The State Ethics Commission will host a free interactive webinar next week to help public officials and public employees understand their responsibilities to file a Statement of Financial Interest by May 1 each year. The Commission will help walk you through completing and…
The state Department of Transportation has released the “EVs in Focus” video series, which helps answer questions Pennsylvanians may have about electric vehicles. Three videos are currently available covering the topics of Battery Fires, The Electric Grid, and Environmental Impacts. Two more videos on…
Townships have many reports due each year, and several of these reports are due in the coming weeks. Several of these reports are required to receive revenue from these programs:
The Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency released a new report, Building Opportunity: PHARE funding Trends and County Profiles (2022-2024), to highlight the success and reach of the Pennsylvania Affordability and Rehabilitation Enhancement Fund. The report reviews three years of PHARE application data,…
If your township received a closeout request but had issues or errors that needed to be corrected before closeout, the U.S. Treasury is holding Office hours by zoom today at 12:30 pm. Registration information is below. The session is meant to help…
The state Department of General Services allows townships to participate in the COSTARS Sodium Chloride (Road Salt) Contract for the approaching August 2026 – July 2027 season, by submitting a new Salt Contract Participation Agreement by the enrollment deadline of March 15, 2026. The program allows…
In late February, the state Department of Transportation sent email notices to impacted municipalities if their locally owned roads would be part of the Department’s Local Road Count Program for 2026. The notice included a spreadsheet of all count locations within…
This week is National Consumer Protection Week and the Federal Trade Commission is encouraging consumers to learn to avoid, report, and recover from scams. See below for tips. AVOID Scams: Four Signs That It’s a Scam 1. Scammers PRETEND to be from an organization you know, such as the federal…
Representatives from major technology and artificial intelligence companies met at the White House yesterday to discuss electricity needs for data centers and how to alleviate the increased costs of electricity because of data center demand on the general public. The discussion was centered around President…
PSATS has put together several resources to help its members plan for data centers. Townships with zoning need to make sure their ordinances are updated to provide for this new use and protect their communities. To help member townships, PSATS has a Virtual On-Demand Class…
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