Statement of Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Doug Shulman on the Filing Deadline for Small Charities: Now that the May 17 filing deadline has passed, it appears that many small tax-exempt organizations have not filed the required information return in time. These organizations are vital to

Eleven individuals have received the Governor’s Achievement Award for overcoming personal barriers to achieve professional success. Rendell administration officials and representatives of state workforce development agencies personally recognized them for their accomplishments. The awards were

Article from the Lancaster Online/Lancaster New Era profiling attorney Shawnee Strasko Soto-Ortiz of MidPenn Legal Services , who was recently hired in a new position funded by donations from the Lancaster Bar Association Foundation and other local attorneys, for the sole purpose of handling custody

The Federal Judiciary’s website, www.uscourts.gov , has been relaunched with a host of enhancements. The site has been redesigned to make it more attractive, accessible, and useful to its diverse audience of users. The improvements further the website’s mission of increasing public interest

The 13th Annual Pennsylvania Bar Association "Day on the Hill", held on May 3 in Harrisburg, offered association members chances to meet face-to-face with legislators to discuss concerns facing the legal profession such as inadequate funding endangering the viability of civil legal services and the

The National Elder Rights Training Project of the National Consumer Law Center is offering a webinar entitled Transportation and an Aging America , on Wednesday, June 9, 2010 from 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Eastern. This session will focus on transportation issues and older adults. It will provide a broad

Many states are failing to provide adequate protections for consumers against extremely expensive credit according to a new report by the National Consumer Law Center, Consumer Federation of America, and Consumers Union. The Scorecard updates a 2008 report and grades states on how well they protect

The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) will co-moderate an audio call entitled The Public Benefits Boost: New Strategies for Increasing Take-Up , on May 26, 2010 from 12:30-1:30 p.m. ET. This audio call will discuss the role that public benefits can provide toward family stability. It will