[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 12 (Thursday, January 21, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6370-6372]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-01319]
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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
Sunshine Act Meeting
DATE AND TIME: The Legal Services Corporation's Board of Directors and
its six committees will meet January 28-29, 2021. On Thursday, January
28, 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 Friday, January 29, 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 Friday, January 29, the closed session meeting of the Board
of Directors will commence at 5:15 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 January 28-29, 2021 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:
Thursday, January 28, 2021
To join the Zoom Meeting by computer: please click the below
link. https://lsc-gov.zoom.us/j/98432856166?pwd=WENUMkxsZDcvczJGczQ4R1RFWmEwQT09
Meeting ID: 984 3285 6166
Passcode: 768308
To join the Zoom meeting with one touch from your mobile
phone, click below:
+16468769923,,98432856166# US (New York)
+13017158592,,98432856166# US (Germantown)
To join the Zoom meeting by phone, use this information:
Dial by Your Location
Find your local number: https://lsc-gov.zoom.us/u/a18q49yI6
Friday, January 29, 2021
To join the Zoom Meeting by computer: please click the below
link. https://lsc-gov.zoom.us/j/98502884283?pwd=eDBDdHlLSG9JV0FLbFZvWGNDSzhGUT09
Meeting ID: 985 0288 4283
Passcode: 079447
To join the Zoom meeting with one touch from your mobile
phone, click below:
+13126266799,,9850288428# US (Germantown)
+16468769923,,9850288428# US (Chicago)
To join the Zoom meeting by phone, use this information:
Dial by your location
Find your local number: https://lsc-gov.zoom.us/u/awDabt5DP
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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Thursday, January 28, 2021:
1. Governance and Performance Review Committee.......... 11:00 a.m.
2. Institutional Advancement Committee..................
3. Communications Subcommittee of the Institutional
Advancement Committee..................................
4. Operations & Regulations Committee...................
5. Delivery of Legal Services Committee.................
Friday, January 29, 2021:
1. Finance Committee.................................... 12:00 p.m.
2. Combined Audit & Finance Committees..................
3. Audit Committee......................................
4. 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
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Compliance and Enforcement's active enforcement matters.**
Combined Audit and Finance Committees--Closed to hear a management
briefing.**
A verbatim written transcript will be made of the closed session of
the Board, Institutional Advancement Committee, Audit Committee, and
Joint Audit and Finance Committees 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:
January 28, 2021
Governance and Performance Review Committee
Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting on
October 19, 2020
3. Report on briefing materials for Biden Transition team
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. Report on Governance and Performance Review Committee evaluation
Carol Bergman, Vice President for Government Relations &
Public Affairs
6. Discussion of President's evaluation for 2020
7. Discussion of Inspector General's 2020 activities
Jeffrey Schanz, Inspector General
8. Consider and act on other business
9. Public comment
10. Consider and act on motion to adjourn the meeting
January 28, 2021
Institutional Advancement Committee
Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Institutional Advancement Committee's
Open Session meeting of October 19, 2020
3. Discussion of Committee's evaluations for 2020 and the Committee's
goals for 2021
4. Development report
Nadia Elguindy, Director of Institutional Advancement
Ron Flagg, President
5. Update on Leaders Council and Emerging Leaders Council
John G. Levi, Chairman of the Board
6. Update on Emerging Leaders Council Communications Committee
Kristen Sonday, Co-Chair of LSC's Emerging Leaders Council
7. Update on Disaster Task Force Implementation
Lynn Jennings, Vice President for Grants Management
David Bonebrake, Program Counsel, Office of Program
Performance
8. Public Comment
9. Consider and act on other business
10. 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
October 19, 2020
2. Development activities report
Nadia Elguindy, Director of Institutional Advancement
Ron Flagg, President
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
January 28, 2021
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
October 19, 2020
3. Discussion of Subcommittee's evaluations for 2020 and the
Committee's goals for 2021
4. Communications and social media update
Carl Rauscher, Director of Communications and Media
Relations
5. Public comment
6. Consider and act on other business
7. Consider and act on motion to adjourn the meeting
January 28, 2021
Operations & Regulations Committee
Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting of
October 19, 2020
3. Discussion of Committee's evaluations for 2020 and the Committee's
goals for 2021
4. Discussion of Management's report on implementation of the Strategic
Plan 2017-2020
Ron Flagg, President
5. Public comment
6. Consider and act on other business
