This story from AOL News reports on an investigation into a debt-collection company in Erie, Pennsylvania that allegedly used fake sheriff's deputies to deliver phony subpoenas ordering victims to appear in a bogus courtroom, where they were ordered to pay up. The Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney

Despite rebounding temperatures, Old Man Winter is right around the corner so the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) today reminded electric and natural gas utilities to take extra steps to help consumers – especially those on limited and fixed incomes – “Prepare Now” for winter heating

The Internal Revenue Service will be conducting a Service Webinar on the topic, Starting off Right - What New 501(c)(3) Organizations Need to Know, on November 18, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern. Webinar Description: Doing what you said you would - meeting your organization’s “operational test” Five ways

The Sargent Shriver National Center for Poverty Law will be holding a a free, one-hour webinar entitled Safeguarding the Rights of Vulnerable Populations During Modernization of Electricity Distribution on Wednesday, December 1, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern. In an effort to save energy, stem rising

Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, hosted the agency’s sixth public hearing on Compassionate Allowances at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County on Novembber 9. Commissioner Astrue joined Susan B. Shurin, Acting Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

The Legal Services Corporation and the American Red Cross have renewed an agreement to cooperate in the delivery of services to victims of natural disasters.

U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan has announced new, stronger affordable housing regulations that protect victims of domestic abuse as the nation concludes National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. To read the final regulatory requirements under the Violence against Women

The federally-funded Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, also known as LIHEAP, will accept applications for cash grants starting Nov. 1, acting announced Secretary of Public Welfare Michael Nardone. LIHEAP provides cash grants to help income-eligible homeowners or renters pay for home heating