One of the most worthless of all government agencies in the past; The Federal Trade Commission finally gets at least one small thing right. The FTC is now using its PR ability, which it typically had used to tout itself and toot its own horn for a totally better cause. The Federal Trade Commission is now sponsoring a website which educates consumers of the potential issues when doing business online.

They take consumers thru a questionnaire to test their knowledge on Identity Theft

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2006-01-10-ftc-usat_x.htm

It is wonderful to see the Federal Trade Commissions Consumer Protection Division do something right especially considering their dismal flop trying to eliminate SPAM during their piss poor performance in enforcing the CAN SPAM Act. Additionally over the years the little agency of the United States Department of Justice has spent more time hyping their efforts than actually doing things. Generally filing token cases to prove self worth rather than going after legitimate wrong doers.

In fact there are many who decry the attacks against Free Enterprise and the cases the FTC has filed simply due to the current media stories on a given issue or 60-Minutes segments on an industry. But it is good to see the FTC turning a new leaf before Congress gets smart and downsizes them into oblivion. Think on this in 2006.