[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 177 (Tuesday, September 12, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 55053]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-23515]


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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION


Sunshine Act Meeting of the Board of Directors

TIME AND DATE: The Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation 
will meet on September 18, 2000. The meeting will begin at 12:30 p.m. 
and continue until conclusion of the Board's agenda.

LOCATION: San Francisco Marriott, 55 Fourth Street, San Francisco, 
California 94103.

STATUS OF MEETING: Open, except that a portion of the meeting may be 
closed pursuant to a vote of the Board of Directors to hold an 
executive session. At the closed session, the Corporation's General 
Counsel will report to the Board on litigation to which the Corporation 
is or may become a party, and the Board may act on the matters 
reported. The closing is authorized by the relevant provisions of the 
Government in the Sunshine Act [5 U.S.C. 552b(c) (2), (4), (6) and 
(10)] and the corresponding provisions of the Legal Services 
Corporation's implementing regulation [45 CFR Sec. 1622.5 (a), (c), (e) 
and (h)]. A copy of the LSC Senior
    Assistant General Counsel's Certification that the closing is 
authorized by law will be available upon request.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Open Session
    1. Approval of agenda.
    2. Approval of the minutes of the Board's meeting of June 26, 2000.
    3. Approval of the minutes of the executive session of the Board's 
meeting of June 26, 2000.
    4. Approval of minutes of the Board's telephonic meeting of August 
1, 2000.
    5. Scheduled Public Speakers.
    6. Chairman's Report.
    7. Members' Report.
    8. Inspector General's Report.
    9. President's Report.
    10. Consider and act on the report of the Board's Committee on 
Provision for the Delivery of Legal Services.
    11. Consider and act on the report of the Board's Finance 
Committee.
    12. Consider and act on the report of the Board's Operations and 
Regulations Committee.
    13. Establish the Board's FY 2000 Annual Performance Reviews 
Committee to conduct the fiscal year 2000 annual performance appraisals 
of LSC's President and Inspector General.
    14. Consider and act on the establishment of an independent panel, 
and delegation to the Board Chair of authority to appoint the 
membership thereof, to study and report to the Board on the impact of 
LSC restrictions on the services that LSC grantees provide to clients.
    15. Consider and act on report by OIG Liaison John Erlenborn 
concerning OIG issuance and enforcement of subpoenas on Georgia 
programs.
    16. Consider and act on proposed change of the currently scheduled 
March 2001 Board meeting date.

Closed Session

    17. Briefing \1\ by the Inspector General on the activities of the 
Office of Inspector General.
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    \1\ Any portion of the closed session consisting solely of staff 
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 any such portion of the closed session. 5 U.S.C. 
552(b)(a)(2) and (b). See also 45 C.F.R. Sec. 1622.2 & 1622.3
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    18. Consider and act on the Office of Legal Affairs' report on 
potential and pending litigation involving LSC.
    19. Consider and act on an LSC officer's request for Board consent 
to his performing some limited services to a non-LSC entity during his 
own time.

Open Session

    20. Consider and act on other business.
    21. Public Comment.

CONTACT PERSON FOR INFORMATION: Victor M. Fortuno, Vice President for 
Legal Affairs, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, at (202) 336-
8800.

SPECIAL NEEDS: Upon request, meeting notices will be made available in 
alternate formats to accommodate visual and hearing impairments. 
Individuals who have a disability and need an accommodation to attend 
the meeting may notify Shannon Nicko Adaway, at (202) 336-8800.

    Dated: September 7, 2000.
Victor M. Fortuno,
Vice President for Legal Affairs, General Counsel & Corporate 
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-23515 Filed 9-8-00; 2:11 pm]
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