[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 198 (Monday, October 18, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57702-57704]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-22657]


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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION


Sunshine Act Meeting

TIME AND DATE: The Legal Services Corporation's (LSC) Board of 
Directors and its six committees will meet October 25-26, 2021. On 
Monday, October 25, the first meeting will begin at 12:15 p.m. Eastern 
Daylight Time (EDT), with the next meeting commencing promptly upon 
adjournment of the immediately preceding meeting. On Tuesday, October 
26, the first meeting will again begin at 11:00 a.m., EDT, with the 
next meeting commencing promptly upon adjournment of the immediately 
preceding meeting.

PLACE: Public Notice of Virtual Meeting.
    LSC will conduct the October 25-26, 2021 meetings virtually 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

Monday, October 25, 2021

 To join the Zoom meeting by computer, please use this link.
 https://lsc-gov.zoom.us/j/97618139032?pwd=ZU15SnIzVjdXK0F2R0gxcTh3dkpUUT09
[cir] Meeting ID: 976 1813 9032
[cir] Passcode: 102021
 To join the Zoom meeting with one tap from your mobile phone, 
please click dial:
[cir] +16468769923, 97618139032# US (New York)
[cir] +13017158592, 97618139032# US (Washington DC)
 To join the Zoom meeting by telephone, please dial one of the 
following numbers:
[cir] +1 646 876 9923 US (New York)
[cir] +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)
[cir] Meeting ID: 976 1813 9032
[cir] Passcode: 102021
[cir] Find your local number: https://lsc-gov.zoom.us/u/acCVpRj1FD

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

 To join the Zoom meeting by computer, please use this link.
 https://lsc-gov.zoom.us/j/93655413488?pwd=Z3BmWnVMT2ZVTlBvYVJUYUM4SW96UT09
[cir] Meeting ID: 936 5541 3488
[cir] Passcode: 102021
 To join the Zoom meeting with one tap from your mobile phone, 
please click dial:
[cir] +16468769923, 93655413488# US (New York)
[cir] +13017158592, 93655413488# US (Washington DC)
 To join the Zoom meeting by telephone, please dial one of the 
following numbers:
[cir] +1 646 876 9923 US (New York)
[cir] +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)
[cir] Meeting ID: 936 5541 3488
[cir] Passcode: 102021
[cir] Find your local number: https://lsc-gov.zoom.us/u/acCVpRj1FD

    Once connected to Zoom, please immediately mute your computer or 
telephone. Members of the public are asked to keep their computers or 
telephones muted to eliminate background noise. To avoid disrupting the 
meetings, 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, use the `raise 
your hand' or `chat' functions in Zoom and wait to be recognized by the 
Chair before stating your questions and/or comments.

STATUS: Open, except as noted below.
    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 recommendations to invite prospective members to 
join the Leaders Council and Emerging Leaders Council, and to receive a 
briefing on development activities.
    Audit Committee -- Open, except that, upon a vote of the Board of 
Directors, the meeting may be closed to the public for briefings on the 
Office of Compliance and Enforcement's (OCE) active enforcement 
matter(s) and to discuss follow-up work by OCE relating to open Office 
of Inspector General investigations.
    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 for 
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 prospective Leaders Council and Emerging 
Leaders Council members.
    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.\1\
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    \1\ 5 U.S.C. 552b(a)(2) and (b). See also 45 CFR 1622.2 & 
1622.3.
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    A verbatim written transcript will be made of the closed session of 
the Board, Audit and Institutional Advancement 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: 

Meeting Schedule

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                                                                   time
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                                                                   EDT)
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                        Monday, October 25, 2021
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1. Governance and Performance Review Committee Meeting p.m. EDT    12:15
2. Institutional Advancement Committee (IAC) Meeting
3. Communications Subcommittee of the IAC Meeting
4. Operations and Regulations Committee Meeting
5. Delivery of Legal Services Committee Meeting
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                        Tuesday, October 26, 2021
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1. Finance Committee Meeting a.m. EDT..........................    11:00
2. Audit Committee Meeting
3. Board of Directors Meeting
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October 25, 2021

Governance and Performance Review Committee

Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's open session meeting on July 
22, 2021
3. Briefing on legal aid and the Executive Branch
    a. White House and U.S. Department of Justice report on 
establishing the Access to Justice Office and Legal Aid Interagency 
Roundtable
    b. White House, U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Department of 
Treasury initiatives on eviction
     Ron Flagg, President
     Carol Bergman, Vice President for Government Relations & 
Public

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Affairs
4. Report on annual Board and Committee evaluations
     Carol Bergman, Vice President for Government Relations & 
Public Affairs
5. Consider and act on other business
6. Public comment
7. 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 on July 
23, 2021
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
5. Consider and act on Resolution #2021-XXX, Approving the Expenditure 
of Private Funds to Engage Latz & Co to assist with 50th Anniversary 
Fundraising Campaign
6. Consider and act on Resolution #2021-XXX, Approving the Expenditure 
of Private Funds to Support LSC's Rural Summer Legal Corps
7. Consider and act on Resolution #2021-XXX, Designating leftover 
private funds, previously earmarked for the Legal Navigator project, as 
unrestricted funds
8. Update on Veterans Task Force and Opioid Task Force Implementation
     Stefanie Davis, Senior Assistant General Counsel
9. Consider and act on Resolution #2021-XXX, Approving the Expenditure 
of Private Funds to Support the Opioid Task Force Training Module 
Project
10. Update on the Eviction Study
     Lynn Jennings, Vice President for Grants Management
11. Update on Housing Task Force
     Helen Guyton, Senior Assistant General Counsel
12. Update on the Rural Justice Task Force
     Jessica Wechter, Special Assistant to the President
13. Public comment
14. Consider and act on other business
15. 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 Institutional Advancement Committee's 
Closed Session meeting on July 23, 2021
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

