Notice2024-00836
Sunshine Act Meetings
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January 17, 2024
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Legal Services Corporation
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 17, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2986-2987]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00836]
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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
Sunshine Act Meetings
TIME AND DATE: The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Board of Directors
and its committees will meet January 21-23, 2024. On Sunday, January
21, the first meeting will begin at 12:30 p.m. CT, with the next
meeting commencing promptly upon adjournment of the immediately
preceding meeting. On Monday, January 22, the first meeting will again
begin at 9:00 a.m. CT, with the next meeting commencing promptly upon
adjournment of the immediately preceding meeting. On Tuesday, January
23, the first meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. CT, with the next meeting
commencing promptly upon adjournment of the immediately preceding
meeting.
PLACE: Public Notice of Hybrid Meeting.
LSC will conduct its January 21-23, 2024, meetings at the Magnolia
Hotel Houston, 1100 Texas Avenue, Houston, TX 77002, and 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 virtually in the public proceedings
may do so by following the directions provided below.
Directions for Open Sessions
Sunday, January 21, 2024
<bullet> To join the Zoom meeting by computer, please use this link.
[cir] <a href="https://lsc-gov.zoom.us/j/85018832307?pwd=TlfEVaRH5RazooxPnAr96f42KvbfTa.1">https://lsc-gov.zoom.us/j/85018832307?pwd=TlfEVaRH5RazooxPnAr96f42KvbfTa.1</a>
[cir] Meeting ID: 850 1883 2307
[cir] Passcode: 12124
Monday, January 22, 2024
<bullet> To join the Zoom meeting by computer, please use this link.
[cir] <a href="https://lsc-gov.zoom.us/j/84130944281?pwd=bl5OEvsaffYlRvHyycdkvi8VUY9Qgh.1">https://lsc-gov.zoom.us/j/84130944281?pwd=bl5OEvsaffYlRvHyycdkvi8VUY9Qgh.1</a>
[cir] Meeting ID: 841 3094 4281
[cir] Passcode: 12224
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
<bullet> To join the Zoom meeting by computer, please use this link.
[cir] <a href="https://lsc-gov.zoom.us/j/84862120714?pwd=rEALyOaTL37iEvh5v1OP2uCTGSmyrf.1">https://lsc-gov.zoom.us/j/84862120714?pwd=rEALyOaTL37iEvh5v1OP2uCTGSmyrf.1</a>
[cir] Meeting ID: 848 6212 0714
[cir] Passcode: 012324
[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.
Finance Committee--Open, except that, upon a vote of the Board of
Directors, the meeting may be closed to the public to discuss LSC's
banking services.
Audit Committee--Open, except that, upon a vote of the Board of
Directors, the meeting may be closed to the public to discuss follow-up
work by the Office of Compliance and Enforcement relating to open
Office of Inspector General investigations and to discuss a follow-up
on Internal Control Testing.
Institutional Advancement Committee--Open, except that, upon a vote
of the Board of Directors, the meeting may be closed to the public to
discuss development activities, including LSC's 50th Anniversary
fundraising campaign, as well as to consider and act on recommending
prospective Leaders Council and Emerging Leaders Council members to the
Board of Directors.
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 to
receive briefings from Management and the Inspector General; to discuss
LSC's office relocation; and to consider and act on potential and
pending litigation involving LSC 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 sessions
of the Finance, Audit, Institutional Advancement Committee and Board of
Directors 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
Sunday, January 21, 2024
Start Time (All MST)
1. Operations & Regulations Committee Meeting, 12:30 p.m. CT
a. Matters to be discussed include the Committee's self-evaluation
for 2023 and goals for 2024; Management's report on implementation of
LSC's Strategic Plan for 2021-2024; public comments for Part 1638--
Restrictions on Solicitation; and reprioritization of rulemaking (Parts
1621, 1624, and 1609).
2. Finance Committee Meeting
a. Matters to be discussed include the Committee's self-evaluation
for 2023 and goals for 2024; LSC's Fiscal Year
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2024 appropriation and additional supplemental appropriation requests;
financial report for the first two months of Fiscal Year 2024; and
LSC's Fiscal Year 2025 appropriations request.
3. Delivery of Legal Services Committee
a. Matters to be discussed include the Committee's self-evaluation
for 2023 and goals for 2024; LSC's performance criteria revisions
process and timeline; and the opportunity to recognize long-serving
legal aid organization staff during LSC's 50th Anniversary year.
Monday, January 22, 2024
Start Time (All MST)
1. Audit Committee Meeting, 9:00 a.m. CT
a. Matters to be discussed include the Committee's self-evaluation
for 2023 and goals for 2024; update on reassessment of the Committee's
Charter; briefing by the Office of Inspector General; review of LSC's
and the Office of Inspector General's mechanisms for the submission of
confidential complaints regarding suspected fraud, theft, corruption,
or misuse of funds, or problems involving internal controls, auditing,
or accounting, and that there are proper procedures in place for the
receipt, retention, and handling of such complaints; management update
regarding Risk Management; annual 403(b) plan audit; and a briefing
regarding follow-up by the Office of Compliance and Enforcement on
referrals by the Office of Inspector General regarding audits and
annual independent public audits of grantees.
2. Governance and Performance Review Committee
a. Matters to be discussed include annual Board and Committee self-
evaluations; the Committee's self-evaluation for 2023 and goals for
2024; the recent meeting of the Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable; the
LSC President's 2023 self-evaluation; and the Inspector General's 2023
activities.
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
Start Time (All MST)
1. Communications Subcommittee of the Institutional Advancement
Committee, 8:30 a.m. CT
a. Matters to be discussed include the Committee's self-evaluation
for 2023 and goals for 2024 and the quarterly communications and social
media update.
2. Institutional Advancement Committee
a. Matters to be discussed include the Committee's self-evaluation
for 2023 and goals for 2024; Leaders Council and Emerging Leaders
Council updates; development activities; and the status of special and
privately funded projects (including the Opioid, Veterans, and Rural
Justice Task Forces and the Eviction Study).
3. LSC Board of Directors
a. Matters to be discussed include consideration of Resolution
#2024-XXX: In Memoriam of David Hall; Chairman's Report; Members'
Reports; President's Report; LSC's 50th Anniversary Campaign, with a
guest presentation by Joseph LaMountain, Reingold, Inc.; and
consideration of reports from the Institutional Advancement, Finance,
Audit, Operations and Regulations, Governance & Performance Review, and
Delivery of Legal Services Committees.
Please refer to the LSC website <a href="https://www.lsc.gov/events/board-directors-quarterly-meeting-jan-21-23-2024-houston-tx">https://www.lsc.gov/events/board-directors-quarterly-meeting-jan-21-23-2024-houston-tx</a> for the final
schedule and meeting agendas in electronic format. These materials will
be made available at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting start
time.
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#a4d3c1c7ccd0c1d6cee4c8d7c78ac3cbd2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="027567616a76677068426e71612c656d74">[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>.
(Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552b.)
Dated: January 11, 2024.
Stefanie Davis,
Deputy General Counsel, Legal Services Corporation.
[FR Doc. 2024-00836 Filed 1-12-24; 11:15 am]
BILLING CODE 7050-01-P
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