decoding Your Benefits, Finding a House, Getting Around and Having Some Fun.

President Obama signed the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure (CARD) Act of 2009, marking a major milestone in consumers’ love-hate relationship with credit cards.The new rules go into effect in nine months (though some will kick in as soon as 90 days) and banks start curtailing the abusive practices this legislation reins in. Read on to find out what else might change for you as a consumer in terms of new fees, higher rates, change in grace periods, less rewards and the possibility of no more promotional rates.

President Obama’s budget projects hundreds of thousands of new job openings in government and for government contractors during his first term. How do you find and land one well suited to you? Here’s a guide.