Congressman Howard Berman :: Representing the 28th District of California

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Congressman Berman speaks at the groundbreaking for the 405 freeway northbound carpool lane as Los Angeles Mayor Villaraigosa and California Governor Schwarzenegger look on. The groundbreaking is the culmination of years of work by Rep. Berman, who obtained significant federal funding for this project, which is critical to relieving congestion on the 405.

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If you are a constituent of the 28th Congressional District of California, our office can assist you with matters involving Federal agencies. We also provide for visitors to Washington, DC, and can arrange to have a flag flown for you over the U.S. Capitol building.

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If you are in need of government assistance, but are unsure where to go for information on how to apply, Govbenefits.gov may be the answer. It reduces the amount of research needed to take advantage of government benefits programs by providing information only on those programs most likely to benefit each individual.

Constituents complete a confidential questionnaire and Govebenefits.gov matches their request with the appropriate benefit programs, and provides application information. It contains a wide variety of information on such topics as Medicaid/Medicare, small business loans, scholarships, and disaster relief, to name a few.

Mr. Berman does not employ any process to ensure the quality of personal identifying information because he does not collect personal identifying information from Web site visitors. Moreover, because Mr. Berman does not use personal identifying information included in an e-mail sent to his office for reasons other than responding to the e-mail correspondent or addressing constituent casework, Mr. Berman does not check the correctness of that information. Because the demographic information collected from Mr. Berman�s Web site visitors is anonymous, neither Mr. Berman nor the House of Representatives can ensure its accuracy or continued reliability.

A Web site visitor may freely refuse to offer personal identifying information. However, sending an e-mail with incorrect personal identifying information may result in Mr. Berman being unable to respond to the e-mail correspondent. Due to the anonymous and limited nature of, and automated means through which demographic information is collected on Representative Berman�s Web site, visitors to the Web site cannot refuse to have this demographic information collected.

Note to Parents

Mr. Berman�s Web site does not collect personal identifying information. Therefore, we are in compliance with Federal law in regard to the collection of personal identifying information from children under the age of 17.

If you have any questions, comments or wish to file a complaint, please feel free to contact us.