[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 6, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40277-40279]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-14406]



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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION


Sunshine Act Meeting


DATES: The Legal Services Corporation's (LSC) Board of Directors and 
its several committees will meet July 13-14, 2022. On Wednesday, July 
13, the first meeting will begin at 10:30 a.m. Central Daylight Time 
(CDT), with the next meeting commencing promptly upon adjournment of 
the immediately preceding meeting. On Thursday, July 14, the first 
meeting will again begin at 8:30 a.m., CDT, with the next meeting 
commencing promptly upon adjournment of the immediately preceding 
meeting.

ADDRESSES: Public Notice of Virtual Meeting.
    LSC will conduct the July 13-14, 2022 meetings in-person and via 
Zoom.
    Public Observation: Unless otherwise noted herein, the Board and 
all committee meetings will be open to public observation via Zoom. 
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

Wednesday, July 13, 2022

     To join the Zoom meeting by computer, please use this 
link.
     https://lsc-gov.zoom.us/j/88115224073?pwd=Yy83UmQ0TmlndjlNU0x6V0JSWTdsUT09

[cir] Meeting ID: 881 1522 4073
[cir] Passcode: 71322

     To join the Zoom meeting with one tap from your mobile 
phone, please click dial:

[cir] +16468769923,,88115224073# US (New York)
[cir] +13017158592,,88115224073# US (Washington DC)

     To join the Zoom meeting by telephone, please dial one of 
the following numbers:

[cir] +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)
[cir] +1 646 876 9923 US (New York)
[cir] +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
[cir] +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
[cir] +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)
[cir] +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
[cir] +1 408 638 0968 US (San Jose)
[cir] Meeting ID: 881 1522 4073
[cir] Passcode: 71322
    [cir] If calling from outside the U.S., find your local number 
here: https://lsc-gov.zoom.us/u/acCVpRj1FD.

Thursday, July 14, 2022

     To join the Zoom meeting by computer, please use this 
link.
     https://lsc-gov.zoom.us/j/89560898298?pwd=b2NWUkF5TVlrajNHK25GSmNoTGo1Zz09

[cir] Meeting ID: 895 6089 8298
[cir] Passcode: 71422

     To join the Zoom meeting with one tap from your mobile 
phone, please click dial:

[cir] +13017158592,,89560898298# US (Washington DC)
[cir] +13126266799,,89560898298# US (Chicago)

     To join the Zoom meeting by telephone, please dial one of 
the following numbers:

[cir] +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)
[cir] +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
[cir] +1 646 876 9923 US (New York)
[cir] +1 408 638 0968 US (San Jose)
[cir] +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
[cir] +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)
[cir] +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
[cir] Meeting ID: 895 6089 8298
[cir] Passcode: 71422
    [cir] If calling from outside the U.S., find your local number 
here: 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 Board or Committee 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.
    Audit Committee--Open, except that, upon a vote of the Board of 
Directors, the meeting may be closed to the public to receive a 
briefing on internal controls that are designed to minimize the risk of 
fraud, theft, corruption, or misuse of funds.
    Institutional Advancement Committee--Open, except that, upon a vote 
of the Board of Directors, the meeting may be closed to the public to 
receive a briefing on development activities, receive a briefing on 
50th Anniversary fundraising activities and to discuss prospective new 
members of the Leaders Council and Emerging Leaders Council.
    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 as well as a list of 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 Audit, Board, 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), (7), (9) 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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                                               Start time (all CDT)
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Wednesday, July 13, 2022:
    1. Institutional Advancement          10:30 a.m. CDT.
     Committee (IAC) Meeting.
    2. Audit Committee Meeting..........
    3. Delivery of Legal Services
     Commmittee Meeting.
Thursday, July 14, 2022:
    1. Communications Subcommittee of     8:30 a.m. CDT.
     the IAC Meeting.
    2. Finance Commtitee Meeting........

