[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 28, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 4242]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-1992]


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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 February 1, 2003. The meeting will begin at 9 
a.m. and continue until conclusion of the Board's agenda.

Location:  The Washington Court Hotel, 525 New Jersey Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC.

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) (10)] and the 
corresponding provisions of the Legal Services Corporation's 
implementing regulation [45 CFR 1622.5(h)]. A copy of the 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 November 9, 
2002.
    3. Approval of the minutes of the Executive Session of the Board's 
meeting of November 9, 2002.
    4. Approval of the Board's Special Session on Strategic Directions 
meeting of November 8, 2002.
    5. Approval of the Board's telephonic meeting of November 25, 2002.
    6. Chairman's Report.
    7. Members' Report.
    8. Acting 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 Operations and 
Regulations Committee.
    12. Consider and act on the report of the Board's Finance 
Committee.
    13. Consider and act on the Board's 2002 Annual Performance Reviews 
Committee's report on the annual evaluation of the Corporation's 
President and Acting Inspector General.
    14. Consider and act on possible dissolution of the Board's 2002 
Annual Performance Reviews Committee.
    15. Consider and act on contract renewals for LSC Vice Presidents 
Randi Youells, Mauricio Vivero, and Victor Fortuno.
    16. Consider and act on the Board's 2003 meeting schedule.

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 CFR 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.

Open Session

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

CONTACT PERSON FOR INFORMATION:  Victor M. Fortuno, Vice President for 
Legal Affairs, General Counsel & Secretary of the Corporation, 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 Elizabeth S. Cushing, at (202) 336-8800.

    Dated: January 23, 2003.
Victor M. Fortuno,
Vice President for Legal Affairs, General Counsel & Corporate 
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-1992 Filed 1-24-03; 8:45 am]
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