[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 13 (Friday, January 20, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3340-3342]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-549]


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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION


Sunshine Act Meetings of the Board of Directors and Four of the 
Board's Committees

Times and Dates: The Legal Services Corporation Board of Directors will 
meet on January 28, 2006, and four of its Committees will meet on 
January 27, 2006 in the order set forth in the following schedule, with 
each subsequent meeting commencing shortly after adjournment of the 
prior meeting.

Meeting Schedule

Friday, January 27, 2006--9 a.m.

    1. Performance Reviews Committee.
    2. Finance Committee.
    3. Provision for the Delivery of Legal Services Committee 
(``Provisions Committee'').

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    4. Operations and Regulations Committee.

Saturday, January 28, 2006--9 a.m.

    1. Board of Directors.

Location: The Melrose Hotel, 2430 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, 
DC.

Status of Meetings: Open, except as noted below.
     Status: January 27, 2006 Annual Performance Reviews 
Committee Meeting--Closed. The Performance Reviews Committee meeting 
may be closed to the public pursuant to a vote of the Board of 
Directors authorizing the Committee to meet in executive session to 
consider and act on the performance reviews of the Corporation's 
President and Inspector General (``IG''). The closing will be 
authorized by the relevant provisions of the Government in the Sunshine 
Act [5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2) and 552b(c)(6)] and the Legal Services 
Corporation's corresponding regulation, 45 CFR 1622.5(a) and 1622.5(e). 
A copy of the General Counsel's Certification that the closing is 
authorized by law will be available upon request.
     Status: January 27, 2006 Operations & Regulations 
Committee Meeting--Open, except that a portion of the meeting of the 
Committee may be closed to the public pursuant to a vote of the Board 
of Directors authorizing the Committee to meet in executive session to 
consider and act on the General Counsel's report on pending litigation 
regarding LSC's program integrity regulation at 45 CFR Part 1610. The 
closing will be authorized by the relevant provisions of the Government 
in the Sunshine Act [5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(10)] and the Legal Services 
Corporation's corresponding 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.
     Status: January 28, 2006 Board of Directors Meeting--Open, 
except that a portion of the meeting of the Board of Directors may be 
closed pursuant to a vote of the Board of Directors to hold an 
executive session. At the closed session, the Board will consider and 
may act on the General Counsel's report on litigation to which the 
Corporation is or may become a party, discuss internal procedures with 
and receive a report on investigations from the IG,\1\ and consider and 
may act on the report of the Annual Performance Reviews Committee on 
the performance reviews of the Corporation's President and IG. The 
closing is authorized by the relevant provisions of the Government in 
the Sunshine Act [5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(10), 552b(c)(2) and 552b(c)(6)] and 
LSC's implementing regulation 45 CFR 1622.5(h), 1622.5(a) and 
1622.5(e). A copy of the General Counsel's Certification that the 
closing is authorized by law will be available upon request.
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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 such portion of the closed session. 5 U.S.C. 
552(b)(a)(2) and (b). See also 45 CFR 1622.2 & 1622.3.

Matters To Be Considered: Friday, January 27, 2006.

Peformance Reviews Committee

Agenda

Closed Session
1. Approval of agenda.
2. Consider and act on annual performance review of LSC President.
    --Meet with Helaine Barnett.
3. Consider and act on annual performance review of LSC Inspector 
General.
    --Meet with Kirt West.
 4. Consider and act on other business.
5. Consider and act on adjournment of meeting.

Finance Committee

Agenda

Open Session
1. Approval of agenda.
2. Approval of the minutes of the Committee's meeting of October 28, 
2005.
3. Report on the Financial Audit for FY 2005.
4. Report on the final FY 2006 Appropriations.
5. Consider and act on adoption of Consolidated Operating Budget for FY 
2006.
6. Presentation on LSC's Financial Reports for the first two months of 
FY 2006.
7. Report on plan for submitting FY 2007 Budget Request to Congress.
8. Consider and act on other business.
9. Public comment.
10. Consider and act on adjournment of meeting.

