[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 11, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70136-70138]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-24638]


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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION


Sunshine Act Meeting

DATE AND TIME: The Legal Services Corporation's Board of Directors and 
its six committees will meet October 16-18, 2016. On Sunday, October 
16, the first meeting will commence at 12:30 p.m., Mountain Standard 
Time (MST), with the meeting thereafter commencing promptly upon 
adjournment of the immediately preceding meeting. On Monday, October 
17, the first meeting will commence at 8:15 a.m., MST, with the next 
meeting commencing promptly upon adjournment of the immediately 
preceding meeting. On Tuesday, October 18, the first meeting will 
commence at 9:00 a.m., MST, it will be followed by the closed session 
meeting of the Board of Directors which will commence promptly upon 
adjournment of the prior meeting.

LOCATION:  The Hotel Andaluz, 125 2nd Street NW., Albuquerque, New 
Mexico 87102.

PUBLIC OBSERVATION:  Unless otherwise noted herein, the Board and all 
committee meetings will be open to public observation. Members of the 
public who are unable to attend in person but wish to listen to the 
public proceedings may do so by following the telephone call-in 
directions provided below.

CALL-IN DIRECTIONS FOR OPEN SESSIONS:
     Call toll-free number: 1-866-451-4981;
     When prompted, enter the following numeric pass code: 
5907707348
     Once connected to the call, your telephone line will be 
automatically ``MUTED''.
     To participate in the meeting during public comment press 
#6 to ``UNMUTE'' your telephone line, once you have concluded your 
comments please press *6 to ``MUTE'' your line.
Members of the public are asked to keep their telephones muted to 
eliminate background noises. To avoid disrupting the meeting, please 
refrain from placing the call on hold if doing so will trigger recorded 
music or other sound. From time to time, the presiding Chair may 
solicit comments from the public.

Meeting Schedule

Sunday, October 16, 2016--Time \*\
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    \*\ Please note that all times in this notice are in Eastern 
Standard Time.
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1. Operations and Regulations Committee--12:30 p.m.
2. Finance Committee
3. Institutional Advancement Committee
4. Communications Subcommittee of the Institutional Advancement 
Committee
5. Audit Committee

Monday, October 17, 2016

1. Governance & Performance Review Committee--8:15 a.m.
2. Delivery of Legal Services Committee

Tuesday, October 18, 2016

1. Board of Directors--9:00 a.m.

STATUS OF MEETING:  Open, except as noted below.
    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 hear 
briefings by management and LSC's Inspector General, and to consider 
and act on the General Counsel's report on potential and pending 
litigation involving LSC, development activities, and on a list of 
prospective Leaders Council members.**
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    \**\ 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. 5 U.S.C. 
552b (a) (2) and (b). See also 45 CFR 1622.2 & 1622.3.
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    Institutional Advancement Committee--Open, except that the meeting 
may be closed to the public to

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receive a briefing on the development activities, and donor report. **
    Audit Committee--Open, except that the meeting may be closed to the 
public to hear a briefing on the Office of Compliance and Enforcement's 
active enforcement matters. **
    A verbatim written transcript will be made of the closed session of 
the Board, Institutional Advancement Committee, and Audit Committee. 
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) 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: 

October 16, 2016

Operations & Regulations Committee

Open Session

1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's meeting of July 18, 2016
3. Review of Operations and Regulations Committee Charter
4. Consider and act on Final Rule of Proposed Rulemaking for 45CFR part 
1627--Subgrants with consolidation of transfer provisions from 45 CFR 
part 1610.7
     Ron Flagg, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Vice 
President for Legal Affairs
     Stefanie Davis, Assistant General Counsel
     Mark Freedman, Senior Associate General Counsel
5. Consider and act on Proposed Rule for 45 CFR part 1630--Cost 
Standards and the Property Acquisition and Management Manual
     Ron Flagg, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Vice 
President for Legal Affairs
     Stefanie Davis, Assistant General Counsel
6. Consider and act on Justification Memo for 45 CFR part 1629--Bonding 
on Recipients
     Ron Flagg, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Vice 
President for Legal Affairs
     Stefanie Davis, Assistant General Counsel
7. Consider and act on Technical Amendments for 45 CFR part 1602--
Procedures for disclosure of information under FOIA
     Ron Flagg, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Vice 
President for Legal Affairs
     Stefanie Davis, Assistant General Counsel
     Helen Guyton, Assistant General Counsel
8. Public comment
9. Consider and act on other business
10. Consider and act on motion to adjourn meeting______

