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Federal Tipoffs Involving Pennsylvania Newsletter for Wednesday November 27, 2024 ( 8 items )  

BLS - Mid-Atlantic Region Issues Report Entitled 'Changing Compensation Costs in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area - September 2024'
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Nov. 27 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on Nov. 21, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area - September 2024": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.2 percent in the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD, Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended September 2024, the U.S. Bureau   more

BLS - Mid-Atlantic Region Issues Report Entitled 'Changing Compensation Costs in the Washington Metropolitan Area - September 2024'
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Nov. 27 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on Nov. 21, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Washington Metropolitan Area - September 2024": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.6 percent in the Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA, Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended September 2024, the U.S. Bur  more

BLS - Mid-Atlantic Region Issues Report Entitled 'Virginia Job Openings and Labor Turnover - September 2024'
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Nov. 27 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on Nov. 21, 2024, entitled "Virginia Job Openings and Labor Turnover - September 2024": * * * Virginia had 244,000 job openings in September 2024, compared to 268,000 openings in August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Alexandra Hall Bovee noted that the job openi  more

FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF NEW YORK AWARDS $71 MILLION FOR 61 AFFORDABLE HOUSING INITIATIVES
NEW YORK, Nov. 26 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of New York, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: * * * FHLBNY surpasses $1 billion in grants awarded since Affordable Housing Program inception * * * Jose R. Gonzalez, president and CEO of the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York ("FHLBNY"), announced that the FHLBNY has awarded a record $70.8 million in subsidies to fund 61 affordable housing initiatives throughout New Jersey, New York, Puerto  more

HHS Office for Civil Rights Settles with Holy Redeemer Hospital Over Disclosure of Patient's Protected Health Information, Including Reproductive Health Information
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: Settlement emphasizes the need to ensure the privacy of PHI, including reproductive health information Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a settlement with Holy Redeemer Family Medicine (Holy Redeemer), a Pennsylvania hospital, concerning an alleged violation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1  more

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: Big Ideas Lab Takes Closer Look at National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center
LIVERMORE, California, Nov. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: It's been 45 years since the first emergency phone call from the Department of Energy came into Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) to activate a new atmospheric modeling center that predicts the effects of hazardous plumes. Listen on Apple or Spotify. An accident had occurred at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania on March 28, 1979,   more

Pa. U.S. Attorney: Delaware County Man Pleads Guilty to Migrant Smuggling Conspiracy
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Nov. 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on Nov. 26, 2024: * * * Defendant and Others Illegally Smuggled and Induced Non-U.S. Citizens Into the United States for Private Financial Gain * * * United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Cesar David Martinez-Gonzalez, 39, of Chester, Pennsylvania, entered a plea of guilty today before United States District Court Judge Gerald   more

Pa. U.S. Attorney: Lawrence County Resident Sentenced for Role in Puerto Rico/Western Pennsylvania Region Drug Trafficking Operation
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Nov. 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on Nov. 26, 2024: A resident of New Castle, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in federal court to 37 months of incarceration, to be followed by four years of supervised release, on his conviction of violating a federal narcotics law, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. Senior United States District Judge Arthur J. Schwab imposed the senten  more