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www.HartfordBusiness.com August 15, 2016 • Hartford Business Journal 7 WHAT'S AHEAD: ■ 8/22 Focus: Banking & Finance ■ The List: In-state Banks ■ Nonprofit Profile: Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters CALENDAR MONDAY, AUG. 22 Kick Start Your Presence: Social Media Strategy Series The Entrepreneurial Center at the University of Hartford will host a Aug. 22 seminar that informs businesses how they can improve their presence on social media. The seminar, which runs from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at 1265 Asylum Ave., Hartford, will help businesses understand how they can get the most out of their social-media efforts by building a strategy. Participants will learn to identify, plan and complete a content-strategy checklist, as well as perform a social-media guide. Cost to attend is $40. For more information contact: Shelli McMillen, 860.768.5681, entrectr@hartford.edu. F O R A C O M P L E T E L I S T O F G R E A T E R H A R T F O R D B U S I N E S S E V E N T S , G O T O W W W . H A R T F O R D B U S I N E S S . C O M A N D C L I C K O N ' C A L E N D A R . ' A L L C A L E N D A R I T E M S M U S T B E S U B M I T T E D E L E C T R O N I C A L L Y V I A O U R W E B S I T E , H A R T F O R D B U S I N E S S . C O M . GOVERNMENT, POLITICS & LAW OFA: FY16 overtime costs fall 14.5% Connecticut's state government reduced overtime spending in the 2016 fiscal year by 14.5 percent from the year prior, according to the nonpartisan Office of Fiscal Analysis. An OFA report shows that during the 12-month period ended June 30, state agencies decreased overtime use by $37 million, from $256.2 million in fiscal 2015 to $219 million in the recently concluded year. Figures released in July showed a slightly smaller decrease, 14 percent, because officials did not have all payment data for the final weeks of the fiscal year. The Department of Correction showed the biggest OT decline at just under 24 percent, OFA said. Other agencies with double-digit OT decreases that yielded substantial savings included the departments of Social Services, Developmental Services, Children and Families and Emergency Services and Public Protection. Bronin's Youth Service Corps launches in Hartford Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin last week officially launched his signature youth employment campaign with a cleanup event alongside the Connecticut River in Hartford. The Youth Service Corps has garnered $5.5 million in fund- ing to provide part-time work for 200 underserved city youths. The money has come from the federal government, the state and private sector, which kicked in $2.2 million in donations. The group will largely focus on blight remediation, home repair and environmental stewardship in the city's north end. Bronin has said that high unemployment in parts of Hartford created the need for the group, which is modeled after citizen- work programs launched in the wake of the Great Depression. Create Your Next Happy hour Call for details Vito's by the Park 26 Trumbull St. Hartford, CT 06103 860-244-2200 Hold a private function for your business, featuring a personalized signature cocktail & celebratory bites! To evaluate your Occupational Health needs, please email From Central Connecticut's trusted business news source. It's the up-to-date information you need to do better business! Get local breaking business news daily! Sign up today at HartfordBusiness.com: Click on the 'subscribe' button HBJToday and HEALTH CARE Joint replacements, endoscopies among leading procedures in CT Major joint replacements or reattachment of lower extremities and upper GI endoscopies were the most frequent inpatient and outpatient surgical procedures, respectively, in Connecticut in fis- cal year 2015, and digital mammography was the top imaging procedure, according to new data from the state. The rankings are from Connecticut's 28 acute care or short- term hospitals, 18 hospital satellite outpatient surgical facilities and 61 free-standing outpatient surgical facilities. A state law passed last year requires the report. The law requires the Department of Public Health's Office of Health Care Access to collect patient-level discharge and encoun- ter data from the facilities. The data also includes Connecticut Insurance Department information on imaging procedures from a survey of health insurance carriers' fully-insured plans. P H O T O | H B J F I L E

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