Notice2022-14406
Sunshine Act Meeting
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July 6, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 6, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40277-40279]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-14406]
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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
Sunshine Act Meeting
DATES: The Legal Services Corporation's (LSC) Board of Directors and
its several committees will meet July 13-14, 2022. On Wednesday, July
13, the first meeting will begin at 10:30 a.m. Central Daylight Time
(CDT), with the next meeting commencing promptly upon adjournment of
the immediately preceding meeting. On Thursday, July 14, the first
meeting will again begin at 8:30 a.m., CDT, with the next meeting
commencing promptly upon adjournment of the immediately preceding
meeting.
ADDRESSES: Public Notice of Virtual Meeting.
LSC will conduct the July 13-14, 2022 meetings in-person and via
Zoom.
Public Observation: Unless otherwise noted herein, the Board and
all committee meetings will be open to public observation via Zoom.
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
Wednesday, July 13, 2022
<bullet> To join the Zoom meeting by computer, please use this
link.
<bullet> <a href="https://lsc-gov.zoom.us/j/88115224073?pwd=Yy83UmQ0TmlndjlNU0x6V0JSWTdsUT09">https://lsc-gov.zoom.us/j/88115224073?pwd=Yy83UmQ0TmlndjlNU0x6V0JSWTdsUT09</a>
[cir] Meeting ID: 881 1522 4073
[cir] Passcode: 71322
<bullet> To join the Zoom meeting with one tap from your mobile
phone, please click dial:
[cir] +16468769923,,88115224073# US (New York)
[cir] +13017158592,,88115224073# US (Washington DC)
<bullet> To join the Zoom meeting by telephone, please dial one of
the following numbers:
[cir] +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)
[cir] +1 646 876 9923 US (New York)
[cir] +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
[cir] +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
[cir] +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)
[cir] +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
[cir] +1 408 638 0968 US (San Jose)
[cir] Meeting ID: 881 1522 4073
[cir] Passcode: 71322
[cir] If calling from outside the U.S., find your local number
here: <a href="https://lsc-gov.zoom.us/u/acCVpRj1FD">https://lsc-gov.zoom.us/u/acCVpRj1FD</a>.
Thursday, July 14, 2022
<bullet> To join the Zoom meeting by computer, please use this
link.
<bullet> <a href="https://lsc-gov.zoom.us/j/89560898298?pwd=b2NWUkF5TVlrajNHK25GSmNoTGo1Zz09">https://lsc-gov.zoom.us/j/89560898298?pwd=b2NWUkF5TVlrajNHK25GSmNoTGo1Zz09</a>
[cir] Meeting ID: 895 6089 8298
[cir] Passcode: 71422
<bullet> To join the Zoom meeting with one tap from your mobile
phone, please click dial:
[cir] +13017158592,,89560898298# US (Washington DC)
[cir] +13126266799,,89560898298# US (Chicago)
<bullet> To join the Zoom meeting by telephone, please dial one of
the following numbers:
[cir] +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)
[cir] +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
[cir] +1 646 876 9923 US (New York)
[cir] +1 408 638 0968 US (San Jose)
[cir] +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
[cir] +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)
[cir] +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
[cir] Meeting ID: 895 6089 8298
[cir] Passcode: 71422
[cir] If calling from outside the U.S., find your local number
here: <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 Board or Committee 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.
Audit Committee--Open, except that, upon a vote of the Board of
Directors, the meeting may be closed to the public to receive a
briefing on internal controls that are designed to minimize the risk of
fraud, theft, corruption, or misuse of funds.
Institutional Advancement Committee--Open, except that, upon a vote
of the Board of Directors, the meeting may be closed to the public to
receive a briefing on development activities, receive a briefing on
50th Anniversary fundraising activities and to discuss prospective new
members of the Leaders Council and Emerging Leaders Council.
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 as well as a list of 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 Audit, Board, 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), (7), (9) 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 CDT)
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Wednesday, July 13, 2022:
1. Institutional Advancement 10:30 a.m. CDT.
Committee (IAC) Meeting.
2. Audit Committee Meeting..........
3. Delivery of Legal Services
Commmittee Meeting.
