Notice2023-05594
Legal Services Corporation Technology Baselines; Request for Comments
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Published
March 20, 2023
Issuing agencies
Legal Services Corporation
Abstract
The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) seeks public comment on draft revisions to its Technology Baselines: Technologies that Should Be in Place in a Legal Office Today (Baselines). The Baselines address the use of technology in providing high-quality legal services to clients. They provide guidance for LSC grantees and a resource for LSC during reviews of grantees' program quality. They are not minimum requirements. LSC last updated the Baselines in 2015.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 53 (Monday, March 20, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 16669]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-05594]
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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
Legal Services Corporation Technology Baselines; Request for
Comments
AGENCY: Legal Services Corporation.
ACTION: Request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) seeks public comment on
draft revisions to its Technology Baselines: Technologies that Should
Be in Place in a Legal Office Today (Baselines). The Baselines address
the use of technology in providing high-quality legal services to
clients. They provide guidance for LSC grantees and a resource for LSC
during reviews of grantees' program quality. They are not minimum
requirements. LSC last updated the Baselines in 2015.
DATES: April 21, 2023, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time is the deadline for
all comments to be submitted to LSC. LSC will not consider comments
submitted after the deadline.
ADDRESSES: Comments must be submitted as follows:
<bullet> Acrobat PDF format.
<bullet> Emailed as an attachment to a transmittal message sent to:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bfcbdadcd7d8cdded1cbccffd3ccdc91d8d0c9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a8dccdcbc0cfdac9c6dcdbe8c4dbcb86cfc7de">[email protected]</span></a>.
<bullet> Emailed with the subject line: Comments on Technology
Baselines.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions should be sent to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#522637313a3520333c2621123e21317c353d24"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fc88999f949b8e9d92888fbc908f9fd29b938a">[email protected]</span></a> with the subject line: Questions about Technology
Baselines Comments. Questions about this notice can be sent to Mark
Freedman, Senior Associate General Counsel, 202-295-1623.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) seeks
comment on draft revisions to its Technology Baselines: Technologies
that Should Be in Place in a Legal Office Today (Baselines). The draft
revisions are posted online at: <a href="http://www.lsc.gov/matters-comment">www.lsc.gov/matters-comment</a>. LSC will
also host a webinar regarding these draft revisions on March 29, 2023.
Information about the webinar will also be posted at <a href="http://www.lsc.gov/matters-comment">www.lsc.gov/matters-comment</a>.
LSC first adopted the Baselines in 2008 and revised them in 2015.
The Baselines address the use of technology in providing high-quality
legal services to clients. They set out the technology capacities that
LSC grantees should have in place or have available to them through a
vendor or a partner. They also serve as a resource for LSC during
reviews of grantees' program quality. They are not minimum
requirements.
The draft revisions reflect the significant changes in the way
legal services are delivered because of the COVID-19 pandemic as well
as the growth in cybersecurity threats since 2015. They include
consideration of remote/hybrid work environments, cloud computing and
policies, new security baselines for networks and data, document
management strategies, social media policy, and the use of web and
video conferencing systems. A summary of significant updates by section
can be found in the draft document.
LSC issues this notice pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 2996g(e).
Dated: March 15, 2023.
Mark Freedman,
Senior Associate General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2023-05594 Filed 3-17-23; 8:45 am]
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