[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 134 (Friday, July 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57170-57172]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-15389]
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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 hold their summer 2024 quarterly business
meeting July 22-24, 2024. On Monday, July 22, the first meeting will
begin at 2:45 p.m. CT, with the next meeting commencing promptly upon
adjournment of the immediately preceding meeting. On Tuesday, July 23,
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 Wednesday, July 24, the first meeting will begin
at 9:00 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 July 22-24, 2024 meetings at The Royal Sonesta
Minneapolis Downtown Hotel, 35 S 7th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55402, 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
Monday, July 22, 2024
To join the Zoom meeting by computer, please use this
link.
[cir] https://lsc-gov.zoom.us/j/89974627352?pwd=r1JxQ79wk7QVonjmbZoon5obh2DoSR.1.
[cir] Meeting ID: 899 7462 7352.
[cir] Passcode: 72224.
Tuesday, July 23, 2024
To join the Zoom meeting by computer, please use this
link.
[cir] https://lsc-gov.zoom.us/j/85024931248?pwd=JGFCLLjykSn08OIngH5UbkzsshHiG2.1.
[cir] Meeting ID: 850 2493 1248.
[cir] Passcode: 72324.
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
To join the Zoom meeting by computer, please use this
link.
[cir] https://lsc-gov.zoom.us/j/82442218026?pwd=yl8ajLC8yb9pJXE4xlkkbRXW58JW2n.1.
[cir] Meeting ID: 824 4221 8026.
[cir] Passcode: 72424.
[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 by the Office Compliance and Enforcement on active enforcement
matter(s) and follow-up on open investigation referrals from the Office
of Inspector General (ACC Sec. VIII A (5)); receive briefings by LSC
Management regarding status of TN-4 Service Area and significant
grantee oversight activities; to receive a briefing by the Office of
Inspector General on the status of open referrals from LSC Management
(if appropriate); and to receive a briefing regarding LSC's Systems of
Internal Controls that are designed to minimize the risk of fraud,
theft, corruption, or misuse of funds (ACC Sec. VIII C (1)).
Finance 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 the status of Audit Management Letter Comments on HR
procedures.
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; the
request for the Board to consider and act on the General Counsel's
Report 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
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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 Audit, Finance, and the 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
Monday, July 22, 2024
Start Time 2:45 p.m. CT
Audit Committee
Open to the Public
1. Approval of Agenda
2. Approval of Minutes of the Committee's Open Session Meeting on March
25, 2024
3. Approval of the Minutes of the Combined Audit and Finance
Committee's Open Session Meeting on April 8, 2024
4. Update on reassessment of the Committee's Charter (Audit Committee
Charter Sec. D (2))
5. Briefing by the Office of Inspector General (ACC Sec. VIII A (3)
and (ACC Sec. VIII A (4)), to include:
a. Update on key activities and accomplishments over the last
quarter, and overview of plans and key priorities for the next quarter,
b. Highlights of recently completed audit work, open
recommendations as reported in the latest Semi-Annual Report to
Congress, ongoing work, and plans for the next quarter, and
c. Highlights of recently completed investigative work, ongoing
work, and plans for the next quarter.
6. Management Update Regarding Risk Management
7. Management Update Regarding Accounting Procedures Manual
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 (ACC Sec. VIII A
(5))
9. Public Comment
10. Consider and Act on Other Business
11. Consider and Act on Motion to Adjourn the Open Session Meeting and
Proceed to a Closed Session Meeting
Portions Closed to the Public
12. Approval of Minutes of the Committee's Closed Session Meeting on
March 25, 2024
13. Approval of Minutes of the Combined Audit and Finance Committee's
Closed Session Meeting on April 8, 2024
14. Briefing by Office Compliance and Active Enforcement Matter(s) and
Follow-Up on Open Investigation Referrals from the Office of Inspector
General (ACC Sec. VIII A (5))
15. Briefing by LSC Management Regarding Status of TN-4 Service Area
16. Briefing by LSC Management Regarding Significant Grantee Oversight
Activities
17. Briefing by the Office of Inspector General on the Status of Open
Referrals from LSC Management (if appropriate)
18. Briefing Regarding LSC's Systems of Internal Controls that are
Designed to Minimize the Risk of Fraud, Theft, Corruption, or Misuse of
Funds (ACC Sec. VIII C (1))