October 16, 2016

FINANCE COMMITTEE

Open Session

1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session telephonic 
meeting of June 28, 2016
3. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session telephonic 
meeting of July 14, 2016
4. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting of July 
17, 2016
5. Review of Finance Committee Charter
6. Presentation of LSC's Financial Report for the eleven-month period 
ending July 31, 2016
     David Richardson, Treasurer/Comptroller
7. Report on status of FY 2017 appropriations process
     Carol Bergman, Vice President for Government Relations & 
Public Affairs
8. Consider and act on Resolution #2016-XXX, Temporary Operating Budget 
for FY 2017
     David Richardson, Treasurer/Comptroller
9. Report on status of FY 2018 appropriations process
     Carol Bergman, Vice President for Government Relations & 
Public Affairs
10. Public comment
11. Consider and act on other business
12. Consider and act on adjournment of meeting______

Institutional Advancement Committee

Open Session

1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting of April 
17, 2016
3. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting of July 
17, 2016
4. Update on Leaders Council
     John G. Levi, chairman
5. Development Report
     Wendy Rhein, Chief Development Officer
6. Review of Institutional Advancement Committee Charter
7. Public Comment
8. Consider and act on other business
9. Consider and act on motion to adjourn open session meeting and 
proceed to a closed session

Closed Session

1. Approval of the minutes of the Committee's Closed Session meeting of 
July 17, 2016
2. Development activities report
3. Consider and act on motion to approve Leaders Council invitees
4. Consider and act on other business
5. Consider and act on motion to adjourn the meeting______

Communications Subcommittee of the Institutional Advancement Committee

Open Session

1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Subcommittee's Open Session meeting of 
July 17, 2016
3. Communications analytics update
     Carl Rauscher, Director of Communications and Media 
Relations
4. Approval of proposed Communications Subcommittee Charter
5. Board visits to LSC programs
     John G. Levi, Chairman of the Board
     Julie Reiskin, Subcommittee Chair
6. Public comment
7. Consider and act on other business
8. Consider and act on motion to adjourn the meeting______

October 16, 2016

Audit Committee

Open Session

1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting of July 
17, 2016
3. Consider and act on Resolution #2016-XXX, Audit Committee Charter
4. Briefing by Office of Inspector General
     Jeffrey Schanz, Inspector General
5. Discussions with the Office of Inspector General (OIG) pursuant to 
Section VIII(A)(3) and Section VIII(A)(4) of the Audit Committee 
Charter
     John Seeba, Assistant Inspector General for Audits
6. Discussions with OIG, Management, and WithumSmith+Brown on the 
contemplated scope and plan for LSC's required annual audit, pursuant 
to Section VIII(A)(1) of the Committee Charter
     David Richardson, Treasurer and Comptroller
     John Seeba, Assistant Inspector General for Audits
7. Pursuant to Section VIII(C)(6) of the Committee Charter, review 
LSC's efforts, including training and education, to help ensure that 
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employees and grantees act ethically and safeguard LSC funds
     Ron Flagg, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Vice 
President for Legal Affairs
     Lynn Jennings, Vice President for Grants Management
     David Richardson, Treasurer/Comptroller
     Jeffrey Schanz, Inspector General
8. Management update regarding risk management
     Ron Flagg, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Vice 
President for Legal Affairs
9. Briefing about follow-up by the Office of Compliance and Enforcement 
on referrals by the Office of Inspector General regarding audit reports 
and annual Independent Public audits of grantees
     Lora Rath, Director, Office of Compliance and Enforcement
     John Seeba, Assistant Inspector General for Audits
10. Public comment
11. Consider and act on other business