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    3. Open Board Meeting...............
    4. Closed Board Meeting.............
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Wednesday, July 13, 2022

Institutional Advancement Committee (IAC) Meeting

Open Session
1. Approval of Agenda
2. Approval of Minutes of the Institutional Advancement Committee's 
Open Session Meeting on April 5, 2022
3. Update on Leaders Council and Emerging Leaders Council
     John G. Levi, Chairman of the Board, Legal Services 
Corporation
4. Development Report
     Nadia Elguindy, Director of Institutional Advancement, 
Legal Services Corporation
5. Update on the Eviction Study and Midwest Capstone Disaster 
Conference
     Lynn Jennings, Vice President for Grants Management, Legal 
Services Corporation
6. Update on Rural Justice Task Force
     Jessica Wechter, Special Assistant to the President, Legal 
Services Corporation
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 Institutional Advancement Committee's 
Closed Session Meeting on April 5, 2022
2. Development Activities Report
     Nadia Elguindy, Director of Institutional Advancement, 
Legal Services Corporation
3. Update on LSC's 50th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign
     Nadia Elguindy, Director of Institutional Advancement, 
Legal Services Corporation
     Leo Latz, Latz & Company
4. Consider and Act on Motion to Approve Leaders Council and Emerging 
Leaders Council Invitees
5. Consider and Act on Other Business
6. Consider and Act on Motion to Adjourn the Meeting

Audit Committee Meeting

Open Session
1. Approval of Agenda
2. Approval of Minutes of Committee's Open Session Meeting on April 4, 
2022
3. Approval of the Minutes of the Combined Audit and Finance 
Committee's Open Session Meeting on April 4, 2022
4. Briefing by the Office of Inspector General
     Roxanne Caruso, Acting Inspector General, Office of 
Inspector General, Legal Services Corporation
5. Management Update Regarding Risk Management
     Will Gunn, Vice President for Legal Affairs & General 
Counsel, Legal Services Corporation
6. Briefing on Real Estate Purchases and Improvements Made by LSC 
Grantees
     Mark Freedman, Senior Associate General Counsel, Office of 
Legal Affairs, Legal Services Corporation
     Megan Lacchini, Deputy Director for General Compliance, 
Office of Compliance and Enforcement, Legal Services Corporation
     Lora Rath, Director, Office of Compliance and Enforcement, 
Legal Services Corporation
7. Briefing on Management/Office of Inspector General Relations
     Ron Flagg, President, Legal Services Corporation
     Roxanne Caruso, Acting Inspector General, Office of the 
Inspector General, Legal Services Corporation
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 Financial Statement Audits of Grantees
     Lora Rath, Director, Office of Compliance and Enforcement, 
Legal Services Corporation
     Roxanne Caruso, Acting Inspector General, Office of the 
Inspector General, Legal Services Corporation
9. Briefing on the 403(b) Audit Report
     Debbie Moore, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer, Legal 
Services Corporation
10. Public Comment
11. Consider and Act on Other Business
12. Consider and Act on Motion to Adjourn the Open Session Meeting and 
Proceed to a Closed Session
Closed Session
1. Approval of Minutes of Committee's Closed Session Meeting on April 
4, 2022
2. Approval of Minutes of the Combined Audit and Finance Committee's 
Closed Session Meeting on April 4, 2022
3. Briefing Pursuant to Section VIII(C)(1) of the Committee Charter, 
Regarding LSC's Systems of Internal Controls that Are Designed to 
Minimize the Risk of Fraud, Theft, Corruption, or Misuse of Funds
     Debbie Moore, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer, Legal 
Services Corporation
4. Consider and Act on Motion to Adjourn the Meeting

