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State Tipoffs Involving Pennsylvania Newsletter for Tuesday November 19, 2024 ( 5 items )  

Ansys Accelerates CFD Simulation by 110x With NVIDIA GH200 Grace Hopper Superchips
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Nov. 19 -- Ansys, a computer-aided engineering software developer, issued the following news release on Nov. 18, 2024: * * * Ansys Fluent coupled with NVIDIA accelerated computing significantly speeds large-scale CFD simulations, reducing run time from four weeks to six hours Key Highlights * Ansys Fluent fluid simulation software solved a 2.4-billion-cell-problem using 320 NVIDIA GH200 Grace Hopper Superchips scaled with NVIDIA Quantum-2 InfiniBand at the Texas Adv  more

Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Angela Scott Joins Ballard Spahr in Los Angeles
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Nov. 19 -- Ballard Spahr, a law firm, issued the following news release: Angela L. Scott--a former Assistant U.S. Attorney with more than a decade of trial experience--has joined Ballard Spahr's Litigation Department and Consumer Financial Services Group as of counsel, firm Chair Peter Michaud announced today. Angela is resident in the firm's Los Angeles office. At Ballard Spahr, Angela will focus on consumer financial services litigation and all manner of state and  more

Pa. A.G. Henry Calls on the FCC to Strengthen Vetting Process to Block Robocallers
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Nov. 19 -- Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry issued the following news on Nov. 18, 2024: Attorney General Michelle Henry joined a bipartisan coalition of 46 Attorneys General in calling on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to improve their Robocall Mitigation Database and close what has effectively been an unmonitored loophole that bad actors exploit to contact Pennsylvanians with unwanted phone calls and text messages. "Every day, Pennsylvanians  more

Pa. Auditor General DeFoor Releases Audits of Municipal Pension Plans in 15 Counties
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Nov. 19 -- Pennsylvania Auditor General Timothy DeFoor issued the following news release on Nov. 18, 2024: Auditor General Timothy L. DeFoor today announced the release of audits of 50 municipal and police pension plans in Allegheny, Berks, Blair, Bradford, Chester, Clearfield, Crawford, Cumberland, Erie, Franklin, Greene, Indiana, Jefferson, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Montgomery, Northampton, Northumberland, Schuylkill, Union, Warren and York counties. "Our audits make sur  more

PUC Commissioner Kathryn L. Zerfuss Appointed to EPA's Farm, Ranch and Rural Communities Advisory Committee
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Nov. 19 -- The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission issued the following news release on Nov. 18, 2024: The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) today announced that Commissioner Kathryn L. Zerfuss has been appointed by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan as a new member to the Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee (FRRCC). The FRRCC provides independent policy advice and recommendations to the EP  more