The Office of Open Records (OOR) is conducting a survey of Agency Open Record Officers to better understand the impact of the Right-to-Know Law on agencies throughout the Commonwealth and to help inform future policy decisions regarding the law. This year’s survey…
Last week, Governor Josh Shapiro released the Governor’s Responsible Infrastructure Development (GRID) Standards, an initiative aimed at establishing best practices and standards that data center developers must comply with to receive Commonwealth support. The new standards appear to support local decision-making and municipal rules designed to reduce impacts from proposed…
PennDOT Acting Audit Manager Michael Weigel has announced that the new dotGrants system will go live next week. The process to convert to the new system requires the existing website to be down as of 4 p.m. today, Friday, May 29. Please note that the dotGrants website will not be available over the weekend of May 30 and 31 for the duration of this website…
PennDOT Executive Deputy Secretary Larry Shifflet and Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn announced seven new All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) Connector Routes in Tioga County. These new PennDOT-approved routes add 7.5 miles to the Northcentral Regional ATV Trail, including…
The state Department of Health announced another round of WalkWorks Capacity-Building pre-planning assistance toward the development of active transportation plans. Funding is available for townships to create a plan to identify and prioritize projects related to modes of active transportation with an emphasis on walking, biking,…
The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is now accepting applications for the Wild Resource Conservation Program (WRCP) to maintain, manage, enhance, and restore Pennsylvania’s native wild non-game wildlife and native wild plants and their habitats. Eligible projects include surveys, inventories, research into techniques…
The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency announced over $8 million in federal Byrne Justice Assistance Grants (JAG) for innovative approaches addressing persistent and emerging public safety needs, as well as toward strengthening public safety data infrastructure and expanding PCCD’s research and analytic capacity to…
Thanks to township input, data entry and report access have been streamlined in the PSATS Salary Survey Plus tool and participating townships can access results year-round! Salary Survey reports are a real-time compilation of the latest entries. If you participated in 2025, your previous answers have been copied over, so you only…
The state Department of Environmental Protection is accepting applications for the first 2026 funding rounds for the Abandoned Mine Land (AML) and Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) Grant Program. Townships, councils of government, and municipal authorities are eligible to apply during the…
Are you looking for sample ordinances on hot topics like data centers and solar facilities; trying to draft rules for your public meetings; or thinking about updating your employee handbook? Look no further! PSATS members have access to hundreds of sample documents,…
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