[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 17, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2986-2987]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00836]


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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION


Sunshine Act Meetings

TIME AND DATE: The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Board of Directors 
and its committees will meet January 21-23, 2024. On Sunday, January 
21, the first meeting will begin at 12:30 p.m. CT, with the next 
meeting commencing promptly upon adjournment of the immediately 
preceding meeting. On Monday, January 22, the first meeting will again 
begin at 9:00 a.m. CT, with the next meeting commencing promptly upon 
adjournment of the immediately preceding meeting. On Tuesday, January 
23, the first meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. CT, with the next meeting 
commencing promptly upon adjournment of the immediately preceding 
meeting.

PLACE: Public Notice of Hybrid Meeting.
    LSC will conduct its January 21-23, 2024, meetings at the Magnolia 
Hotel Houston, 1100 Texas Avenue, Houston, TX 77002, and 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 virtually in the public proceedings 
may do so by following the directions provided below.

Directions for Open Sessions

Sunday, January 21, 2024

 To join the Zoom meeting by computer, please use this link.
    [cir] https://lsc-gov.zoom.us/j/85018832307?pwd=TlfEVaRH5RazooxPnAr96f42KvbfTa.1
    [cir] Meeting ID: 850 1883 2307
    [cir] Passcode: 12124

Monday, January 22, 2024

 To join the Zoom meeting by computer, please use this link.
    [cir] https://lsc-gov.zoom.us/j/84130944281?pwd=bl5OEvsaffYlRvHyycdkvi8VUY9Qgh.1
    [cir] Meeting ID: 841 3094 4281
    [cir] Passcode: 12224

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

 To join the Zoom meeting by computer, please use this link.
    [cir] https://lsc-gov.zoom.us/j/84862120714?pwd=rEALyOaTL37iEvh5v1OP2uCTGSmyrf.1
    [cir] Meeting ID: 848 6212 0714
    [cir] Passcode: 012324
    [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.
    Finance Committee--Open, except that, upon a vote of the Board of 
Directors, the meeting may be closed to the public to discuss LSC's 
banking services.
    Audit Committee--Open, except that, upon a vote of the Board of 
Directors, the meeting may be closed to the public to discuss follow-up 
work by the Office of Compliance and Enforcement relating to open 
Office of Inspector General investigations and to discuss a follow-up 
on Internal Control Testing.
    Institutional Advancement Committee--Open, except that, upon a vote 
of the Board of Directors, the meeting may be closed to the public to 
discuss development activities, including LSC's 50th Anniversary 
fundraising campaign, as well as to consider and act on recommending 
prospective Leaders Council and Emerging Leaders Council members to the 
Board of Directors.
    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 
receive briefings from Management and the Inspector General; to discuss 
LSC's office relocation; and to consider and act on potential and 
pending litigation involving LSC 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 sessions 
of the Finance, Audit, Institutional Advancement Committee and Board of 
Directors 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

Sunday, January 21, 2024

Start Time (All MST)
    1. Operations & Regulations Committee Meeting, 12:30 p.m. CT
    a. Matters to be discussed include the Committee's self-evaluation 
for 2023 and goals for 2024; Management's report on implementation of 
LSC's Strategic Plan for 2021-2024; public comments for Part 1638--
Restrictions on Solicitation; and reprioritization of rulemaking (Parts 
1621, 1624, and 1609).
    2. Finance Committee Meeting
    a. Matters to be discussed include the Committee's self-evaluation 
for 2023 and goals for 2024; LSC's Fiscal Year

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2024 appropriation and additional supplemental appropriation requests; 
financial report for the first two months of Fiscal Year 2024; and 
LSC's Fiscal Year 2025 appropriations request.
    3. Delivery of Legal Services Committee
    a. Matters to be discussed include the Committee's self-evaluation 
for 2023 and goals for 2024; LSC's performance criteria revisions 
process and timeline; and the opportunity to recognize long-serving 
legal aid organization staff during LSC's 50th Anniversary year.

Monday, January 22, 2024

Start Time (All MST)
    1. Audit Committee Meeting, 9:00 a.m. CT
    a. Matters to be discussed include the Committee's self-evaluation 
for 2023 and goals for 2024; update on reassessment of the Committee's 
Charter; briefing by the Office of Inspector General; review of LSC's 
and the Office of Inspector General's mechanisms for the submission of 
confidential complaints regarding suspected fraud, theft, corruption, 
or misuse of funds, or problems involving internal controls, auditing, 
or accounting, and that there are proper procedures in place for the 
receipt, retention, and handling of such complaints; management update 
regarding Risk Management; annual 403(b) plan audit; and a briefing 
regarding follow-up by the Office of Compliance and Enforcement on 
referrals by the Office of Inspector General regarding audits and 
annual independent public audits of grantees.
    2. Governance and Performance Review Committee
    a. Matters to be discussed include annual Board and Committee self-
evaluations; the Committee's self-evaluation for 2023 and goals for 
2024; the recent meeting of the Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable; the 
LSC President's 2023 self-evaluation; and the Inspector General's 2023 
activities.

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Start Time (All MST)
    1. Communications Subcommittee of the Institutional Advancement 
Committee, 8:30 a.m. CT
    a. Matters to be discussed include the Committee's self-evaluation 
for 2023 and goals for 2024 and the quarterly communications and social 
media update.
    2. Institutional Advancement Committee
    a. Matters to be discussed include the Committee's self-evaluation 
for 2023 and goals for 2024; Leaders Council and Emerging Leaders 
Council updates; development activities; and the status of special and 
privately funded projects (including the Opioid, Veterans, and Rural 
Justice Task Forces and the Eviction Study).
    3. LSC Board of Directors
    a. Matters to be discussed include consideration of Resolution 
#2024-XXX: In Memoriam of David Hall; Chairman's Report; Members' 
Reports; President's Report; LSC's 50th Anniversary Campaign, with a 
guest presentation by Joseph LaMountain, Reingold, Inc.; and 
consideration of reports from the Institutional Advancement, Finance, 
Audit, Operations and Regulations, Governance & Performance Review, and 
Delivery of Legal Services Committees.
    Please refer to the LSC website https://www.lsc.gov/events/board-directors-quarterly-meeting-jan-21-23-2024-houston-tx for the final 
schedule and meeting agendas in electronic format. These materials will 
be made available at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting start 
time.

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.

(Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552b.)

    Dated: January 11, 2024.
Stefanie Davis,
Deputy General Counsel, Legal Services Corporation.
[FR Doc. 2024-00836 Filed 1-12-24; 11:15 am]
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