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.

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

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

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.