[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 140 (Tuesday, July 21, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44110-44112]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-15856]
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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
Sunshine Act Meetings
TIME AND DATE: The Legal Services Corporation's Board of Directors and
its six committees will meet July 27-28, 2020. On Monday, July 27, the
first meeting will commence at 11:00 a.m., Eastern Daylight Time (EDT),
with the next meeting commencing promptly upon adjournment of the
immediately preceding meeting. On Tuesday, July 28, the first meeting
will commence at 11:00 p.m., EDT, with the next meeting commencing
promptly upon adjournment of the immediately preceding meeting. On
Tuesday, July 28, the closed session meeting of the Board of Directors
will commence at 3:30 p.m., EDT.
PLACE: Public notice of virtual remote meeting.
Due to the COVID-19 public health crisis, Legal Services
Corporation (LSC) will be conducting the July 27-28, 2020 meetings
remotely 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
July 27, 2020
To join the Zoom meeting by computer: please click the
below link.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87535270597?pwd=NmZhclFsbWJUMjZNemtveDIyempGdz09
Meeting ID: 875 3527 0597
Password: Justice74
To join the Zoom meeting with one touch from your mobile
phone, click below:
+19292056099, 87535270597#, 0#, 706932982# US (New York)
+13017158592, 87535270597#, 0#, 706932982# US (Germantown)
To join the Zoom meeting by phone, use this information:
Dial by your location
+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)
+1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)
+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
Meeting ID: 875 3527 0597
Password: 706932982
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/k1qUDam4e
July 28, 2020
To Join the Zoom Meeting by computer: please click the
below
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84929718310?pwd=VzVaTU84bXhIb0ExYy8yVWdhYUl4dz09
Meeting ID: 849 2971 8310
Password: Justice74
To join the Zoom meeting with one touch from your mobile
phone, click the below link
+19292056099, 84929718310#, 0#, 570001932# US (New York)
+13017158592, 84929718310#, 0#, 570001932# US (Germantown)
Dial by your location
+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)
+1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)
+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
Meeting ID: 849 2971 8310
Password: 570001932
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kct5alEjLP
When connected to the call, please immediately ``MUTE''
your telephone.
Members of the public are asked to keep their telephones muted to
eliminate background noises. To avoid disrupting the meeting, 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 you
will be notified when your microphone is no longer ``MUTED'' and you
may give your questions, and or comments.
Meeting Schedule
Monday, July 27, 2020 ** Time
1. Governance and Performance Review 11:00 a.m.
Committee.
2. Institutional Advancement Committee.... ............................
3. Communications Subcommittee of the ............................
Institutional Advancement Committee.
4. Delivery of Legal Services Committee... ............................
5. Operations & Regulations Committee..... ............................
Tuesday, July 28, 2020 ** Time
1. Finance Committee...................... 11:00 a.m.
2. Audit Committee........................ ............................
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3. Board of Directors..................... ............................
** Any portion of the closed session consisting solely of briefings does
not fall within the Sunshine Act's definition of the ``meeting'' and,
therefore, the requirements of the Sunshine Act do not apply to such
portion of the closed session. 5 U.S.C. 552b (a)(2) and (b). See also
45 C.F.R. Sec. 1622.2 & 1622.3. Please note all meetings are Eastern
Daylight Time (EDT).
STATUS: Open, except as noted below.
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 hear
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.\*\
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 recommendation of new Leaders Council invitees and
to receive a briefing on the Development activities.**
Audit Committee--Open, except that the meeting may be closed to the
public to hear a briefing on the Office of Compliance and Enforcement's
active enforcement matters.**
A verbatim written transcript will be made of the closed session of
the Board, Institutional Advancement Committee, and Audit 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:
July 27, 2020
Governance and Performance Review Committee
Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting on April
20, 2020
3. Report on process and timeline for preparation for Administration
Transition teams
4. Consider and act on other business
5. Public comment
6. Consider and act on motion to adjourn the meeting
Institutional Advancement Committee
Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting of April
20, 2020
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
Ron Flagg, President
5. Consider and act on Resolution #2020-XXX, Minnesota Charitable
Organization Annual Report Form
6. Public Comment
7. Consider and act on other business
8. 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 of
April 20, 2020
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
July 27, 2020
Communications Subcommittee of the Institutional Advancement Committee
Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Subcommittee's Open Session meeting of
April 20, 2020
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
July 27, 2020
Delivery of Legal Services Committee
Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting on April
20, 2020
3. Presentation on Remote Oversight