7. Consider and act on adjournment of meeting
January 28, 2021
Delivery of Legal Services Committee
Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting on
October 19, 2020
3. Discussion of Committee's evaluations for 2020 and the Committee's
goals for 2021
4. Update on revisions to LSC Performance Criteria
Lynn Jennings, Vice President for Grants Management
5. Briefing from the Office of Data Governance and Analysis
Carlos Manjarrez, Chief Data Officer, Office of Data
Governance and Analysis
6. Panel Presentation on Intake Procedures
Joyce Akasaka, Senior Attorney, Legal Aid Society of San
Diego
Ashley Lowe, Executive Director, Lakeshore Legal Aid
Lori Molloy, Executive Director, North Penn Legal Services
Leslie Powell-Boudreaux, Executive Director, Legal
Services of North Florida
Alison Paul, Executive Director, Montana Legal Services
Moderator: Lynn Jennings, Vice President for Grants
Management
7. Public comment
8. Consider and act on other business
9. Consider and act on motion to adjourn the meeting
January 29, 2021
Finance Committee
Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of the minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting of
October 20, 2020
3. Discussion of Committee's evaluations for 2020 and the Committee's
goals for 2021
4. Discussion of LSC's FY 2021 appropriation
Carol Bergman, Vice President for Government Relations &
Public Affairs
5. Presentation of FY 2021 Consolidated Operating Budget
Debbie Moore, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
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6. Consider and Act on Resolution 2021-XXX, LSC's Consolidated
Operating Budget for FY 2021
7. Presentation of LSC's Financial Report for the first three months of
FY 2021
Debbie Moore, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
8. Discussion of LSC's FY 2022 appropriations request, additional COVID
relief request, and emergency disaster supplemental appropriation
request
Carol Bergman Vice President for Government Relations &
Public Affairs
9. Public comment
10. Consider and act on other business
11. Consider and act on adjournment of meeting
January 29, 2021
Combined Audit & Finance Commitee
Closed Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Management briefing
Ron Flagg, President
Rebecca Weir, Deputy General Counsel
Deborah Moore, Chief Financial Officer/Treasurer
Jada Breegle, Chief Information Officer
3. Consider and act on adjournment of meeting
January 29, 2021
Audit Committee
Open Session
4. Approval of agenda
5. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting on
October 20, 2020
6. Discussion of Committee's evaluations for 2020 and the Committee's
goals for 2021
7. Briefing of Office of Inspector General
Jeffrey Schanz, Inspector General
Roxanne Caruso, Assistant Inspector General for Audit
8. Pursuant to Section VIII(C)(5) of the Committee Charter, review
LSC's and the Office of Inspector General's mechanisms for the
submission of confidential complaints
Dan O'Rourke, Assistant Inspector General for
Investigation
Lora Rath, Director, Office of Compliance and Enforcement
9. Management update regarding risk management
Ron Flagg, President
10. 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
Jeffrey Schanz, Inspector General
Roxanne Caruso, Assistant Inspector General for Audit
Lora Rath, Director, Office of Compliance and Enforcement
11. Public comment
12. Consider and act on other business
13. 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
October 20, 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, Office of Compliance and Enforcement
3. Consider and act on adjournment of meeting
Jnuary 29, 2021
Board of Directors
Open Session--January 29, 2021
1. Pledge of Allegiance
2. Approval of agenda
3. Approval of minutes of the Board's Open Session meeting of October
20, 2020
4. Approval of minutes of the Board's Open Session telephonic meeting
of November 16, 2020
5. Consider and act on nominations for the Chair of Board of Directors
6. Consider and act on nominations for the Vice Chair of Board of
Directors
7. Chairman's Report
8. Members' Report
9. President's Report
10. Inspector General's Report
11. Consider and act on the report of the Operations and Regulations
Committee
12. Consider and act on the report of the Governance and Performance
Committee
13. Consider and act on the report of the Combined Audit and Finance
Committees
14. Consider and act on the report of the Audit Committee
15. Consider and act on the report of the Finance Committee
16. Consider and act on the report of the Institutional Advancement
Committee
17. Consider and act on the report of the Delivery of Legal Services
Committee
18. Update on the Housing Task Force
19. Update on the Veterans Task Force and Opioid Task Force
Implementation
Stefanie Davis, Senior Assistant General Counsel
20. Consider and act on the draft LSC Strategic Plan for 2021-2024
21. Public Comment
22. Consider and act on other business
23. 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 October
20, 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: Rebecca Fertig Cohen, Chief of Staff &
Corporate Secretary, at (202) 295-1576 and Caroline Shriver, Board
Affairs Coordinator, at (202) 302-4335. 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: January 14, 2021.
Stefanie Davis,
Senior Assistant General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2021-01319 Filed 1-15-21; 11:15 am]
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