Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 200 (Thursday, October 15, 2020)

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 200 (Thursday, October 15, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65431-65433]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-22899]

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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 October 19-20, 2020. On Monday, October
19, 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, October 20, 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, October 20, the closed session meeting of the
Board of Directors will commence at 4:15 p.m., EDT.

PLACE: Public Notice of Virtual Remote Meeting.
Due to the COVID-19 public health crisis, the Legal Services
Corporation (LSC) will be conducting the October 19-20, 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

Monday, October 19, 2020

To join the Zoom Meeting by computer: Please click the below
link. _https://lsc-gov.zoom.us/j/
96168178150?pwd=ejRyWVB1WjhPdzBWUFgyU3RWL1lRdz09
Meeting ID: 961 6817 8150
Passcode: 924291
To join the Zoom meeting with one touch from your mobile
phone, click below:

+16468769923,,96168178150# US (New York)
+13017158592,,96168178150# US (Germantown)

To join the Zoom meeting by phone, use this information:
Dial by Your Location
+1 646 876 9923 US (New York)
+1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
+1 408 638 0968 US (San Jose)
+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)
+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
Meeting ID: 961 6817 8150
Find your local number: https://lsc-gov.zoom.us/u/adWoHtjdDC

Tuesday, October 20, 2020

To join the Join Zoom Meeting by computer: Please click the
link below. https://lsc-gov.zoom.us/j/99617220941?pwd=UERGbWgxSGNxMXY2R3I3cVdGN0tOZz09
Meeting ID: 996 1722 0941
Passcode: 100975
To join the Zoom meeting with one touch from your mobile
phone, click below:

+13126266799,,99617220941# US (Chicago)
+16468769923,99617220941# US (New York)

To join the Zoom meeting by phone, use this information:
Dial by Your Location
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
+1 646 876 9923 US (New York)
+1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)
+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)
+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
+1 408 638 0968 US (San Jose)
Meeting ID: 996 1722 0941
Find your local number: https://lsc-gov.zoom.us/u/awqnEjm69
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
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Time **
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Monday, October 19, 2020
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1. Governance and Performance Review 11:00 a.m.
Committee.
2. Institutional Advancement Committee.....
3. Communications Subcommittee of the
Institutional Advancement Committee.
4. Operations & Regulations Committee......
5. Delivery of Legal Services Committee....
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Tuesday, October 20, 2020
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1. Finance Committee....................... 12:00 p.m.
2. Audit Committee.........................
3. Board of Directors......................
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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).

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.**
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

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(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:

October 19, 2020

Governance and Performance Review Committee

Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting on July
27, 2020
3. Report on process and timeline for preparation for Administration
Transition teams
Carol Bergman, Vice President for Government Relations &
Public Affairs
4. Report on annual Board and Committee evaluations
Carol Bergman, Vice President for Government Relations &
Public Affairs
5. Consider and act on other business
6. Public comment
7. 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 July
27, 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. Report on Fundraising Training
Leo Latz, Latz & Company
6. Update on Veterans Task Force and Opioid Task Force Implementation
Stefanie Davis, Senior Assistant General Counsel
7. Update on Disaster Task Force Implementation
Lynn Jennings, Vice President for Grants Management
8. Report on ABA Young Lawyers Division's Innovation Committee's Short
Legal Tech Story Competition
Matthew Stubenberg, Harvard Access to Justice Lab Emerging
Leaders Council Member
Miguel Willis, Access to Justice Technology Fellows
Program & Emerging Leaders Council Member
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
July 27, 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

October 19, 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
July 27, 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

October 19, 2020

Operations & Regulations Committee

Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting of July
27, 2020
3. Consider and act on Proposed Final Rule for 45 CFR part 1635--
Timekeeping
Stefanie Davis, Senior Assistant General Counsel
Ron Flagg, President and General Counsel
4. 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
5. Public comment
6. Consider and act on other business
7. Consider and act on adjournment of meeting

October 19, 2020

Delivery of Legal Services Committee

Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting on July
27, 2020
3. LSC Performance Criteria Update
Lynn Jennings, Vice President for Grants Management
4. Presentation on California's Sargent Shriver Counsel Act Evaluation
Estela Casas, Executive Director, Greater Bakersfield
Legal Assistance
Gina Cervantes, Self Help Attorney, Superior Court of
California, Kern County
Bonnie Rose Hough, Principal Managing Attorney, Judicial
Council of California
5. Eviction Update
Emily A. Benfer, Visiting Professor of Law, Wake Forest
University School of Law
6. Public comment
7. Consider and act on other business
8. Consider and act on motion to adjourn the meeting

October 20, 2020

Finance Committee

Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of the minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting of
July 14, 2020
3. Approval of the minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting of
July 28, 2020
4. Presentation of LSC's Financial Report for the quarter ending
September 30, 2020
Debbie Moore, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer
5. Report on the status of FY 2021 appropriations process and COVID-19
Supplemental Appropriations
Carol Bergman, Vice President for Government Relations &
Public Affairs
6. Report of FY 2021 Budget
Ron Flagg, President
Debbie Moore, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
7. Consider and Act on Resolution #2020-XXX on a Temporary Operating
Budget and Special Circumstance Operating Authority for Fiscal Year
2021
8. Report of FY 2022 appropriations process
Carol Bergman, Vice President, Government Relations &
Public Affairs
9. Public comment
10. Consider and act on other business
11. Consider and act on adjournment of meeting

October 20, 2020

Audit Committee

Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting on July
28, 2020

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3. Briefing of Office of Inspector General
Jeffrey Schanz, Inspector General
Roxanne Caruso, Assistant Inspector General for Audits
4. FY 2020 Audit Update
Debbie Moore, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer
Jeffrey Schanz, Inspector General
Roxanne Caruso, Assistant Inspector General for Audits
5. Accounting Manual Update
Debbie Moore, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer
6. Review LSC's efforts, including training and education, to help
ensure that LSC employees and grantees act ethically and safeguard LSC
funds
Rebecca Weir, Senior Assistant General Counsel and Chief
Ethics Officer
Debbie Moore, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer
Lynn Jennings, Vice President for Grants Management
Jeffrey Schanz, Inspector General
7. Management update regarding risk management
Ron Flagg, President
Jada Breegle, Chief Information Officer
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 Independent Public audits of grantees
Lora Rath, Director of Compliance and Enforcement
Roxanne Caruso, Assistant IG for Audits
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
July 28, 2020
2. Briefing on Office of Compliance and Enforcement on active
enforcement matter(s) and follow-up on open investigations referrals
from the Office of Inspector General
Lora Rath, Director, Compliance and Enforcement
3. Consider and act on adjournment of meeting

October 20, 2020

Board of Directors

Open Session--October 20, 2020
1. Pledge of Allegiance
2. Approval of agenda
3. Approval of minutes of the Board's Open Session meeting of July 28,
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 Audit Committee
12. Consider and act on the report of the Institutional Advancement
Committee
13. Consider and act on the report of the Delivery of Legal Services
Committee
14. Consider and act on contract for LSC President
15. Report on process and timeline for Strategic Plan
Ronald Flagg, President
Ron Prater, Bent Ear Solution
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
Closed Session
1. Approval of minutes of the Board's Closed Session meeting of July
28, 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
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 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: October 9, 2020.
Stefanie Davis,
Senior Assistant General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2020-22899 Filed 10-13-20; 4:15 pm]
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