Hazardous Chemicals: OSHA Seeks Your Input on Identifying the Top Chemicals of Concern

Workers exposed to chemicals suffer injuries and illnesses that can damage virtually all body parts and systems, including the lungs, skin, liver, kidneys, eyes, and mucous membranes. Hazardous Chemicals: OSHA Seeks Your Input on Identifying the Top Chemicals of Concern

FCC Launches Consumer Help Center

Starting today, consumers have a new, easy-to-use, Consumer Help Center that puts them within one click of all the information they want from the Federal Communications Commission. FCC Launches Consumer Help Center

IRS Offers One-Time Special Filing Relief Program for Small Charities; Oct. 15 Deadline

Small nonprofit organizations at risk of losing their tax-exempt status because they failed to file required returns for 2007, 2008 and 2009 can preserve their status by filing returns by Oct. 15, 2010, under a one-time relief program, the Internal Revenue Service announced today. IRS Offers One-Time Special Filing Relief Program for Small Charities; Oct. 15 Deadline

Suicide Attempts Constitute a Significant Portion of Drug-Related Hospital Emergency Department Visits

Nearly 1 in 10 drug-related hospital emergency department visits made by adolescents involved suicide attempts - with females making more than 72 percent of these attempts.....Suicide Attempts Constitute a Significant Portion of Drug-Related Hospital Emergency Department Visits

Sex Offenders in San Diego: Results of Operation Watchdog to Keep Tabs on Hundreds of Registered Sex Offenders

Because of sex offenders' propensity to reoffend, keeping tabs on them is crucial to protecting the public," Brown said. "As in many things, the price of safety is constant vigilance, and my office is committed to providing that....Sex Offenders in San Diego: Results of Operation Watchdog to Keep Tabs on Hundreds of Registered Sex Offenders

Government Jobs: IRS Highlights Job Opportunities for New Grads on YouTube

The Internal Revenue Service announced the availability of a new job search tool on YouTube dedicated to helping job seekers learn about employment opportunities at the IRS...Government Jobs: IRS Highlights Job Opportunities for New Grads on YouTube

Nine Tips on the 10 Percent Tax on Tanning Services

Starting July 1, 2010, many businesses offering tanning services must collect a 10 percent excise tax on the tanning services they provide. This excise tax requirement is part of the Affordable Care Act that was enacted in March 2010. Nine Tips on the 10 Percent Tax on Tanning Services

Monday Is Registration Deadline For Disaster Assistance

Survivors of the April 23-24 Mississippi tornadoes and severe storms have only a few days left to register for state and federal assistance. Monday Is Registration Deadline For Disaster Assistance

I.I.I. Issues Video On Protecting Homes From Lightning Strikes

Homeowners investing anywhere from $1,500 to $4,500 can significantly diminish the chances that their dwelling or its occupants will be harmed because of a lightning strike, according to the Insurance Information Institute  (I.I.I.). I.I.I. Issues Video On Protecting Homes From Lightning Strikes

Recruiting Participants for Substance Abuse Web-based Videoconferencing ( E-Therapy)

This research is being done to compare the effectiveness of standard on-site, in-person counseling with Internet web-based videoconferencing (e-therapy) in drug-dependent patients in opioid-agonist treatment programs. The study is looking to see if there are any differences in satisfaction or in treatment outcome if counseling sessions are given by e-therapy compared to standard, in-person counseling given in the clinic. Recruiting Participants for Substance Abuse Web-based Videoconferencing

IRS Begins Accepting Applications for Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project Program

The Internal Revenue Service today announced that small firms may now begin applying for certification for tax credits or grants available under the Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project Program, created by the Affordable Care Act. IRS Begins Accepting Applications for Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project Program

Substance Abuse: Sharp Increase of Older Americans Being Admitted for Substances such as Cocaine, Heroin and Marijuana

New admissions data show sharp increase in the proportion of older Americans being treated for illicit substances such as cocaine, heroin and marijuana. Substance Abuse: Sharp Increase of Older Americans Being Admitted for Substances such as Cocaine, Heroin and Marijuana

Tanning Tax:IRS Issues Regulations on 10-Percent Tax on Tanning Services Effective July 1

The Internal Revenue Service today issued regulations outlining the administration of a 10-percent excise tax on indoor tanning services that goes into effect on July 1, Tanning Tax:IRS Issues Regulations on 10-Percent Tax on Tanning Services Effective July 1

IRS: Interest Rates Remain the Same For the Third Quarter of 2010

The Internal Revenue Service today announced that interest rates for the calendar quarter beginning July 1, 2010, will  be.... IRS: Interest Rates Remain the Same For the Third Quarter of 2010

IRS: Save Money, Sign Up Now for the 2010 IRS Nationwide Tax Forums

This year, 43 separate seminars and workshops are being offered, each of which qualifies for continuing professional education credit for enrolled agents and certified public accountants. IRS: Save Money, Sign Up Now for the 2010 IRS Nationwide Tax Forums

IRS: Open House on Saturday May 15 to Help Small Businesses, Individuals Solve Tax Problems

The Internal Revenue Service will host a special nationwide Open House on Saturday May 15 to help small businesses and individuals solve tax problems.IRS: Open House on Saturday May 15 to Help Small Businesses, Individuals Solve Tax Problems

Credit Card Interest Rate Scams: FTC Warns Consumers

In a new consumer alert, Credit Card Interest Rate Reduction Scams, the FTC says consumers have just as much clout with their credit card issuers as these companies do.  It urges consumers to avoid paying middlemen, and negotiate directly with the credit card companies.  Credit Card Interest Rate Scams: FTC Warns Consumers

IRS Reaches Out to Millions of Employers on Benefits of New Health Care Tax Credit

The Internal Revenue Service this week began mailing postcards to more than four million small businesses and tax-exempt organizations to make them aware of the benefits of the recently-enacted small business health care tax credit. IRS Reaches Out to Millions of Employers on Benefits of New Health Care Tax Credit

Credit Repair and Mortgage Relief Service: Marketers Banned from Selling Services

The court order prohibits the credit repair companies and their owners from selling credit repair services, and it bans the loan modification companies and their individual owners from selling mortgage loan modification and foreclosure relief services. Credit Repair and Mortgage Relief Service: Marketers Banned from Sellings

More Women are Graduate Degree Holders than Men, Ages 25-29

The U.S. Census Bureau reported today more women than men are expected to occupy professions such as doctors, lawyers and college professors as they represent approximately 58 percent of young adults, Ages 25 to 29, More Women are Graduate Degree Holders than Men, Ages 25-29