The Legal Services Corporation, the Legal Services National Technology Assistance Project (NTAP) and the Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation have announced that Sprint is now offering broadband services to all legal services programs at reduced, General Services Administration-level pricing. NTAP will

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) announced the availability of weekly e-mail alerts to provide consumers with electric pricing information and competitive offers available in their area. The PUC has just released updated estimates comparing current market prices with capped electric

The Federal Trade Commission has announced that phone numbers on the national Do Not Call Registry now exceed 200 million, and that signing up for the Registry to prevent unwanted telemarketing calls is fast, free, and easy. The Do Not Call Registry empowers consumers to take charge of the

Friends of Farmworkers, Inc. has announced that, together with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), it settled a federal harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought against a large farm growers’ cooperative. The cooperative, Knouse Foods, operates seven processing plants in three

Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission joined public and private entities across the U.S. in reaffirming its commitment to expanding access to employment, education and public places and services for

The Internal Revenue Service has announced a one-time relief program that will allow small nonprofit organizations that failed to file required returns for 2007, 2008 and 2009 to preserve their nonprofit status. Organizations at risk of losing their tax-exempt status can preserve their status by

A comprehensive reference guide designed to better prepare family court judges and child dependency practitioners for the complex legal issues and special needs of abused and neglected children was released by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on July 22. The guide, known as the Pennsylvania Dependency

Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, today announced that the agency is submitting legislation to Congress that would prohibit states, without the Commissioner’s prior authorization, from reducing the number of state personnel who make disability determinations for Social Security or