Joyce McGee, Director, Office of Program Performance
Lora Rath, Director, Office of Compliance and Enforcement
4. Performance Criteria Update
Lynn Jennings, Vice President for Grants Management
5. Panel: COVID-19 Effects on State, Local, and Private Funding for
Grantees
Jennifer Bentley, Executive Director, Michigan Bar
Foundation; President, National Association of IOLTA Programs
Nalani Fujimori Kaina, Executive Director, Legal Aid
Society of Hawai'i
Nick Smithberg, Executive Director, Texas Access to
Justice foundation
Betty Torres, Executive Director, Texas Access to Justice
Foundation
Moderator: Lynn Jennings, Vice President for Grants
Management
6. Public comment
7. Consider and act on other business
8. Consider and act on motion to adjourn the meeting
July 27, 2020
Operations & Regulations Committee
Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting of April
20, 2020
3. Consider and act on final rule to update 45 CFR parts 1610 and 1630
Mark Freedman, Senior Associate General Counsel
Public comment on the final rule
4. Report on the regulatory issues involving the COVID-19 Pandemic
Mark Freedman, Senior Associate General Counsel
5. Update on public comment on the draft Financial Guide to replace the
Accounting Guide
Mark Freedman, Senior Associate General Counsel
Stuart Axenfeld, Deputy Director for Fiscal Compliance,
Office of Compliance and Enforcement
6. Public comment
7. Consider and act on other business
8. Consider and act on adjournment of meeting
July 28, 2020
Finance Committee
Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Combined Finance and Audit Committee's
Open Session meeting on April 21, 2020
3. Approval of the minutes of the Combined Finance and Audit
Committee's Closed Session meeting of April 21, 2020
4. Approval of the minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting of
June 16, 2020
5. Approval of the minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting of
June 30, 2020
6. Presentation of LSC's Financial Report for the quarter ending June
30, 2020
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Debbie Moore, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer
7. Report on the FY 2021 appropriations process and COVID-19
Supplemental Appropriations
Carol Bergman, Vice President for Government Relations &
Public Affairs
8. Consider and act on Temporary Operating Authority for FY 2021,
Resolution #2020-XXX
Debbie Moore, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
9. Public comment
10. Consider and act on other business
11. Consider and act on adjournment of meeting
July 28, 2020
Audit Committee
Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting on April
21, 2020
3. Approval of the Combined Audit and Finance Committees' Open Session
meeting of April 21, 2020
4. Briefing of Office of Inspector General
Jeffrey Schanz, Inspector General
Roxanne Caruso, Assistant Inspector General for Audits
5. Management update regarding risk management
Ronald Flagg, President
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 Independent Public audits of grantees
Lora Rath, Director of Compliance and Enforcement
Roxanne Caruso, Assistant IG for Audits
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 of
April 21, 2020
2. Approval of the Combined Audit and Finance Committees' Closed
Session Meeting of April 21, 2020
3. Briefing on status of Audit recommendations and, pursuant to Section
VIII(C) (1) of the Committee Charter, review of LSC's systems of
internal controls that are designed to minimize the risk of fraud,
theft, corruption, or misuse of funds
Debbie Moore, Treasurer & chief Financial Officer
4. Consider and act on adjournment of meeting
July 28, 2020
Board of Directors
Open Session--July 28, 2020
1. Pledge of Allegiance
2. Approval of agenda
3. Approval of minutes of the Board's Open Session meeting of April 21,
2020
4. Honor and thank American Bar Association President Judy Perry
Martinez for her support of LSC during her presidential year
5. Chairman's Report
6. Members' Report
7. President's Report
8. Inspector General's Report
9. Consider and act on the report of the Governance and Performance
Committee
10. Consider and act on the report of the Operations and Regulations
Committee
11. Consider and act on the report of the Finance Committee
12. Consider and act on the report of the Audit Committee
13. Consider and act on the report of the Institutional Advancement
Committee
14. Consider and act on the report of the Delivery of Legal Services
Committee
15. Consider and act on Resolution 2020-XXX, adopting LSC's
Appropriation Request for Fiscal Year 2022
16. Report on process and timeline for Strategic Plan
Ronald Flagg, President
17. Veterans Task Force Update
Ronald Flagg, President
18. Disaster Task Force Update
Lynn Jennings, Vice President for Grants Management
19. Public Comment
20. Consider and act on other business
21. 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 of April
21, 2020
2. Management briefing
3. Discuss the 2021 Innovations in Technology Conference
4. Inspector General briefing
5. Consider and act on General Counsel's report on potential and
pending litigation involving LSC
6. Consider and act on prospective Leaders Council and Emerging Leaders
Council invitees
7. Consider and act on motion to adjourn meeting
CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Karly Satkowiak, Special Counsel
at (202) 295-1633 and Katherine Ward, Executive Assistant to the Vice
President & General Counsel, at (202) 295-1500.
Questions may 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 http://www.lsc.gov/board-directors/meetings/board-meeting-notices/non-confidential-materials-be-considered-open-session.
Dated: July 16, 2020.
Katherine Ward,
Executive Assistant to the Vice President for Legal Affairs, General
Counsel & Corporate Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-15856 Filed 7-17-20; 4:15 pm]
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