Thursday, July 14, 2022:
1. Communications Subcommittee of 8:30 a.m. CDT.
the IAC Meeting.
2. Finance Commtitee Meeting........
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3. Open Board Meeting...............
4. Closed Board Meeting.............
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Wednesday, July 13, 2022
Institutional Advancement Committee (IAC) Meeting
Open Session
1. Approval of Agenda
2. Approval of Minutes of the Institutional Advancement Committee's
Open Session Meeting on April 5, 2022
3. Update on Leaders Council and Emerging Leaders Council
<bullet> John G. Levi, Chairman of the Board, Legal Services
Corporation
4. Development Report
<bullet> Nadia Elguindy, Director of Institutional Advancement,
Legal Services Corporation
5. Update on the Eviction Study and Midwest Capstone Disaster
Conference
<bullet> Lynn Jennings, Vice President for Grants Management, Legal
Services Corporation
6. Update on Rural Justice Task Force
<bullet> Jessica Wechter, Special Assistant to the President, Legal
Services Corporation
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 Institutional Advancement Committee's
Closed Session Meeting on April 5, 2022
2. Development Activities Report
<bullet> Nadia Elguindy, Director of Institutional Advancement,
Legal Services Corporation
3. Update on LSC's 50th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign
<bullet> Nadia Elguindy, Director of Institutional Advancement,
Legal Services Corporation
<bullet> Leo Latz, Latz & Company
4. Consider and Act on Motion to Approve Leaders Council and Emerging
Leaders Council Invitees
5. Consider and Act on Other Business
6. Consider and Act on Motion to Adjourn the Meeting
Audit Committee Meeting
Open Session
1. Approval of Agenda
2. Approval of Minutes of Committee's Open Session Meeting on April 4,
2022
3. Approval of the Minutes of the Combined Audit and Finance
Committee's Open Session Meeting on April 4, 2022
4. Briefing by the Office of Inspector General
<bullet> Roxanne Caruso, Acting Inspector General, Office of
Inspector General, Legal Services Corporation
5. Management Update Regarding Risk Management
<bullet> Will Gunn, Vice President for Legal Affairs & General
Counsel, Legal Services Corporation
6. Briefing on Real Estate Purchases and Improvements Made by LSC
Grantees
<bullet> Mark Freedman, Senior Associate General Counsel, Office of
Legal Affairs, Legal Services Corporation
<bullet> Megan Lacchini, Deputy Director for General Compliance,
Office of Compliance and Enforcement, Legal Services Corporation
<bullet> Lora Rath, Director, Office of Compliance and Enforcement,
Legal Services Corporation
7. Briefing on Management/Office of Inspector General Relations
<bullet> Ron Flagg, President, Legal Services Corporation
<bullet> Roxanne Caruso, Acting Inspector General, Office of the
Inspector General, Legal Services Corporation
8. 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,
Legal Services Corporation
<bullet> Roxanne Caruso, Acting Inspector General, Office of the
Inspector General, Legal Services Corporation
9. Briefing on the 403(b) Audit Report
<bullet> Debbie Moore, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer, Legal
Services Corporation
10. Public Comment
11. Consider and Act on Other Business
12. Consider and Act on Motion to Adjourn the Open Session Meeting and
Proceed to a Closed Session
Closed Session
1. Approval of Minutes of Committee's Closed Session Meeting on April
4, 2022
2. Approval of Minutes of the Combined Audit and Finance Committee's
Closed Session Meeting on April 4, 2022
3. Briefing Pursuant to Section VIII(C)(1) of the Committee Charter,
Regarding LSC's Systems of Internal Controls that Are Designed to
Minimize the Risk of Fraud, Theft, Corruption, or Misuse of Funds
<bullet> Debbie Moore, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer, Legal
Services Corporation
4. Consider and Act on Motion to Adjourn the Meeting
Delivery of Legal Services Commmittee Meeting
Open Session
1. Approval of Agenda
2. Approval of Minutes of the Committee's Open Session Meeting on April
4, 2022
3. LSC Performance Criteria Revisions Update
<bullet> Lynn Jennings, Vice President for Grants Management, Legal
Services Corporation
<bullet> Joyce McGee, Director, Office of Program Performance, Legal
Services Corporation
4. Panel Discussion: The Impact of the Pandemic on Consumer Law Cases
<bullet> Hadassa Santini Colberg, Executive Director, Puerto Rico
Legal Services, Inc.
