Omnibus update (October 2024) [staging]

This MR combines all of the following requests following the resolution of #77 (closed):

• https://git.ligo.org/computing/sccb/-/issues/1460+
• https://git.ligo.org/computing/sccb/-/issues/1461+
• https://git.ligo.org/computing/sccb/-/issues/1462+
• https://git.ligo.org/computing/sccb/-/issues/1463+
• https://git.ligo.org/computing/sccb/-/issues/1464+
• https://git.ligo.org/computing/sccb/-/issues/1465+
• https://git.ligo.org/computing/sccb/-/issues/1466+
• https://git.ligo.org/computing/sccb/-/issues/1468+
• https://git.ligo.org/computing/sccb/-/issues/1592+
• https://git.ligo.org/computing/sccb/-/issues/1598+
• https://git.ligo.org/computing/sccb/-/issues/1627+
• https://git.ligo.org/computing/sccb/-/issues/1634+
• https://git.ligo.org/computing/sccb/-/issues/1638+