Notice2021-22657
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October 18, 2021
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 198 (Monday, October 18, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57702-57704]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-22657]
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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
Sunshine Act Meeting
TIME AND DATE: The Legal Services Corporation's (LSC) Board of
Directors and its six committees will meet October 25-26, 2021. On
Monday, October 25, the first meeting will begin at 12:15 p.m. Eastern
Daylight Time (EDT), with the next meeting commencing promptly upon
adjournment of the immediately preceding meeting. On Tuesday, October
26, the first meeting will again begin at 11:00 a.m., EDT, with the
next meeting commencing promptly upon adjournment of the immediately
preceding meeting.
PLACE: Public Notice of Virtual Meeting.
LSC will conduct the October 25-26, 2021 meetings virtually via
Zoom.
Public Observation: Unless otherwise noted herein, the Board and
all committee meetings will be open to public observation. Members of
the public who wish to participate remotely in the public proceedings
may do so by following the directions provided below.
Directions for Open Sessions
Monday, October 25, 2021
<bullet> To join the Zoom meeting by computer, please use this link.
<bullet> <a href="https://lsc-gov.zoom.us/j/97618139032?pwd=ZU15SnIzVjdXK0F2R0gxcTh3dkpUUT09">https://lsc-gov.zoom.us/j/97618139032?pwd=ZU15SnIzVjdXK0F2R0gxcTh3dkpUUT09</a>
[cir] Meeting ID: 976 1813 9032
[cir] Passcode: 102021
<bullet> To join the Zoom meeting with one tap from your mobile phone,
please click dial:
[cir] +16468769923, 97618139032# US (New York)
[cir] +13017158592, 97618139032# US (Washington DC)
<bullet> To join the Zoom meeting by telephone, please dial one of the
following numbers:
[cir] +1 646 876 9923 US (New York)
[cir] +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)
[cir] Meeting ID: 976 1813 9032
[cir] Passcode: 102021
[cir] Find your local number: <a href="https://lsc-gov.zoom.us/u/acCVpRj1FD">https://lsc-gov.zoom.us/u/acCVpRj1FD</a>
Tuesday, October 26, 2021
<bullet> To join the Zoom meeting by computer, please use this link.
<bullet> <a href="https://lsc-gov.zoom.us/j/93655413488?pwd=Z3BmWnVMT2ZVTlBvYVJUYUM4SW96UT09">https://lsc-gov.zoom.us/j/93655413488?pwd=Z3BmWnVMT2ZVTlBvYVJUYUM4SW96UT09</a>
[cir] Meeting ID: 936 5541 3488
[cir] Passcode: 102021
<bullet> To join the Zoom meeting with one tap from your mobile phone,
please click dial:
[cir] +16468769923, 93655413488# US (New York)
[cir] +13017158592, 93655413488# US (Washington DC)
<bullet> To join the Zoom meeting by telephone, please dial one of the
following numbers:
[cir] +1 646 876 9923 US (New York)
[cir] +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)
[cir] Meeting ID: 936 5541 3488
[cir] Passcode: 102021
[cir] Find your local number: <a href="https://lsc-gov.zoom.us/u/acCVpRj1FD">https://lsc-gov.zoom.us/u/acCVpRj1FD</a>
Once connected to Zoom, please immediately mute your computer or
telephone. Members of the public are asked to keep their computers or
telephones muted to eliminate background noise. To avoid disrupting the
meetings, please refrain from placing the call on hold if doing so will
trigger recorded music or other sound.
From time to time, the Chair may solicit comments from the public.
To participate in the meeting during public comment, use the `raise
your hand' or `chat' functions in Zoom and wait to be recognized by the
Chair before stating your questions and/or comments.
STATUS: Open, except as noted below.
Institutional Advancement Committee -- Open, except that, upon a
vote of the Board of Directors, the meeting may be closed to the public
to consider and act on recommendations to invite prospective members to
join the Leaders Council and Emerging Leaders Council, and to receive a
briefing on development activities.
Audit Committee -- Open, except that, upon a vote of the Board of
Directors, the meeting may be closed to the public for briefings on the
Office of Compliance and Enforcement's (OCE) active enforcement
matter(s) and to discuss follow-up work by OCE relating to open Office
of Inspector General investigations.
Board of Directors -- Open, except that, upon a vote of the Board
of Directors, a portion of the meeting may be closed to the public for
briefings by management and LSC's Inspector General, and to consider
and act on the General Counsel's report on potential and pending
litigation involving LSC and prospective Leaders Council and Emerging
Leaders Council members.
Any portion of the closed session consisting solely of briefings
does not fall within the Sunshine Act's definition of the term
``meeting'' and, therefore, the requirements of the Sunshine Act do not
apply to such portion of the closed session.\1\
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\1\ 5 U.S.C. 552b(a)(2) and (b). See also 45 CFR 1622.2 &
1622.3.
