[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 53 (Monday, March 20, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 16669]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-05594]


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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION


Legal Services Corporation Technology Baselines; Request for 
Comments

AGENCY: Legal Services Corporation.

ACTION: Request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) seeks public comment on 
draft revisions to its Technology Baselines: Technologies that Should 
Be in Place in a Legal Office Today (Baselines). The Baselines address 
the use of technology in providing high-quality legal services to 
clients. They provide guidance for LSC grantees and a resource for LSC 
during reviews of grantees' program quality. They are not minimum 
requirements. LSC last updated the Baselines in 2015.

DATES: April 21, 2023, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time is the deadline for 
all comments to be submitted to LSC. LSC will not consider comments 
submitted after the deadline.

ADDRESSES: Comments must be submitted as follows:
     Acrobat PDF format.
     Emailed as an attachment to a transmittal message sent to: 
[email protected].
     Emailed with the subject line: Comments on Technology 
Baselines.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions should be sent to 
[email protected] with the subject line: Questions about Technology 
Baselines Comments. Questions about this notice can be sent to Mark 
Freedman, Senior Associate General Counsel, 202-295-1623.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) seeks 
comment on draft revisions to its Technology Baselines: Technologies 
that Should Be in Place in a Legal Office Today (Baselines). The draft 
revisions are posted online at: www.lsc.gov/matters-comment. LSC will 
also host a webinar regarding these draft revisions on March 29, 2023. 
Information about the webinar will also be posted at www.lsc.gov/matters-comment.
    LSC first adopted the Baselines in 2008 and revised them in 2015. 
The Baselines address the use of technology in providing high-quality 
legal services to clients. They set out the technology capacities that 
LSC grantees should have in place or have available to them through a 
vendor or a partner. They also serve as a resource for LSC during 
reviews of grantees' program quality. They are not minimum 
requirements.
    The draft revisions reflect the significant changes in the way 
legal services are delivered because of the COVID-19 pandemic as well 
as the growth in cybersecurity threats since 2015. They include 
consideration of remote/hybrid work environments, cloud computing and 
policies, new security baselines for networks and data, document 
management strategies, social media policy, and the use of web and 
video conferencing systems. A summary of significant updates by section 
can be found in the draft document.
    LSC issues this notice pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 2996g(e).

    Dated: March 15, 2023.
Mark Freedman,
Senior Associate General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2023-05594 Filed 3-17-23; 8:45 am]
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