[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 140 (Tuesday, July 21, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44110-44112]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-15856]


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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION


Sunshine Act Meetings

TIME AND DATE: The Legal Services Corporation's Board of Directors and 
its six committees will meet July 27-28, 2020. On Monday, July 27, the 
first meeting will commence at 11:00 a.m., Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), 
with the next meeting commencing promptly upon adjournment of the 
immediately preceding meeting. On Tuesday, July 28, the first meeting 
will commence at 11:00 p.m., EDT, with the next meeting commencing 
promptly upon adjournment of the immediately preceding meeting. On 
Tuesday, July 28, the closed session meeting of the Board of Directors 
will commence at 3:30 p.m., EDT.

PLACE: Public notice of virtual remote meeting.
    Due to the COVID-19 public health crisis, Legal Services 
Corporation (LSC) will be conducting the July 27-28, 2020 meetings 
remotely via ZOOM.
    Public Observation: Unless otherwise noted herein, the Board and 
all committee meetings will be open to public observation. Members of 
the public who wish to participate remotely in the public proceedings 
may do so by following the directions provided below.

Directions for Open Sessions

July 27, 2020

     To join the Zoom meeting by computer: please click the 
below link.

     https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87535270597?pwd=NmZhclFsbWJUMjZNemtveDIyempGdz09
     Meeting ID: 875 3527 0597
     Password: Justice74
     To join the Zoom meeting with one touch from your mobile 
phone, click below:

    +19292056099, 87535270597#, 0#, 706932982# US (New York)
    +13017158592, 87535270597#, 0#, 706932982# US (Germantown)

     To join the Zoom meeting by phone, use this information:

    Dial by your location
    +1 929 205 6099 US (New York)
    +1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)
    +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
    +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
    +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)
    +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)

     Meeting ID: 875 3527 0597
     Password: 706932982
    Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/k1qUDam4e

July 28, 2020

     To Join the Zoom Meeting by computer: please click the 
below

    https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84929718310?pwd=VzVaTU84bXhIb0ExYy8yVWdhYUl4dz09
     Meeting ID: 849 2971 8310
     Password: Justice74
     To join the Zoom meeting with one touch from your mobile 
phone, click the below link

+19292056099, 84929718310#, 0#, 570001932# US (New York)
+13017158592, 84929718310#, 0#, 570001932# US (Germantown)

Dial by your location
+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)
+1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)
+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)

     Meeting ID: 849 2971 8310
     Password: 570001932
    Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kct5alEjLP
     When connected to the call, please immediately ``MUTE'' 
your telephone.
    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 Chair may solicit comments 
from the public.
     To participate in the meeting during public comment you 
will be notified when your microphone is no longer ``MUTED'' and you 
may give your questions, and or comments.

                            Meeting Schedule
 
 
 
           Monday, July 27, 2020            ** Time
 
1. Governance and Performance Review        11:00 a.m.
 Committee.
2. Institutional Advancement Committee....  ............................
3. Communications Subcommittee of the       ............................
 Institutional Advancement Committee.
4. Delivery of Legal Services Committee...  ............................
5. Operations & Regulations Committee.....  ............................
 
          Tuesday, July 28, 2020            ** Time
 
1. Finance Committee......................  11:00 a.m.
2. Audit Committee........................  ............................

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3. Board of Directors.....................  ............................
 
** Any portion of the closed session consisting solely of briefings does
  not fall within the Sunshine Act's definition of the ``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. Sec.   1622.2 & 1622.3. Please note all meetings are Eastern
  Daylight Time (EDT).


STATUS: 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.\*\
    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.**
    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 
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: 

July 27, 2020

Governance and Performance Review Committee

Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting on April 
20, 2020
3. Report on process and timeline for preparation for Administration 
Transition teams
4. Consider and act on other business
5. Public comment
6. Consider and act on motion to adjourn the meeting

Institutional Advancement Committee

Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting of April 
20, 2020
3. Update on Leaders Council and Emerging Leaders Council
     John G. Levi, Chairman of the Board
4. Development report
     Nadia Elguindy, Director of Institutional Advancement
     Ron Flagg, President
5. Consider and act on Resolution #2020-XXX, Minnesota Charitable 
Organization Annual Report Form
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
1. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Closed Session meeting of 
April 20, 2020
2. Development activities report
     Nadia Elguindy, Director of Institutional Advancement
3. Consider and act on motion to approve Leaders Council and Emerging 
Leaders Council invitees
4. Consider and act on other business
5. Consider and act on motion to adjourn the meeting

July 27, 2020

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 
April 20, 2020
3. Communications and social media update
     Carl Rauscher, Director of Communications and Media 
Relations
4. Public comment
5. Consider and act on other business
6. Consider and act on motion to adjourn the meeting

