[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 65 (Tuesday, April 5, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19640-19641]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-07747]


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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION


Notice of Proposed Revisions for the LSC Grant Assurances for 
Calendar Year 2017 Basic Field Grants

AGENCY: Legal Services Corporation.

ACTION: Notice of proposed changes and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Legal Services Corporation (``LSC'') intends to revise the 
LSC Grant Assurances for calendar year 2017 Basic Field Grants and is 
soliciting public comment on the proposed changes. The proposed 
revisions affect Grant Assurances 7, 15, 20, and 22. The proposed LSC 
Grant Assurances for calendar year 2017 Basic Field Grants, in redline 
format indicating the proposed changes to the current ``LSC 2016 Grant 
Assurances,'' are available at http://grants.lsc.gov/sites/default/files/Grants/ReferenceMaterials/2017-GrantAssurances-Proposed.pdf.

DATES: All comments and recommendations must be received on or before 
the close of business on May 5, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
     Agency Web site: http://www.lsc.gov/contact-us. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments on the Web site.
     Email: [email protected].
     Fax: (202) 337-6813.
     Mail: Legal Services Corporation, 3333 K Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20007.
    All comments should be addressed to Reginald J. Haley, Office of 
Program Performance, Legal Services Corporation. Include ``2017 LSC 
Grant Assurances'' as the heading or subject line for all comments 
submitted.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Reginald J. Haley, [email protected], 
(202) 295-1545.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the LSC Grant Assurances is 
to delineate the rights and responsibilities of LSC and the recipient 
pursuant to the provisions of the grant. As a grant-making agency 
created by Congress, LSC has Grant Assurances that are intended to 
reiterate and/or clarify the responsibilities and obligations already 
applicable through existing law and regulations and/or obligate the 
recipient to comply with specific additional requirements in order to 
effectuate the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation Act, as 
amended, and other applicable law. A summary of the proposed changes 
follows.
    Grant Assurance 7 requires LSC recipients to provide legal services 
in accordance with: (a) The grant proposal that LSC approved; (b) the 
LSC Performance Criteria; (c) the ABA Standards for the Provision of 
Civil Legal Aid; (d) the ABA standards for Programs Providing Civil Pro 
Bono Legal Services to Persons of Limited Means; and (e) any applicable 
code or rules of professional conduct, responsibility, or ethics. The 
proposed change clarifies the Grant Assurance and notifies the 
recipient that LSC's consent is required before the recipient makes 
significant changes to the delivery system described in the approved 
grant proposal or grant renewal application.
    Grant Assurance 15 requires grantees to notify LSC of: (a) An 
office closing or relocation; (b) a change of board chairperson; (c) a 
change of chief executive officer; (d) a change in recipient's charter, 
articles of incorporation, by-laws, or governing body structure; and 
(e) a change in recipient's main email and Web site address. The 
proposed change updates the instruction for submitting these 
notifications to LSC.
    Grant Assurance 20 requires LSC recipients to provide advance 
notification to LSC of a proposed merger, consolidation, change in 
recipient's name, or status as a legal entity. In addition, Grant 
Assurance 20 directs recipients to LSC's instructions

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for planning an orderly conclusion of the role and responsibility of an 
LSC recipient. The proposed change clarifies and adds to the 
requirements for notifying LSC of a significant change in recipient's 
status and updates the Web site link to LSC's instructions for planning 
an orderly conclusion of the role and responsibility of an LSC 
recipient.
    Grant Assurance 22 requires recipients to give recognition and 
acknowledgement of LSC support and funding by displaying the LSC logo 
on the recipient's Web site, annual reports, press releases, 
letterhead, and other similar announcements and documents. The proposed 
change updates the Web site link to the digital and camera-ready 
versions of the LSC logo.

    Dated: March 31, 2016.
Stefanie K. Davis,
Assistant General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2016-07747 Filed 4-4-16; 8:45 am]
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