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A verbatim written transcript will be made of the closed session of
the Board, Audit and Institutional Advancement Committee meetings. The
transcript of any portions of the closed sessions falling within the
relevant provisions of the Government in the Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C.
552b(c)(6) and (10), will not be available for public inspection. A
copy of the General Counsel's Certification that, in his opinion, the
closing is authorized by law will be available upon request.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:
Meeting Schedule
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Start
time
(all
EDT)
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Monday, October 25, 2021
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1. Governance and Performance Review Committee Meeting p.m. EDT 12:15
2. Institutional Advancement Committee (IAC) Meeting
3. Communications Subcommittee of the IAC Meeting
4. Operations and Regulations Committee Meeting
5. Delivery of Legal Services Committee Meeting
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Tuesday, October 26, 2021
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1. Finance Committee Meeting a.m. EDT.......................... 11:00
2. Audit Committee Meeting
3. Board of Directors Meeting
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October 25, 2021
Governance and Performance Review Committee
Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's open session meeting on July
22, 2021
3. Briefing on legal aid and the Executive Branch
a. White House and U.S. Department of Justice report on
establishing the Access to Justice Office and Legal Aid Interagency
Roundtable
b. White House, U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Department of
Treasury initiatives on eviction
<bullet> Ron Flagg, President
<bullet> Carol Bergman, Vice President for Government Relations &
Public
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Affairs
4. Report on annual Board and Committee evaluations
<bullet> Carol Bergman, Vice President for Government Relations &
Public Affairs
5. Consider and act on other business
6. Public comment
7. Consider and act on adjournment of meeting
Institutional Advancement Committee
Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's open session meeting on July
23, 2021
3. Update on Leaders Council and Emerging Leaders Council
<bullet> John G. Levi, Chairman of the Board
4. Development report
<bullet> Nadia Elguindy, Director of Institutional Advancement
5. Consider and act on Resolution #2021-XXX, Approving the Expenditure
of Private Funds to Engage Latz & Co to assist with 50th Anniversary
Fundraising Campaign
6. Consider and act on Resolution #2021-XXX, Approving the Expenditure
of Private Funds to Support LSC's Rural Summer Legal Corps
7. Consider and act on Resolution #2021-XXX, Designating leftover
private funds, previously earmarked for the Legal Navigator project, as
unrestricted funds
8. Update on Veterans Task Force and Opioid Task Force Implementation
<bullet> Stefanie Davis, Senior Assistant General Counsel
9. Consider and act on Resolution #2021-XXX, Approving the Expenditure
of Private Funds to Support the Opioid Task Force Training Module
Project
10. Update on the Eviction Study
<bullet> Lynn Jennings, Vice President for Grants Management
11. Update on Housing Task Force
<bullet> Helen Guyton, Senior Assistant General Counsel
12. Update on the Rural Justice Task Force
<bullet> Jessica Wechter, Special Assistant to the President
13. Public comment
14. Consider and act on other business
15. Consider and act on motion to adjourn the open session meeting and
proceed to a closed session
Closed Session
1. Approval of minutes of the Institutional Advancement Committee's
Closed Session meeting on July 23, 2021
2. Development activities report
<bullet> Nadia Elguindy, Director of Institutional Advancement
3. Consider and act on motion to approve Leaders Council and Emerging
Leaders Council invitees
4. Consider and act on other business
5. Consider and act on motion to adjourn the meeting
Communications Subcommittee of the Institutional Advancement Committee
Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Subcommittee's open session meeting on
July 23, 2021
3. Communications and social media update
<bullet> Carl Rauscher, Director of Communications and Media
Relations
4. Public comment
5. Consider and act on other business
6. Consider and act on motion to adjourn the meeting
Operations and Regulations Committee
Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's open session meeting on July
22, 2021
3. Update on retrospective review of LSC's regulations
<bullet> Stefanie Davis, Senior Assistant General Counsel
4. Public comment
5. Consider and act on other business
6. Consider and act on motion to adjourn the meeting
Delivery of Legal Services Committee
Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's open session meeting on July
22, 2021
3. Performance criteria update
<bullet> Lynn Jennings, Vice President for Grants Management
<bullet> Joyce McGee, Director, Office of Program Performance
4. Discussion of Delivery of Legal Services Committee Charter
<bullet> Fr. Pius Pietrzyk, Board Vice Chair, Committee Chair
5. Report on client services reviewers
<bullet> Lynn Jennings, Vice President for Grants Management
<bullet> James Scruggs, Deputy Director, Office of Program
Performance
6. Discussion on growing need for legal assistance with consumer debt
<bullet> Ron Flagg, President
7. Panel discussion: Changes to Grantee Operations and Business Models
due to COVID-19
<bullet> Jim Cook, Executive Director, Idaho Legal Services
<bullet> Yvonne Mariajimenez, President & CEO, Neighborhood Legal
Services of Los Angeles
<bullet> Jonathan Mannina, Executive Director, Community Legal Aid
(Mass.)
