Stop‐Gap Extensions Fall Short of What Economy Needs – Congress Must Act Quickly Following a failed vote in the House of Representatives to renew federal unemployment insurance for only three months, the National Employment Law Project (NELP) reissued its call for a full-year renewal of the existing

In this article from the Philadelphia Triburne, Attorney Beth Gooodell of Community Legal Services offers insight into how the current mortgage foreclosure scandal involving thousands of fraudulent foreclosure affidavits from the nation’s leading mortgage servicers developed into the current

The calls to renew the federal unemployment insurance programs through 2011 grew Wednesday as a total of more than 100,000 petitioners from all 50 states and Washington, D.C. submitted a letter to members of Congress urging them to reauthorize the programs expiring November 30th.

The Maryland Crime Victims’ Resource Center, Inc. (MCVRC) is pleased to announce the launch of a National Identity Theft Victims’ Network cooperative agreement with the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) to facilitate up to nine sub-awards of up to $50,000 each to create or support regional or

New Look Makes Finding Popular Services Even Easier Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, has unveiled the agency’s newly redesigned home page at www.socialsecurity.gov that will help visitors more quickly and easily find the information and services they need. One of the key features

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