Provisions Committee

Agenda

Open Session
1. Approval of agenda.
2. Approval of the Committee's meeting minutes of October 28, 2005.
3. Panel discussion on Private Attorney Involvement in LSC-funded 
programs Moderator: Karen Sarjeant, LSC Vice President for Programs and 
Compliance.
     The panel will discuss pro bono efforts and how legal 
services offices are effectively utilizing private attorney 
involvement, including a general overview of different approaches and 
various models, identification of some of the issues, challenges and 
problems, learning what others are doing, and focusing on what can be 
done to better facilitate and encourage pro bono involvement in LSC-
funded programs.
     In addition, the panel will focus on what law firms are 
doing to encourage their attorneys to provide pro bono services. What 
are the ways in which private law firms allow their attorneys to do 
this? What are the challenges? What are law firms doing to deal with 
economic pressures so that they can provide pro bono services while 
still meeting their economic model?
     What can LSC and/or its grantees do to further encourage 
private attorney involvement?
     Panel Members:
    --Esther Lardent, President, The Pro Bono Institute.
    --Charles T. Lester, Jr., Esq., Sutherland Asbill & Brennan--
Atlanta, GA.
    --Neil McBride, General Counsel, Legal Aid Society of Middle 
Tennessee & the Cumberlands.
    --Jonathan Ross, Chair, ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono and 
Public Service.
    --Robert N. Weiner, Esq., Arnold & Porter--Washington, DC.
4. Public comment.
5. Staff update on revision of LSC Performance Criteria.
6. Consider and act on other business.
7. Consider and act on adjournment of meeting.

Operations & Regulations Committee

Agenda

Open Session
1. Approval of agenda.
2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's meeting of October 29, 2005.
3. Consider and act on Draft Final Rule to remove Expenditure of Grant 
Funds regulation, 45 CFR part 1631.
    a. Staff report.
    b. Public comment.
4. Consider and act on rulemaking to revise Client Grievance Procedure 
regulation, 45 CFR part 1621.
    a. Staff report.
    b. Public comment.
5. Consider and act on initiation of rulemaking to revise Prohibition 
Against Discrimination on the Basis

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of Handicap regulation, 45 CFR part 1624.
    a. Staff report.
    b. Public comment.
6. Consider and act on Legal Action of Wisconsin's Petition for 
Rulemaking on LSC's Private Attorney Involvement regulation, 45 CFR 
part 1614.
    a. Staff report.
    b. Comments by Robert Henderson, Managing Attorney, LaCrosse 
Office, Legal Action of Wisconsin.
    c. Public Comment.
7. Consider and act on other business.
8. Other public comment.
Closed Session
9. Consider and act on the General Counsel's report on pending 
litigation regarding LSC's program integrity regulation, 45 CFR part 
1610.
10. Consider and act on adjournment of meeting.

Saturday, January 28, 2006

Board of Directors

Agenda

Open Session
1. Approval of agenda.
2. Approval of minutes of the Board's meeting of October 29, 2005.
3. Approval of minutes of the Executive Session of the Board's meeting 
of October 29, 2005.
4. Approval of minutes of the Board's Open Session Telephonic meeting 
of November 28, 2005.
5. Consider and act on nominations for the Chairman of the Board of 
Directors.
6. Consider and act on nominations for the Vice Chairman of the Board 
of Directors.
7. Consider and act on delegation to Chairman of authority to make 
Committee assignments.
8. Consider and act on Strategic Directions for 2006-2010.
9. Chairman's Report.
10. Members' Reports.
11. President's Report.
12. Inspector General's Report.
13. Consider and act on the report of the Provision for the Delivery of 
Legal Services Committee.
14. Consider and act on the report of the Finance Committee.
15. Consider and act on the report of the Operations & Regulations 
Committee.
16. Consider and act on other business.
17. Public comment.
18. Consider and act on whether to authorize an executive session of 
the Board to address items listed below under Closed Session.
Closed Session
19. Consider and act on General Counsel's report on potential and 
pending litigation involving LSC.
20. Discussion of internal procedures with OIG.
21. IG report to the Board.
22. Consider and act on the report of the Performance Reviews 
Committee.
23. Consider and act on motion to adjourn meeting.

Contact Person For Information: Patricia D. Batie, Manager of Board 
Operations, at (202) 295-1500.
    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 Patricia D. Batie, at (202) 295-1500.

    Dated: January 17, 2006.
Victor M. Fortuno,
Vice President for Legal Affairs, General Counsel & Corporate 
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 06-549 Filed 1-17-06; 4:19 pm]
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