[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 16, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2218-2221]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-00698]


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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 January 21-23, 2018. On Sunday, January 
21, the first meeting will commence at 12:30 p.m., Central Standard 
Time (CST), with the meetings thereafter commencing promptly upon 
adjournment of the immediately preceding meeting. On Monday, January 
22, the first meeting will commence at 8:30 a.m. CST with the next 
meeting commencing promptly upon adjournment of the immediately 
preceding meeting. On Tuesday, January 23, the first meeting will 
commence at 9:45 a.m., CST and will be followed by the closed session 
meeting of the Board

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of Directors that will commence promptly upon adjournment of the prior 
meeting.

LOCATION:  The Hilton Nashville Downtown, 121 Fourth Avenue South, 
Nashville, Tennessee 37201.

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
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                                                              Time *
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Sunday, January 21, 2018:
    1. Operations & Regulations Committee...............      12:30 p.m.
    2. Governance and Performance Review Committee
    3. Combined Audit and Finance Committees
    4. Audit Committee
    5. Finance Committee
Monday, January 22, 2018:
    1. Institutional Advancement Committee..............       8:30 a.m.
    2. Communications Subcommittee Committee
    3. Delivery of Legal Services Committee
Tuesday, January 23, 2018:
    1. Board of Directors...............................       9:30 a.m.
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STATUS OF MEETING:  Open, except as noted below.
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    * Please note that all times in this notice are in Central 
Standard Time.
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    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, and on a list of prospective funders.**
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    ** Any portion of the closed sessionc 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 C.F.R. 1622.2 & 1622.3.
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    Combined Audit and Finance Committee--Open, except that, upon a 
vote of the Board of Directors, the meeting may be closed to the public 
to hear a briefing from the Corporation's Auditor.**
    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.**
    Institutional Advancement Committee--Open, except that, upon a vote 
of the Board of Directors, the meeting may be closed to the public to 
consider and act on recommendation of new Leaders Council invitees and 
to receive a briefing on the development activities.**
    A verbatim written transcript will be made of the closed session of 
the Board, Institutional Advancement Committee, Audit Committee, and 
Combined Audit and Finance Committee meetings. 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

January 21, 2018

Operations & Regulations Committee

Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting of 
October 15, 2017
3. Consider and act on Proposed Rulemaking to repeal 45 CFR parts 
1603--State Advisory Councils
     Ron Flagg, General Counsel and Vice President for Legal 
Affairs
     Stefanie Davis, Assistant General Counsel
     Zoe Osterman, Law Fellow
4. Consider and act on Proposed Rulemaking to adopt a Touhy rule for 
LSC's process to respond to subpoenas
     Ron Flagg, General Counsel and Vice President for Legal 
Affairs
     Stefanie Davis, Assistant General Counsel
     Kristin Martin, Law Fellow
5. Update on Implementation of Revised 45 CFR parts 1630 and 1631 
Regarding Costs and Acquisitions
     Ron Flagg, General Counsel and Vice President for Legal 
Affairs
     Stefanie Davis, Assistant General Counsel
6. Update on Consideration of Opening Rulemaking to Revise 45 CFR part 
1607--Governing Bodies
     Ron Flagg, General Counsel and Vice President for Legal 
Affairs
     Stefanie Davis, Assistant General Counsel
7. Discussion of future reports to the Committee by the Director of the 
Office of Date Governance and Analysis
     Carlos Manjarrez, Director, Office of Data Governance and 
Analysis
8. Discussion of Committee's evaluations for 2017 and goals for 2018
9. Discussion of Management's report on implementation of the Strategic 
Plan 2017-2020
     Jim Sandman, President
10. Public comment
11. Consider and act on other business
12. Consider and act on adjournment of meeting

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January 21, 2018

Governance and Performance Review Committee

Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting on 
October 16, 2017
3. Discussion of Board and Committee Evaluations
    a. Staff Report on 2017 Board and Committee Evaluations
    b. Discussion of Governance and Performance Committee's evaluations 
for 2017 and the Committee's goals for 2018
     Carol Bergman, Vice President for Government Relations & 
Public Affairs
4. Discussion of President's Evaluation 2017
5. Discussion of the Inspector General's FY 2017 activities
6. Report on foundation grants and LSC's research agenda
     Jim Sandman, President
7. Report on transition
     Ron Flagg, General Counsel and Vice President for Legal 
Affairs
     Carol Bergman, Vice President for Government Relations & 
Public Affairs
8. Consider and act on other business
9. Public comment
10. Consider and act on adjournment of meeting

January 21, 2018

Combined Audit & Finance Committee

Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Presentation of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 Annual Financial Audit
     John Seeba, Assistant Inspector General for Audits
     Millie Seijo, Castro & Company
3. Consider and act on Resolution 2018-XXX, Acceptance of the Draft 
Financial Statements for Fiscal Year 2017
4. Presentation of Financial Report for FY 2017
5. Review of LSC's Form 990 for FY 2017
6. Public comment
7. Consider and act on other business
8. Consider and act on motion to adjourn the Open Session Meeting and 
proceed to a Closed Session
Closed Session
9. Communication by Corporate Auditor with those charged with 
governance under Statement on Auditing Standard 114
     Jeffrey Schanz, Inspector General
     John Seeba, Assistant Inspector General for Audits
     Millie Seijo, Castro & Company
10. Consider and act on motion to adjourn the meeting