Delivery of Legal Services Commmittee Meeting

Open Session
1. Approval of Agenda
2. Approval of Minutes of the Committee's Open Session Meeting on April 
4, 2022
3. LSC Performance Criteria Revisions Update
     Lynn Jennings, Vice President for Grants Management, Legal 
Services Corporation
 Joyce McGee, Director, Office of Program Performance, Legal 
Services Corporation
4. Panel Discussion: The Impact of the Pandemic on Consumer Law Cases
     Hadassa Santini Colberg, Executive Director, Puerto Rico 
Legal Services, Inc.
     Michael Forton, Director of Advocacy, Legal Services 
Alabama
     Ashley E. Lowe, CEO, Lakeshore Legal Aid (MI)
     Johnnie Larrie, Managing Attorney, Consumer Practice Group 
and Economic Justice Initiative, Legal Aid of North Carolina, Inc.
     Moderator: James Scruggs, Deputy Director, Office of 
Program Performance, Legal Services Corporation
5. Public Comment
6. Consider and Act on Other Business
7. Consider and Act on a Motion to Adjourn the Meeting

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Meeting of the Communications Subcommittee of the IAC

Open Session
1. Approval of Agenda
2. Approval of Minutes of the Subcommittee's Open Session Meeting on 
April 5, 2022
3. Communications and Social Media Update
     Carl Rauscher, Director of Communications and Media 
Relations, Legal Services Corporation
4. Public Comment
5. Consider and Act on Other Business
6. Consider and Act on Motion to Adjourn the Meeting

Finance Committee Meeting

Open Session
1. Approval of Agenda
2. Approval of the Minutes of the Combined Audit and Finance 
Committee's Open Session Meeting on April 4, 2022
3. Approval of the Minutes of the Combined Audit and Finance 
Committee's Closed Session Meeting on April 4, 2022
4. Presentation of LSC's Financial Report for the First Eight Months of 
Fiscal Year 2022 (Period Ending May 31, 2022)
     Debbie Moore, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer, Legal 
Services Corporation
5. Report on the Fiscal Year 2023 Appropriations Process and 
Supplemental Appropriations
     Carol Bergman, Vice President, Government Relations & 
Public Affairs, Legal Services Corporation
6. Consider and Act on Resolution #2022-XXX, Fiscal Year 2023 Temporary 
Operating Authority
7. Consider and Act on Resolution #2022-XXX, Adopting LSC's Fiscal 
Appropriation Request for Fiscal Year 2024
8. Public Comment
9. Consider and Act on Other Business
10. Consider and Act on Motion to Adjourn the Meeting

Board of Directors

Open Session
1. Pledge of Allegiance
2. Approval of Agenda
3. Approval of Minutes of the Board's Open Session Meeting on May 23, 
2022
4. Chairman's Report
5. Members' Reports
6. President's Report
     Update from LSC's Office of Data Governance and Analysis
7. Inspector General's Report
     Fraud Awareness Presentation
8. Consider and Act on the Report of the Operations and Regulations 
Committee, following its June 30, 2022, Videoconference Meeting
9. Consider and Act on the Report of the Governance and Performance 
Review Committee, following its July 1, 2022, Videoconference Meeting
10. Consider and Act on the Report of the Institutional Advancement 
Committee
11. Consider and Act on the Report of the Audit Committee
12. Consider and Act on the Report of the Delivery of Legal Services 
Committee
13. Consider and Act on the Report of the Finance Committee
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 on April 
5, 2022
2. Management Briefing
3. Inspector General Briefing
4. Consider and Act on General Counsel's Report on Potential and 
Pending Litigation Involving Legal Services Corporation
5. Consider and Act on List of Prospective Leaders Council and Emerging 
Council Invitees
6. Consider and Act on Motion to Adjourn the Meeting

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Kaitlin Brown, Executive and Board 
Project Coordinator, at (202) 295-1555. 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: June 30, 2022.
Kaitlin D. Brown,
Executive and Board Project Coordinator, Legal Services Corporation.
[FR Doc. 2022-14406 Filed 7-1-22; 11:15 am]
BILLING CODE 7050-01-P