1.   About one-third of that is from fees the agency collects from immigrants.

2.   DPS spokeswoman Sherri Deatherage Green said the agency did not collect data on Hispanics as a sub-group.

3.   Each district on Long Island tabulates its own votes and there is no central clearinghouse or single agency currently collecting such figures, officials said.

4.   He also said his study is credible because it was based on data collected by agencies like state and city taxing authorities and the U.S. Department of Commerce.

5.   Instead, the federal agency collects information from automobile manufacturers on models about to hit the market and tries to guess their likelihood of being stolen.

6.   It would also require the agency to collect and publicly report cell phone complaint statistics.

7.   Seven states, including Rhode Island, have required law enforcement agencies to collect information on traffic stops.

8.   Some consumers may also be encountering questionable tactics by collection lawyers used by creditors when an agency cannot collect a debt.

9.   The agency collects reports from across the country, but in Europe regulators piece together reports from each member country.

10.   The agency collects reports on fatalities and accidents, but they are not nearly exhaustive enough to reveal disturbing patterns before outsiders bring complaints to their attention.