[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 73 (Wednesday, April 15, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21026-21029]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-08046]
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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
Sunshine Act Meeting
DATE AND TIME: The Legal Services Corporation's Board of Directors and
its
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six committees will meet April 20-21, 2020. On Monday, April 20, the
first meeting will commence at 1:15 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time (EDT),
with the next meeting commencing promptly upon adjournment of the
immediately preceding meeting. On Tuesday, April 21, the first meeting
will commence at 12:00 p.m., EDT, with the next meeting commencing
promptly upon adjournment of the immediately preceding meeting. On
Tuesday, April 21, the closed session meeting of the Board of Directors
will commence at 4:45 p.m., EDT.
LOCATION: Public Notice Of Virtual Remote Meeting. Due to the COVID-19
public health crisis, Legal Services Corporation (LSC) will be
conducting the April 20,--21, 2020 meetings remotely via ZOOM. LSC will
post the ZOOM access information on the LSC website as soon as it is
available.
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:
To participate in the meeting, go to the following link to
``Board Meeting Materials'': https://www.lsc.gov/about-lsc/board/meetings/materialslsc/board/meetings/materials;
Additional instructions for participating in the meeting
via ZOOM will be posted under ``Board Meeting Materials.''
Once connected, your microphone will be automatically
``MUTED.''
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.
From time to time, the presiding Chair may solicit comments from
the public.
Meeting Schedule
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Time**
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Monday, April 20, 2020:
1. Institutional Advancement Committee.............. 1:15 p.m.
2. Communications Subcommittee of the Institutional
Advancement Committee..............................
3. Governance and Performance Review Committee......
4. Operations & Regulations Committee...............
5. Delivery of Legal Services Committee.............
Tuesday, April 21, 2020:
1. Finance Committee................................ 12:00 p.m.
2. Combined Finance and Audit Committees............
3. Audit Committee..................................
4. Board of Directors...............................
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STATUS OF MEETING: 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.\**\
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\**\ 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. 5 U.S.C.
552b(a)(2) and (b). See also 45 CFR 1622.2 & 1622.3. Please note all
meetings are Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
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Institutional Advancement Committee--Open, except that the meeting
may be closed to the public to hear a briefing on 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.**
Governance and Performance Review Committee--Open, except that the
meeting may be closed to the public to hear a report on the President's
evaluation of other officers.**
Combined Finance and Audit Committees--Open, except that the
meeting may be closed to the public to hear a briefing from the
auditors.**
A verbatim written transcript will be made of the closed session of
the Board, Institutional Advancement Committee, Audit Committee,
Governance and Performance Review Committee and Combined Audit and
Finance 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:
April 20, 2020
Institutional Advancement Committee
Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting of
January 31, 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
5. Public Comment
6. Consider and act on other business
7. 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
January 31, 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
April 20, 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
January 31, 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
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6. Consider and act on motion to adjourn the meeting
Governance and Performance Review Committee
Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting on
January 31, 2020
3. Consider and act on other business
4. Public comment
5. Consider and act on motion to adjourn the open meeting and proceed
to a closed session
Closed Session
1. Report on evaluations of LSC's Vice President for Grants Management,
Vice President for Government Relations and Public Affairs, Chief
Financial Officer
Ronald Flagg, President
2. Consider and act on adjournment of meeting
April 20, 2020
Operations & Regulations Committee
Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting of
January 30, 2020
3. Consider and act on the 2020-2021 Rulemaking Agenda
Ronald Flagg, President
Stefanie Davis, Senior Assistant General Counsel
4. Report on the Results of the Survey on Grantee Changes to Private
Attorney Involvement Programs
Stefanie Davis, Senior Assistant General Counsel
5. Report on Regulatory Issues Involving the COVID-19 Health Crisis
Mark Freedman, Senior Associate General Counsel
Stefanie Davis, Senior Assistant General Counsel
6. Update on performance management and human capital management
Traci Higgins, Director of Human Resources
7. Public comment
8. Consider and act on other business
9. Consider and act on adjournment of meeting
April 20, 2020
Delivery of Legal Services Committee
Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting on
January 30, 2020
3. Presentation on grantee oversight by the Office of Program
Performance
Lynn Jennings, Vice President for Grants Management
Joyce McGee, Director, Office of Program Performance
4. Public comment
5. Consider and act on other business
