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February 2, 2010
The President has recommended $435 million for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) in his Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 budget plan, which was just released. This is the same level of funding recommended in FY 2010 and only $15 million more than the amount appropriated for FY 2010. These figures were
February 2, 2010
With the world's most famous weatherman calling for six more weeks of winter, the Public Utility Commission (PUC) reminds the 14,283 consumers without use of a central heating system or using a potentially unsafe heating source in their homes to call about programs to help restore natural gas or
February 1, 2010
Article from The Daily Item , Sunbury, PA, about the closing of the Neyse Adams Pro Se Clinic at Susquahanna University despite the support offered by Pete Macky, of North Penn Legal Services, since late December.
February 1, 2010
Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, has announced that 15 healthcare providers and networks have received $17.4 million in contract awards to provide electronic medical records to the agency. These electronic medical records, which will be sent through the Nationwide Health
February 1, 2010
The New Year marked the official launch of a new design, name and logo for Pro Bono Net’s online document assembly initiative. The service, formerly known as NPADO, has been rebranded as LawHelp Interactive . As part of the larger redesign of the document assembly system interface, a new LawHelp
February 1, 2010
From Public News Service Press Play (►) for Audio Report Pennsylvania Sens. Arlen Specter and Bob Casey have been vocal supporters of a public option in any health care reform plan, and now that idea is back on the table. Reps. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Jared Polis (D-Colorado) have suggested to
January 30, 2010
The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) has asked Congress to provide $516.5 million in Fiscal Year 2011 funding, with more than 95 percent of the budget request going to fund 136 nonprofit legal aid programs across the nation that provide civil legal assistance to the nation's poor.
January 29, 2010
Rick Borstein and Mark Middleton of Adobe Systems will be conducting a series of educational eSeminars over next few months on the use of Adobe Acrobat 9. Not all of these eSeminars are legal-specific, but many of them offer content that may be of interest. All eSeminars are FREE 1-hour long

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