The Pennsylvania Park Maintenance Institute is planning to host virtual training for managers and others that host the public in sports venues and event facilities. The Sport Event Risk Management course will build sport and special event risk management capabilities…
Pennsylvania One Call will host a Virtual Safety DayApril 21. The free virtual event will feature a wide range of training, including partners from LTAP, OSHA, and more. Participants can build a day planner with the sessions they want to…
PSATS is building a list of potential candidates to be considered to serve on a variety of advisory State Board and Commissions. If you have special interests in serving, please let us know as soon as possible. Current areas of…
PSATS would like to remind you about another of its Premier Partners, the Pennsylvania Local Government Investment Trust (PLGIT), which can help townships manage their American Rescue Plan federal funding while you are deciding what to spend it on. …
State Treasurer Stacy Garrity and Acting Secretary of Labor & Industry Jennifer Berrier have announced that the two agencies have recaptured nearly $800 million of unemployment benefits targeted by fraudsters. The vast majority was connected to the federal Pandemic Unemployment…
PSATS has tools available for townships looking to promote Local Government Week, April 12-16. The toolkit helps communicate how townships serve their residents. It includes a sample news release about the importance of your township, talking points on townships as…
PSATS continues to receive many questions on the federal aid from the American Rescue Plan. As a member service, PSATS staff compiled a guidance Q&A document from the hundreds of questions submitted during our Town Halls on What the American…
To promote Local Government Week, which begins today, PSATS Executive Director Dave Sanko released a statewide op-ed about the critical role that township government and its officials play in the commonwealth’s governing system. Established to be a direct reflection and…
The Susquehanna River Basin Commission is offering a new grant program to support the collection and reporting of water level data in groundwater production wells in the basin. Municipalities and municipal authorities that have existing SRBC permits groundwater are eligible…
Attorney General Josh Shapiro announce that Glenn O. Hawbaker, Inc., of State College, has been charged with four counts of theft relating to violations of the Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act and the federal Davis-Bacon Act. “This is the largest prevailing…
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