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Vermont Business MagazineThe Attorney General reached asettlementtoday regarding a security breach involving the Social Security numbers of 660 Vermont Health Connect users. SAManage USA, Inc, a technology company that provides business-support services, agreed to alter its information security and legal compliance programs and to pay a penalty of $264,000. In July 2016, SAManage’s IT ticketing system allowed an excel spreadsheet containing the 660 social security numbers to be viewed publicly without requiring authentication.

by Timothy McQuiston Vermont Business Magazine Tony Pomerleau may be slowed by a wheelchair, but his wit is quick, and frequently targeted toward his son. "Ernie and I are very close, understandably, because he always needs money." But his dad keeps giving it away. Businessman and philanthropist Tony Pomerleau turned 100 Thursday and was at the Lake Champlain Community Sailing Center Friday afternoon with Governor Scott, Mayor Miro Weinberger, friends and family to be feted for his birthday and his commitment of $1 million to the Sailing Center.

The Lake Champlain Community Sailing Center (CSC), a non profit with a mission to provide community access to Lake Champlain, dedicated the new Pomerleau Community Waterfront Campus to its namesake, Tony Pomerleau. Last fall, through the Pomerleau Family Foundation, Pomerleau gifted $1 million to the CSC’s Love Your Lake Capital Campaign.

Vermont Business Magazine Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement Friday in response to Senate Republicans' proposed fiscal 2018 budget resolution. "After failing to throw 32 million Americans off health insurance, the Republicans are continuing their attack against the working families of our country with one of the most destructive budgets in modern American history."

Vermont Business Magazine Weekly unemployment claims remained under 300 claims last week to hold at a historically low level. Claims have been falling steadily since early July. Claims also are lower than they were the same time last year, which has been the case for most weeks in 2017. For the week of September 23, 2017, there were 298 claims, 4 more than than they were last week and 55 fewer than they were a year ago.

Altogether 2,532 new and continuing claims were filed, a decrease of 93 from a week ago, and 459 fewer than a year ago.

Vermont Business Magazine Attorney General TJ Donovan, part of a coalition of nine Attorneys General, challenged the Trump Administration’s proposal to repeal the 2015 “Clean Water Rule.” The 2015 rule defines “waters of the United States” under federal law to ensure that the nation’s lakes, rivers, streams, and wetlands receive proper federal protection. In comments addressed to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE), the coalition argues that the proposed repeal is “arbitrary and capricious and not in accordance with law.” The coalition also charges that EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s involvement in the effort, after suing to void the Clean Water Rule as Oklahoma Attorney General, is “illegal” and would render any repeal invalid.

Vermont Business MagazineOn September 26, 2017, Gifford officially celebrated the opening of 49 new apartments in Strode Independent Living on the Morgan Orchards Senior Living campus in Randolph Center. Gifford staff, apartment residents, neighbors, and community members (many who have supported the Morgan Orchards project from the very beginning) gathered to celebrate as Vermont Governor Phil Scott cut a red ribbon that stretched across the entrance to the new building.

by Wendy M Levy/The Commons Officials with the New Hampshire Department of Transportation presented two public information meetings — one in Hinsdale, and one in Brattleboro — to introduce the Connecticut River bridge project. If public comment at the Brattleboro meeting is any indication, residents really care about driving to Mountain Road in Hinsdale. In a presentation that lasted just under two hours, attendees’ questions kept coming back to whether the new bridge’s design would allow safe left turns onto Wantastiquet Mountain’s access road.

Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Public Radio has announced changes to its program schedule beginning the week of Monday, October 2. The most notably of these is the end of "Car Talk," which has been broadcasting as reruns on its usual Saturday time slot since 2012.

Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Technology Alliance is inviting nominations for the 2017 Vermont Tech Jam Awards. These annual awards recognize outstanding businesses, organizations and individuals who are making an impact on Vermont’s tech landscape. Nominations are being accepted in four categories.

Vermont Business Magazine Mayor Miro Weinberger and City Council President Knodell released the following update on the Burlington Telecom process: "Since Tuesday we have spent hours together and with other parties exploring whether there is a way in which the fourth bidder could re-enter the BT sales process. The bidder has chosen to remain withdrawn from the process. The City greatly appreciates the interest the bidder had in Burlington and the ideas and energy they brought to the process.

Vermont Business Magazine Phoenix Books Essex will host Structural Reflexologist Geraldine Villeneuve for a talk on her new book, Put Your Best Feet Forward, on Thursday, October 19th at 7pm. Foot pain is something many Americans suffer from, and yet most ignore or have simply surrendered to it. In Put Your Best Feet Forward, experienced Structural Reflexologist Geraldine Villeneuve outlines not just the types of foot pain and their sources, but also how this pain can manifest itself throughout the body. From depression to lower back pain to common foot problems themselves, freeing our feet from the shoes that bind them can be the answer we're searching for.

Vermont Business Magazine Dr Karen Scolforo will be Castleton University’s next President. The Vermont State Colleges System (VSCS) Board of Trustees voted unanimously for her appointment Thursday afternoon. Scolforo, who most recently served as president of Central Penn College in Summerdale, Pennsylvania, rose to the top of more than 50 candidates during an extensive national search.

During its annual retreat, the Trustees roundly endorsed Scolforo’s leadership vision for the University at a time of dynamic change in higher education. Scolforo will begin her Castleton tenure in early December.

Dr. Karen Scolforo to be the next President of Castleton University