6. Consider and act on motion to adjourn the meeting
April 21, 2020
Finance Committee
Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting on
January 31, 2020
3. Presentation of LSC's Financial Report for the first five months of
FY 2020
Debbie Moore, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer
4. Discussion of LSC's FY 2020 appropriations
Carol Bergman, Vice President for Government Relations &
Public Affairs
5. Consider and act on Resolution #2020-XXX, Approving the expenditure
of $50,000,000 of appropriated funds for COVID-19 health crisis
response
6. Discussion of LSC's FY 2021 appropriations request
Carol Bergman, Vice President for Government Relations &
Public Affairs
7. Discussion regarding process, timetable, and methodology for FY 2022
budget request
Carol Bergman, Vice President for Government Relations &
Public Affairs
Ronald Flagg, President
8. Public comment
9. Consider and act on other business
10. Consider and act on adjournment of meeting
April 21, 2020
Combined Finance & Audit Committees
Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Presentation of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Annual Financial Audit
Roxanne Caruso, Assistant Inspector General for Audit
Marie Caputo, Principal, CliftonLarsonAllen
3. Consider and act on motion to adjourn the Open Session Meeting and
proceed to a Closed Session
Closed Session
1. Opportunity to ask auditors question without management present
Roxanne Caruso, Assistant Inspector General for Audit
Marie Caputo, Principal, CliftonLarsonAllen
2. Communication by Corporate Auditor with those charged with
governance under Statement on Auditing Standard 114
Roxanne Caruso, Assistant Inspector General for Audits
Marie Caputo, Principal, CliftonLarsonAllen
3. Consider and act on motion to adjourn the meeting
Open Session
1. Presentation of the FY 2019 IRS Form 990
Debbie Moore, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer
2. Consider and act on Resolution 2020-XXX, Acceptance of the Draft
Financial Statements for Fiscal Year 2019
3. Presentation of the Office of Inspector General's Fraud Awareness
Program for Grantees
Daniel O'Rourke, Assistant Inspector General for
Investigations
4. Public comment
5. Consider and act on other business
6. Consider and act on motion to adjourn the meeting
April 21, 2020
Audit Committee
Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting on
January 31, 2020
3. Briefing of Office of Inspector General
Jeffrey Schanz, Inspector General
Roxanne Caruso, Assistant Inspector General for Audits
4. Management update regarding risk management
Ronald Flagg, President
5. 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
6. Briefing on subgrants and subgrant oversight
Megan Lacchini, Deputy Director for General Compliance,
Office of Compliance and Enforcement
7. Briefing on the integrity of LSC's electronic information and
combating cyber risk
Jada Breegle, Chief Information Officer
Stuart Axenfeld, Deputy Director for Fiscal Compliance,
Office of
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Compliance and Enforcement
8. Briefing on the prevention of conflicts of interest or hostile work
environment situations and equal employment opportunity initiatives
Traci Higgins, Director of Human Resources
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
Closed Session
1. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Closed Session meeting of
January 31, 2020
2. Briefing by the Office of Compliance and Enforcement on active
enforcement matter(s) and follow-up to open investigation referrals
from the Office of Inspector General
Lora Rath, Director of Compliance and Enforcement
3. Consider and act on adjournment of meeting
April 21, 2020
Board of Directors
Open Session--April 21, 2020
1. Pledge of Allegiance
2. Approval of agenda
3. Approval of minutes of the Board's Open Session meeting of February
1, 2020
4. Chairman's Report
5. Members' Report
6. President's Report
7. Inspector General's Report
8. Consider and act on the report of the Governance and Performance
Committee
9. Consider and act on the report of the Operations and Regulations
Committee
10. Consider and act on the report of the Finance Committee
11. Consider and act on the report of the Combined Audit and Finance
Committees
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, in Recognition and
Appreciation of Distinguished Service by Ed Marks
16. Consider and act on Resolution 2020-XXX, in Recognition and
Appreciation of Distinguished Service by Ellen Lawton
17. Consider and act on Resolution 2020-XXX, in Recognition and
Appreciation of Distinguished Service by Jim Sandman
18. Consider and act on Resolution 2020-XXX, Appointing Rebecca Weir
Ethics Officer
19. Annual Presentation from the Office of Information Technology
Jada Breegle, Chief Information Officer
20. Report on process and timeline for Strategic Plan
Ronald Flagg, President
21. Veterans Task Force Update
Ronald Flagg, President
22. Disaster Task Force Update
Lynn Jennings, Vice President for Grants Management
23. Public Comment
24. Consider and act on other business
25. 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
February 1, 2020
2. Management briefing
3. Inspector General briefing
4. Consider and act on General Counsel's report on potential and
pending litigation involving LSC
5. Consider and act on prospective Leaders Council and Emerging Leaders
Council invitees
6. Consider and act on motion to adjourn meeting
CONTACT PERSON FOR INFORMATION: Karly Satkowiak, Special Counsel and
Katherine Ward, Executive Assistant to the Vice President & General
Counsel, at (202) 295-1633. Questions may be sent by electronic mail to
FR_NOTICE_QUESTIONS@lsc.gov.
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: April 13, 2020.
Katherine Ward,
Executive Assistant to the Vice President for Legal Affairs, General
Counsel & Corporate Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-08046 Filed 4-13-20; 4:15 pm]
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