Closed Session

1. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Closed Session meeting of 
July 17, 2016
2. Briefing by the Office of Compliance and Enforcement on active 
enforcement matter(s) and follow-up to open investigation referrals 
from the Office of Inspector
     Lora Rath, Director, Office of Compliance and Enforcement
3. Consider and act on motion to adjourn the meeting______

October 17, 2016

Governance and Performance Review Committee

Open Session

1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting of July 
18, 2016
3. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Closed Session meeting of 
July 18, 2016
4. Review of Governance and Performance Review Committee Charter
5. Report on 2016 Board and Committee evaluations
     Carol Bergman, Vice President for Government Relations & 
Public Affairs
6. Report on foundation grants and LSC's research agenda
     Jim Sandman, President
7. Report on transition planning
     Report on White House transition Carol Bergman, Vice 
President for Government Relations & Public Affairs
     Report on Board transition Ron Flagg, General Counsel, 
Corporate Secretary and Vice President for Legal Affairs
8. Public comment
9. Consider and act on other business
10. Consider and act on motion to adjourn meeting______

October 17, 2016

Delivery of Legal Services Committee

Open Session

1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting on July 
18, 2016
3. Review of Delivery of Legal Services Committee Charter
4. Review and discussion of future topics for Committee meetings
     Jim Sandman, President
     Lynn Jennings, Vice President for Grants Management
     Janet LaBella, Director, Office of Program Performance
5. Review of schedule of Program Quality Visits conducted by the Office 
of Program Performance
     Janet LaBella, Director, Office of Program Performance
6. Panel presentation and Committee discussion of development and 
implementation of grantee priorities and case acceptance guidelines: 
Performance Area 1, Criteria 2
     Ed Marks, Executive Director, New Mexico legal Aid
     Lee Richardson, Executive Director, Legal Aid of Arkansas
     Rhodia Thomas, Executive Director, MidPenn Legal Services
     Janet LaBella, Director, Office of Program Performance 
(Moderator)
7. Public comment
8. Consider and act on other business
9. Consider and act on motion to adjourn the meeting______

October 18, 2016

Board of Directors

Open Session

1. Pledge of Allegiance
2. Approval of agenda
3. Chairman's Report
4. Members' Report
5. President's Report
6. Inspector General's Report
7. Consider and act on the report of the Finance Committee
8. Consider and act on the report of the Audit Committee
9. Consider and act on the report of the Operations and Regulations 
Committee
10. Consider and act on the report of the Governance and Performance 
Review Committee
11. Consider and act on the report of the Institutional Advancement 
Committee
12. Consider and act on the report of the Delivery of Legal Services 
Committee
13. Consider and act on Resolution in Memoriam Vernon J. Roanhorse
14. Public comment
15. Consider and act on other business
16. Consider and act on whether to authorize a closed session of the 
Board to address items listed below

Closed Session

1. Approval of minutes of the Board's Closed Session meeting of July 
17, 2016
2. Briefing by Management
3. Briefing by Inspector General
4. Consider and act on General Counsel's report on potential and 
pending litigation involving LSC
5. Consider and act on list of prospective funders
6. Consider and act on motion to adjourn meeting

CONTACT PERSON FOR INFORMATION:  Katherine Ward, Executive Assistant to 
the Vice President & General Counsel, at (202) 295-1500. Questions may 
be sent by electronic mail to [email protected].

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 Web site, at http://www.lsc.gov/board-directors/meetings/board-meeting-notices/non-confidential-materials-be-considered-open-session.

ACCESSIBILITY:  LSC complies with the American's with Disabilities Act 
and Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act. Upon request, meeting 
notices and materials will be made available in alternative formats to 
accommodate individuals with disabilities. Individuals who need other 
accommodations due to disability in order to attend the meeting in 
person or telephonically should contact Katherine Ward, at (202) 295-
1500 or [email protected], at least 2 business days in 
advance of the meeting. If a request is made without advance notice, 
LSC will make every effort to accommodate the request but cannot 
guarantee that all requests can be fulfilled.

    Dated: October 6, 2016.
Katherine Ward,
Executive Assistant to the Vice President for Legal Affairs, General 
Counsel & Corporate Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-24638 Filed 10-6-16; 4:15 pm]
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