<bullet> Michael Forton, Director of Advocacy, Legal Services
Alabama
<bullet> Ashley E. Lowe, CEO, Lakeshore Legal Aid (MI)
<bullet> Johnnie Larrie, Managing Attorney, Consumer Practice Group
and Economic Justice Initiative, Legal Aid of North Carolina, Inc.
<bullet> Moderator: James Scruggs, Deputy Director, Office of
Program Performance, Legal Services Corporation
5. Public Comment
6. Consider and Act on Other Business
7. Consider and Act on a Motion to Adjourn the Meeting
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Meeting of the Communications Subcommittee of the IAC
Open Session
1. Approval of Agenda
2. Approval of Minutes of the Subcommittee's Open Session Meeting on
April 5, 2022
3. Communications and Social Media Update
<bullet> Carl Rauscher, Director of Communications and Media
Relations, Legal Services Corporation
4. Public Comment
5. Consider and Act on Other Business
6. Consider and Act on Motion to Adjourn the Meeting
Finance Committee Meeting
Open Session
1. Approval of Agenda
2. Approval of the Minutes of the Combined Audit and Finance
Committee's Open Session Meeting on April 4, 2022
3. Approval of the Minutes of the Combined Audit and Finance
Committee's Closed Session Meeting on April 4, 2022
4. Presentation of LSC's Financial Report for the First Eight Months of
Fiscal Year 2022 (Period Ending May 31, 2022)
<bullet> Debbie Moore, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer, Legal
Services Corporation
5. Report on the Fiscal Year 2023 Appropriations Process and
Supplemental Appropriations
<bullet> Carol Bergman, Vice President, Government Relations &
Public Affairs, Legal Services Corporation
6. Consider and Act on Resolution #2022-XXX, Fiscal Year 2023 Temporary
Operating Authority
7. Consider and Act on Resolution #2022-XXX, Adopting LSC's Fiscal
Appropriation Request for Fiscal Year 2024
8. Public Comment
9. Consider and Act on Other Business
10. Consider and Act on Motion to Adjourn the Meeting
Board of Directors
Open Session
1. Pledge of Allegiance
2. Approval of Agenda
3. Approval of Minutes of the Board's Open Session Meeting on May 23,
2022
4. Chairman's Report
5. Members' Reports
6. President's Report
<bullet> Update from LSC's Office of Data Governance and Analysis
7. Inspector General's Report
<bullet> Fraud Awareness Presentation
8. Consider and Act on the Report of the Operations and Regulations
Committee, following its June 30, 2022, Videoconference Meeting
9. Consider and Act on the Report of the Governance and Performance
Review Committee, following its July 1, 2022, Videoconference Meeting
10. Consider and Act on the Report of the Institutional Advancement
Committee
11. Consider and Act on the Report of the Audit Committee
12. Consider and Act on the Report of the Delivery of Legal Services
Committee
13. Consider and Act on the Report of the Finance Committee
14. Public Comment
15. Consider and Act on Other Business
16. Consider and Act on Whether to Authorize a Closed Session of the
Board to Address Items Listed Below
Closed Session
1. Approval of Minutes of the Board's Closed Session Meeting on April
5, 2022
2. Management Briefing
3. Inspector General Briefing
4. Consider and Act on General Counsel's Report on Potential and
Pending Litigation Involving Legal Services Corporation
5. Consider and Act on List of Prospective Leaders Council and Emerging
Council Invitees
6. Consider and Act on Motion to Adjourn the Meeting
CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Kaitlin Brown, Executive and Board
Project Coordinator, at (202) 295-1555. Questions may also be sent by
electronic mail to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#eb8999849c8580ab879888c58c849d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="385a4a574f565378544b5b165f574e">[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: June 30, 2022.
Kaitlin D. Brown,
Executive and Board Project Coordinator, Legal Services Corporation.
[FR Doc. 2022-14406 Filed 7-1-22; 11:15 am]
BILLING CODE 7050-01-P
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