January 21, 2018

Audit Committee

Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting on 
October 15, 2017
3. Discussion of Committee's evaluations for 2017 and the Committee's 
Goals for 2018
4. Committee review of charter responsibilities and development of work 
plan
5. Briefing of Office of Inspector General
     Jeffrey Schanz, Inspector General
6. Pursuant to Section VIII(C)(5) of the Committee Charter, review 
LSC's and the Office of Inspector General's mechanisms for the 
submission of confidential complaints
     Jeffrey Schanz, Inspector General
     Lora Rath, Director, Office of Compliance and Enforcement
7. Management update regarding risk management
     Ron Flagg, General Counsel and Vice President for Legal 
Affairs
8. 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
     Jeffrey Schanz, Inspector General
     Lora Rath, Director of Compliance and Enforcement
     John Seeba, Assistant IG for Audits
9. Public comment
10. Consider and act on other business
11. Consider and act on motion to adjourn the open session meeting and 
proceed to a closed session
Closed Session
12. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Closed Session meeting of 
October 15, 2017
13. 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 General
     Lora Rath, Director of Compliance and Enforcement
14. Consider and act on adjournment of meeting

January 21, 2018

Finance Committee

Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting on 
October 16, 2017
3. Discussion of Committee's evaluations for 2017 and the Committee's 
goals of 2018
4. Presentation of LSC's Financial Report for the first two months of 
FY 2018
     David Richardson, Treasurer/Comptroller
5. Discussion of LSC's FY 2018 appropriations request
     Carol Bergman, Vice President for Government Relations & 
Public Affairs
6. Consider and act on LSC's Revised Operating Budget for FY 2018, 
Resolution #2017-XXX
     David Richardson, Treasurer and Comptroller
7. Discussion of LSC's FY 2019 appropriations request
     Carol Bergman, Director of Government Relations & Public 
Affairs
8. Report on the Selection of Accounts and Depositories for LSC Funds
     David Richardson, Treasurer/Comptroller
9. Public comment
10. Consider and act on other business
11. Consider and act on adjournment of meeting

January 22, 2018

Institutional Advancement Committee

Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting of 
October 15, 2017
3. Discussion of Committee's evaluations for 2017 and the Committee's 
goals of 2018
4. Update on Leaders Council
     John G. Levi, Chairman of the Board
5. Development report
     Nadia Elguindy, Director of Institutional Advancement
6. Consider and act on updating Institutional Advancement Protocols
     Nadia Elguindy, Director of Institutional Advancement
     Ron Flagg, Vice President for Legal Affairs, General 
Counsel and Corporate Secretary
7. Consider and act on Resolution #2018-XXX, Expenditure of Private 
Funds to Support Public Awareness Campaign for Business Community
     Jim Sandman, President
8. Public Comment
9. Consider and act on other business
10. Consider and act on motion to adjourn the open session meeting and 
proceed to a closed session

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Closed Session
11. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Closed Session meeting of 
October 15, 2017
12. Development activities report
13. Consider and act on motion to approve Leaders Council invitees
14. Consider and act on other business
15. Consider and act on motion to adjourn the meeting

January 22, 2018

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 
October 15, 2017
3. Discussion of Subcommittee's evaluations for 2017 and the 
Subcommittee's goals for 2018
4. Communications analytics update
     Carl Rauscher, Director of Communications and Media 
Relations
5. Public comment
6. Consider and act on other business
7. Consider and act on motion to adjourn the meeting

January 22, 2018

Delivery of Legal Services Committee

Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting on 
October 15, 2017
3. Discussion of Committee's evaluations for 2017 and the Committee's 
goals for 2018
4. Discussion of future topics for Delivery of Legal Services Committee 
panel presentations
5. Panel presentation on online intake and triage
     Ashley Holliday, Deputy General Counsel, Est Tennessee 
Legal Services
     Iliana Sanchez-Bryson, Chief Information Officer, Greater 
Miami Legal Services
     Angela Tripp, Director, Michigan Legal Help Program, and 
Technology Grants Manager, Michigan Advocacy Program
6. Public comment
7. Consider and act on other business
8. Consider and act on motion to adjourn the meeting

January 23, 2018

Board of Directors

Open Session
1. Pledge of Allegiance
2. Approval of agenda
3. Approval of minutes of the Board's Open Session meeting of October 
17, 2017
4. Approval of minutes of the Board's Open Session telephonic meeting 
of November 28, 2017
5. Consider and act on nomination for the Chairman of the Board 
Directors
6. Consider and act on nominations for the Vice Chairman of the Board 
of Directors
7. Chairman's Report
8. Members' Report
9. President's Report
10. Inspector General's Report
11. Consider and act on the report of the Operations and Regulations 
Committee
12. Consider and act on the report of the Governance and Performance 
Review Committee
13. Consider and act on the Combined Audit and Finance Committee
14. Consider and act on the report of the Audit Committee
15. Consider and act on the report of the Finance Committee
16. Consider and act on the report of the Institutional Advancement 
Committee
17. Consider and act on the report of the Delivery of Legal Services 
Committee
18. Public comment
20. Consider and act on other business
21. Consider and act on whether to authorize an executive session of 
the Board to address items listed below, under Closed Session
Closed Session
22. Approval of minutes of the Board's Closed Session meeting of 
October 17, 2017
23. Briefing by Management
24. Briefing by Inspector General
25. Consider and act on General Counsel's report on potential and 
pending litigation Involving LSC
26. Consider and act on list of prospective Leaders Council members
27. 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 website, at http://www.lsc.gov/board-directors/meetings/board-meeting-notices/non-confidential-materials-be-considered-open-session.

ACCESSIBILITY:  LSC complies with the Americans 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: January 11, 2018.
Katherine Ward,
Executive Assistant to the Vice President for Legal Affairs, General 
Counsel & Corporate Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-00698 Filed 1-11-18; 4:15 pm]
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