July 27, 2020

Delivery of Legal Services Committee

Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting on April 
20, 2020
3. Presentation on Remote Oversight
     Joyce McGee, Director, Office of Program Performance
     Lora Rath, Director, Office of Compliance and Enforcement
4. Performance Criteria Update
     Lynn Jennings, Vice President for Grants Management
5. Panel: COVID-19 Effects on State, Local, and Private Funding for 
Grantees
     Jennifer Bentley, Executive Director, Michigan Bar 
Foundation; President, National Association of IOLTA Programs
     Nalani Fujimori Kaina, Executive Director, Legal Aid 
Society of Hawai'i
     Nick Smithberg, Executive Director, Texas Access to 
Justice foundation
     Betty Torres, Executive Director, Texas Access to Justice 
Foundation
     Moderator: Lynn Jennings, Vice President for Grants 
Management
6. Public comment
7. Consider and act on other business
8. Consider and act on motion to adjourn the meeting

July 27, 2020

Operations & Regulations Committee

Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting of April 
20, 2020
3. Consider and act on final rule to update 45 CFR parts 1610 and 1630
     Mark Freedman, Senior Associate General Counsel
     Public comment on the final rule
4. Report on the regulatory issues involving the COVID-19 Pandemic
     Mark Freedman, Senior Associate General Counsel
5. Update on public comment on the draft Financial Guide to replace the 
Accounting Guide
     Mark Freedman, Senior Associate General Counsel
     Stuart Axenfeld, Deputy Director for Fiscal Compliance, 
Office of Compliance and Enforcement
6. Public comment
7. Consider and act on other business
8. Consider and act on adjournment of meeting

July 28, 2020

Finance Committee

Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Combined Finance and Audit Committee's 
Open Session meeting on April 21, 2020
3. Approval of the minutes of the Combined Finance and Audit 
Committee's Closed Session meeting of April 21, 2020
4. Approval of the minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting of 
June 16, 2020
5. Approval of the minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting of 
June 30, 2020
6. Presentation of LSC's Financial Report for the quarter ending June 
30, 2020

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     Debbie Moore, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer
7. Report on the FY 2021 appropriations process and COVID-19 
Supplemental Appropriations
     Carol Bergman, Vice President for Government Relations & 
Public Affairs
8. Consider and act on Temporary Operating Authority for FY 2021, 
Resolution #2020-XXX
     Debbie Moore, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
9. Public comment
10. Consider and act on other business
11. Consider and act on adjournment of meeting

July 28, 2020

Audit Committee

Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting on April 
21, 2020
3. Approval of the Combined Audit and Finance Committees' Open Session 
meeting of April 21, 2020
4. Briefing of Office of Inspector General
     Jeffrey Schanz, Inspector General
     Roxanne Caruso, Assistant Inspector General for Audits
5. Management update regarding risk management
     Ronald Flagg, President
6. 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 of Compliance and Enforcement
     Roxanne Caruso, Assistant IG for Audits
7. Public comment
8. Consider and act on other business
9. Consider and act on motion to adjourn the open session meeting and 
proceed to a closed session
Closed Session
1. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Closed Session meeting of 
April 21, 2020
2. Approval of the Combined Audit and Finance Committees' Closed 
Session Meeting of April 21, 2020
3. Briefing on status of Audit recommendations and, pursuant to Section 
VIII(C) (1) of the Committee Charter, review of LSC's systems of 
internal controls that are designed to minimize the risk of fraud, 
theft, corruption, or misuse of funds
     Debbie Moore, Treasurer & chief Financial Officer
4. Consider and act on adjournment of meeting

July 28, 2020

Board of Directors

Open Session--July 28, 2020
1. Pledge of Allegiance
2. Approval of agenda
3. Approval of minutes of the Board's Open Session meeting of April 21, 
2020
4. Honor and thank American Bar Association President Judy Perry 
Martinez for her support of LSC during her presidential year
5. Chairman's Report
6. Members' Report
7. President's Report
8. Inspector General's Report
9. Consider and act on the report of the Governance and Performance 
Committee
10. Consider and act on the report of the Operations and Regulations 
Committee
11. Consider and act on the report of the Finance Committee
12. Consider and act on the report of the Audit Committee
13. Consider and act on the report of the Institutional Advancement 
Committee
14. Consider and act on the report of the Delivery of Legal Services 
Committee
15. Consider and act on Resolution 2020-XXX, adopting LSC's 
Appropriation Request for Fiscal Year 2022
16. Report on process and timeline for Strategic Plan
     Ronald Flagg, President
17. Veterans Task Force Update
     Ronald Flagg, President
18. Disaster Task Force Update
     Lynn Jennings, Vice President for Grants Management
19. Public Comment
20. Consider and act on other business
21. 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 April 
21, 2020
2. Management briefing
3. Discuss the 2021 Innovations in Technology Conference
4. Inspector General briefing
5. Consider and act on General Counsel's report on potential and 
pending litigation involving LSC
6. Consider and act on prospective Leaders Council and Emerging Leaders 
Council invitees
7. Consider and act on motion to adjourn meeting

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Karly Satkowiak, Special Counsel 
at (202) 295-1633 and 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.

    Dated: July 16, 2020.
Katherine Ward,
Executive Assistant to the Vice President for Legal Affairs, General 
Counsel & Corporate Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-15856 Filed 7-17-20; 4:15 pm]
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