Communications Subcommittee of the Institutional Advancement Committee

Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Subcommittee's open session meeting on 
July 23, 2021
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

Operations and Regulations Committee

Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's open session meeting on July 
22, 2021
3. Update on retrospective review of LSC's regulations
     Stefanie Davis, Senior Assistant General Counsel
4. Public comment
5. Consider and act on other business
6. Consider and act on motion to adjourn the meeting

Delivery of Legal Services Committee

Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's open session meeting on July 
22, 2021
3. Performance criteria update
     Lynn Jennings, Vice President for Grants Management
     Joyce McGee, Director, Office of Program Performance
4. Discussion of Delivery of Legal Services Committee Charter
     Fr. Pius Pietrzyk, Board Vice Chair, Committee Chair
5. Report on client services reviewers
     Lynn Jennings, Vice President for Grants Management
     James Scruggs, Deputy Director, Office of Program 
Performance
6. Discussion on growing need for legal assistance with consumer debt
     Ron Flagg, President
7. Panel discussion: Changes to Grantee Operations and Business Models 
due to COVID-19
     Jim Cook, Executive Director, Idaho Legal Services
     Yvonne Mariajimenez, President & CEO, Neighborhood Legal 
Services of Los Angeles
     Jonathan Mannina, Executive Director, Community Legal Aid 
(Mass.)
     Kathleen (Kate) McGarvey, Executive Director, Ohio State 
Legal Services Association
     Moderator: Ronk[eacute] Hughes, Deputy Director, Office of 
Program Performance
8. Public comment
9. Consider and act on other business
10. Consider and act on a motion to adjourn the meeting

October 26, 2021

Finance Committee Agenda

Open Session
1. Approval of meeting agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's open session meetings on June 
30, July 13, and July 22, 2021
3. Presentation of LSC's financial report for the Fiscal Year ending 
September 30, 2021
     Debbie Moore, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
4. Report on Fiscal Year 2022 appropriation and supplemental requests
     Carol Bergman, Vice President for Government Relations and 
Public Affairs
5. Report on Fiscal Year 2022 budget
     Ron Flagg, President
     Debbie Moore, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
6. Consider and Act on Resolution #2021-XXX: Adopting a Temporary 
Operating Budget and Granting Special Circumstance Operating Authority 
for FY 2022
7. Report on Fiscal Year 2023 budget request
     Carol Bergman, Vice President for Government Relations and 
Public Affairs
8. Briefing on Office of Financial and Administrative Services staffing
     Debbie Moore, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
9. Briefing on Financial Services Projects
     Debbie Moore, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
10. Public comment
11. Consider and act on other business
12. Consider and act on motion to adjourn the meeting

Audit Committee Meeting

Open Session
1. Approval of agenda

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2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's open session meeting on July 
22, 2021
3. Briefing by the Office of Inspector General
     Jeffrey Schanz, Inspector General
     Roxanne Caruso, Assistant Inspector General for Audit
4. Review LSC's efforts, including training and education, to help 
ensure that LSC employees and grantees act ethically and safeguard LSC 
funds
     Will Gunn, Vice President for Legal Affairs
     Debbie Moore, Treasurer & Chief Financial Officer
     Lynn Jennings, Vice President for Grants Management
     Daniel O'Rourke, Assistant Inspector General for 
Investigations
5. Management update regarding risk management
     Will Gunn, Vice President for Legal Affairs
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 financial statement audits of grantees
     Lora Rath, Director, Office of Compliance and Enforcement
     Roxanne Caruso, Assistant Inspector General for Audit
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 on 
July 22, 2021
2. Briefing by Office Compliance and Enforcement on active enforcement 
matter(s) and follow-up on open investigation referrals from the Office 
of Inspector General
     Lora Rath, Director, Office of Compliance and Enforcement
3. Consider and act on motion to adjourn the meeting

Board of Directors Meeting

Open Session
1. Pledge of Allegiance
2. Approval of agenda
3. Approval of minutes of the Board's open session meeting on July 23, 
2021
4. Chairman's Report
5. Members' Reports
6. President's Report
7. Inspector General's Report
8. Consider and act on the Report of the Governance and Performance 
Review Committee
9. Consider and act on the Report of the Institutional Advancement 
Committee
10. Consider and act on the Report of the Operations and Regulations 
Committee
11. Consider and act on the Report of the Delivery of Legal Services 
Committee
12. Consider and act on the Report of the Finance Committee
13. Consider and act on the Report of the Audit Committee
14. Public comment
15. Consider and act on other business
16. Consider and act on whether to authorize a closed session meeting 
of the Board to address items listed below
Closed Session
1. Approval of minutes of the Board's closed session meeting on July 
23, 2021
2. Management briefing
3. Inspector General briefing
4. Consider and act on General Counsel's report on potential and 
pending litigation involving LSC
5. Consider and act on prospective Leaders Council and Emerging Leaders 
Council invitees
6. Consider and act on motion to adjourn the meeting

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Jessica Wechter, Special Assistant 
to the President, at (202) 295-1626. Questions may also 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 https://www.lsc.gov/about-lsc/board-meeting-materials.

    Dated: October 13, 2021.
Stefanie Davis,
Senior Assistant General Counsel and Ethics Officer, Legal Services 
Corporation.
[FR Doc. 2021-22657 Filed 10-14-21; 11:15 am]
BILLING CODE 7050-01-P