19. Consider and Act on Motion to Adjourn the Meeting
Monday, July 22, 2024
Start Time 4:30 p.m. CT
Finance Committee
Open to the Public
1. Approval of Agenda
2. Approval of the Minutes of the Finance Committee's Open Session
Meeting on April 2, 2024
3. Approval of the Minutes of the Finance Committee's Open Session
Meeting on June 11, 2024
4. Approval of the Minutes of the Finance Committee's Open Session
Meeting on June 24, 2024
5. Approval of the Minutes of the Combined Audit & Finance Committees'
Open Session Meeting on April 8, 2024
6. Report on LSC's Financial Report for the First Eight Months of
Fiscal Year 2024 (Period from Oct. 1, 2023 to May 31, 2024)
7. Report on Year-End Projection for Fiscal Year 2024
8. Report on the Fiscal Year 2025 Appropriations Process and
Supplemental Appropriations
9. Consider and Act on Resolution #2024-XXX: Fiscal Year 2025 Temporary
Operating Authority
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
Portions Closed to the Public
13. Approval of the Minutes of the Combined Audit & Finance Committees'
Closed Session on April 8, 2024
14. Management Briefing on Status of Audit Management Letter Comments
on HR Procedures
15. Consider and Act on Motion to Adjourn the Meeting
Tuesday, July 23, 2024
Start Time 9:00 a.m. CT
Delivery of Legal Services Committee
Open to the Public
1. Approval of Agenda
2. Approval of Minutes of the Committee's Open Session Meeting on April
2, 2024
3. LSC Performance Criteria Revisions Update
4. Panel Discussion: Working with Unhoused Clients in Legal Aid Public
Comment
5. Consider and Act on Other Business
6. Consider and Act on a Motion to Adjourn the Meeting
Tuesday, July 23, 2024
Start Time 10:45 a.m. CT
Operations and Regulations Committee
Open to the Public
1. Approval of Agenda
2. Approval of Minutes of the Committee's Open Session Meeting on April
2, 2024
3. Consider and Act on Final Rule for 45 CFR part 1607--Governing
Bodies
4. Consider and Act on Justification Memo for 45 CFR parts 1621--Client
Grievance Procedures and 1624--Prohibition Against Discrimination on
the Basis of Disability
5. Report on Vendor Management
6. Public Comment
7. Consider and Act on Other Business
8. Consider and Act on Motion to Adjourn Meeting
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
Start Time 9:00 a.m. CT
Communications Subcommittee of the Institutional Advancement Committee
Open to the Public
1. Approval of Agenda
2. Approval of Minutes of the Subcommittee's Open Session Meeting on
March 26, 2024
3. Communications and Social Media Update
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4. Public Comment
5. Consider and Act on Other Business
6. Consider and Act on Motion to Adjourn the Meeting
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
Start Time 9:45 a.m. CT
Board of Directors
Open to the Public
1. Pledge of Allegiance
2. Approval of Agenda
3. Approval of Minutes of the Board's Open Session Meeting on April 8,
2024
4. Approval of Minutes of the Board's Open Session Meeting on May 17,
2024
5. Chairman's Report
6. Members' Reports
7. President's Report
8. Briefing from Office of Data Governance & Analysis
9. Inspector General's Report
10. Consider and Act on the Report of the Governance and Performance
Review Committee (Meeting held June 27)
11. Consider and Act on the Report of the Institutional Advancement
Committee (Meeting held July 11)
12. Consider and Act on the Report of the Audit Committee
13. Consider and Act on the Report of the Finance Committee
a. Consider and Act on Resolution #2024-XXX:Temporary Operating
Authority for Fiscal Year 2025
b. Consider and Act on Resolution #2024-XXX: Adopting LSC's Budget
Appropriation Request for Fiscal Year 2026
14. Consider and Act on the Report of the Delivery of Legal Services
Committee
15. Consider and Act on the Report of the Operations and Regulations
Committee
16. Public Comment
17. Consider and Act on Other Business
18. Consider and Act on Whether to Authorize a Closed Session of the
Board to Address Items Listed Below
Portions Closed to the Public
19. Approval of Minutes of the Board's Closed Session Meeting on April
8, 2024
20. Approval of Minutes of the Board's Closed Session Meeting on May 2,
2024
21. Approval of Minutes of the Board's Closed Session Meeting on May
17, 2024
22. Management Briefing
23. Inspector General's Briefing
24. Consider and Act on General Counsel's Report on Potential and
Pending Litigation Involving Legal Services Corporation
25. Consider and Act on List of Prospective Leaders Council and
Emerging Council Invitees
26. 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.
(Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552b.)
Dated: July 9, 2024.
Mark Freedman,
Senior Associate General Counsel, Legal Services Corporation.
[FR Doc. 2024-15389 Filed 7-10-24; 11:15 am]
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