<bullet> Kathleen (Kate) McGarvey, Executive Director, Ohio State
Legal Services Association
<bullet> Moderator: Ronk[eacute] Hughes, Deputy Director, Office of
Program Performance
8. Public comment
9. Consider and act on other business
10. Consider and act on a motion to adjourn the meeting
October 26, 2021
Finance Committee Agenda
Open Session
1. Approval of meeting agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's open session meetings on June
30, July 13, and July 22, 2021
3. Presentation of LSC's financial report for the Fiscal Year ending
September 30, 2021
<bullet> Debbie Moore, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
4. Report on Fiscal Year 2022 appropriation and supplemental requests
<bullet> Carol Bergman, Vice President for Government Relations and
Public Affairs
5. Report on Fiscal Year 2022 budget
<bullet> Ron Flagg, President
<bullet> Debbie Moore, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
6. Consider and Act on Resolution #2021-XXX: Adopting a Temporary
Operating Budget and Granting Special Circumstance Operating Authority
for FY 2022
7. Report on Fiscal Year 2023 budget request
<bullet> Carol Bergman, Vice President for Government Relations and
Public Affairs
8. Briefing on Office of Financial and Administrative Services staffing
<bullet> Debbie Moore, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
9. Briefing on Financial Services Projects
<bullet> Debbie Moore, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
10. Public comment
11. Consider and act on other business
12. Consider and act on motion to adjourn the meeting
Audit Committee Meeting
Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
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2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's open session meeting on July
22, 2021
3. Briefing by the Office of Inspector General
<bullet> Jeffrey Schanz, Inspector General
<bullet> Roxanne Caruso, Assistant Inspector General for Audit
4. Review LSC's efforts, including training and education, to help
ensure that LSC employees and grantees act ethically and safeguard LSC
funds
<bullet> Will Gunn, Vice President for Legal Affairs
<bullet> Debbie Moore, Treasurer & Chief Financial Officer
<bullet> Lynn Jennings, Vice President for Grants Management
<bullet> Daniel O'Rourke, Assistant Inspector General for
Investigations
5. Management update regarding risk management
<bullet> Will Gunn, Vice President for Legal Affairs
6. Briefing about follow-up by the Office of Compliance and Enforcement
on referrals by the Office of Inspector General regarding audit reports
and annual financial statement audits of grantees
<bullet> Lora Rath, Director, Office of Compliance and Enforcement
<bullet> Roxanne Caruso, Assistant Inspector General for Audit
7. Public comment
8. Consider and act on other business
9. Consider and act on motion to adjourn the open session meeting and
proceed to a closed session
Closed Session
1. Approval of minutes of the Committee's closed session meeting on
July 22, 2021
2. Briefing by Office Compliance and Enforcement on active enforcement
matter(s) and follow-up on open investigation referrals from the Office
of Inspector General
<bullet> Lora Rath, Director, Office of Compliance and Enforcement
3. Consider and act on motion to adjourn the meeting
Board of Directors Meeting
Open Session
1. Pledge of Allegiance
2. Approval of agenda
3. Approval of minutes of the Board's open session meeting on July 23,
2021
4. Chairman's Report
5. Members' Reports
6. President's Report
7. Inspector General's Report
8. Consider and act on the Report of the Governance and Performance
Review Committee
9. Consider and act on the Report of the Institutional Advancement
Committee
10. Consider and act on the Report of the Operations and Regulations
Committee
11. Consider and act on the Report of the Delivery of Legal Services
Committee
12. Consider and act on the Report of the Finance Committee
13. Consider and act on the Report of the Audit Committee
14. Public comment
15. Consider and act on other business
16. Consider and act on whether to authorize a closed session meeting
of the Board to address items listed below
Closed Session
1. Approval of minutes of the Board's closed session meeting on July
23, 2021
2. Management briefing
3. Inspector General briefing
4. Consider and act on General Counsel's report on potential and
pending litigation involving LSC
5. Consider and act on prospective Leaders Council and Emerging Leaders
Council invitees
6. Consider and act on motion to adjourn the meeting
CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Jessica Wechter, Special Assistant
to the President, at (202) 295-1626. Questions may also be sent by
electronic mail to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f38496909b87968199b39f8090dd949c85"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5f283a3c372b3a2d351f332c3c71383029">[email protected]</span></a>.
Non-Confidential Meeting Materials: Non-confidential meeting
materials will be made available in electronic format at least 24 hours
in advance of the meeting on the LSC website, at <a href="https://www.lsc.gov/about-lsc/board-meeting-materials">https://www.lsc.gov/about-lsc/board-meeting-materials</a>.
Dated: October 13, 2021.
Stefanie Davis,
Senior Assistant General Counsel and Ethics Officer, Legal Services
Corporation.
[FR Doc. 2021-22657 Filed 10-14-21; 11:15 am]
BILLING CODE 7050-01-P
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