[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 145 (Thursday, July 29, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44811-44814]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-18716]
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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
Sunshine Act Meeting of the Board of Directors and Five Board
Committees
Amended Notice
Changes to the Meeting Time
NOTICE: The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) is announcing an amendment
to
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the notice of the meeting of the Board of Directors and five Board
Committees. Specifically, the following two additional items have been
added to the agenda of the Operations & Regulations Committee
(``Committee''). The Committee's agenda will be announced in Volume 75
of the Federal Register. There are no other changes to the original
notice.
ITEMS ADDED TO COMMITTEE'S AGENDA:
Briefing on management's plans for reviewing and improving
LSC performance measures, including identification of possible
impediments to development of numerical criteria for the measurement of
LSC performance
Briefing on how the Corporation receives and uses
timekeeping data related to service delivery collected from grantees
DATE AND TIME: The Legal Services Corporation Board of Directors will
meet on July 30-31, 2010. On Friday July 30, the meeting will commence
at 3:15 p.m., Central Time. On July 31, the first meeting will commence
at 8:30 a.m., Central Time. On each of these two days, each meeting
other than the first meeting of the day will commence promptly upon
adjournment of the immediately preceding meeting.
LOCATION: The Hyatt Regency Hotel, 333 West Kilbourn Avenue,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
PUBLIC OBSERVATION: Unless otherwise noticed, all meetings of the LSC
Board of Directors are open to public observation. Members of the
public that are unable to attend but wish to listen to a public
proceeding may do so by following the telephone call-in directions
given below. You are asked to keep your telephone muted to eliminate
background noises. From time to time the presiding Chair may solicit
comments from the public.
CALL-IN DIRECTIONS FOR OPEN SESSIONS:
Call toll-free number: 1-(866) 451-4981;
When prompted, enter the following numeric pass code:
5907707348;
When connected to the call, please ``Mute'' your telephone
immediately.
Meeting Schedule
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Time \1\
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Friday, July 30, 2010:
1. Promotion & Provision for the Delivery of 3:15 p.m.
Legal Services Committee (``Promotions &
Provisions Committee'').........................
2. Governance & Performance Review Committee
3. Operations & Regulations Committee
Saturday, July 31, 2010:
4. Finance Committee............................. 8:30 a.m.
5. Audit Committee
6. Board of Directors
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STATUS OF MEETING: Open, except as noted below.
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\1\ Please note that all times in this notice are in the Central
Time zone.
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Board of Directors--Open, except that a portion of the
meeting of the Board of Directors may be closed to the public pursuant
to a vote of the Board of Directors who will consider and perhaps act
on the General Counsel's report on potential and pending litigation
involving LSC, consider and may act on a report from the Operations &
Regulations Committee regarding an employee benefits matter, and hear
briefings by LSC's President and Inspector General.\2\
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\2\ Any portion of the closed session consisting solely of staff
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.
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A verbatim written transcript will be made of the closed session of
the Board meeting. However, the transcript of any portions of the
closed session falling within the relevant provisions of the Government
in the Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2) and (9)(B), and the
corresponding provisions of the Legal Services Corporation's
implementing regulation, 45 CFR 1622.5(a) and (g), 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.
Governance & Performance Review Committee--Open, except
that a portion of the meeting of the Governance & Performance Review
Committee may be closed to the public pursuant to a vote of the Board
of Directors so the Committee can act and consider a records retention
matter.
A verbatim written transcript will be made of the closed session of
the Committee meeting. However, the transcript of any portions of the
closed session falling within the relevant provisions of the Government
in the Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2), and the corresponding
provisions of the Legal Services Corporation's implementing regulation,
45 CFR 1622.5(a) 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.
Operations & Regulations Committee--Open, except that a
portion of the meeting of the Operations & Regulations Committee may be
closed to the public pursuant to a vote of the Board of Directors so
the Committee can act and consider an employee benefits matter. A
verbatim written transcript will be made of the closed session of the
Committee meeting. However, the transcript of any portions of the
closed session falling within the relevant provisions of the Government
in the Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2), and the corresponding
provisions of the Legal Services Corporation's implementing regulation,
45 CFR 1622.5(a) 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:
Friday, July 30, 2010
Promotion and Provision for the Delivery of Legal Services Committee
Agenda
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of Minutes of the Committee's meeting of April 16, 2010
3. Consider and act on proposed revised Committee Charter
Staff report--Karen Sarjeant, Vice President for Program and
Compliance
4. Public comment
5. Consider and act on other business
6. Consider and act on adjournment of meeting
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Governance and Performance Review Committee
Agenda
Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's meeting of April 17, 2010
3. Staff report on Virtual Board Manual
4. Consider and act on Committee Self-Evaluation Forms
5. Discussion of LSC research agenda, goals, methods, and areas of
concentration
6. Issues from the OIG OLA Report
7. Consider and act on other business
8. Public Comment
Closed Session
9. Consider and act on records retention matter
10. Consider and act on motion to adjourn meeting
Operations & Regulations Committee
Amended Agenda
Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's meeting of April 17, 2010
3. Approval of minutes of the Committee's joint meeting of June 15,
2010 with the Audit Committee
4. Consider and act on potential initiation of rulemaking to amend 45
CFR part 1622 to remove from its requirements the Board's Search and
Development Committees and the Board's Governance & Performance Review
Committee when it is meeting to consider performance evaluations of the
President and the Inspector General
i. Presentation by Mattie Cohan, Senior Assistant General Counsel
ii. Comment by Laurie Tarantowicz, Assistant Inspector General and
Legal Counsel
iii. Public Comment
5. Consider and act on the proposed 2011 Grant Assurances
i. Presentation by Karen Sarjeant, Vice President for Programs and
Compliance
ii. Public Comment
6. Briefing on management's plans for reviewing and improving LSC
performance measures, including identification of possible impediments
to development of numerical criteria for the measurement of LSC
performance
7. Briefing on how the Corporation receives and uses timekeeping data
related to service delivery collected from grantee
8. Public comment
9. Consider and act on other business
Closed Session
10. Consider and act on an employee benefits matter
11. Consider and act on adjournment of meeting
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Finance Committee
Agenda
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of the minutes of the Committee's meeting of April 17,
2010
3. Consider and Act on potential advisory committee member for the
Finance Committee
4. Presentation on LSC's Financial Reports for the first eight months
of FY 2010
Presentation by David Richardson, Treasurer/Comptroller
5. Consider and act on revisions to the Consolidated Operating Budget
for FY 2010 including internal budgetary adjustments and recommend
Resolution 2010-XXX to the full Board
Presentation by David Richardson, Treasurer/Comptroller
6. Consider and act on proposed 2010 pay increase
Presentation by Victor Fortuno, President
Comments by David Richardson, Treasurer/Comptroller
Comments by Jeffrey Schanz, Inspector General
7. Consider and Act on the Temporary Operating Budget for FY 2011 and
recommend Resolution 2010-XXX to the full Board for action
Presentation by David Richardson, Treasurer/Comptroller
8. Discussion of FY 2012 Budget Request considerations
9. Consider and act on amendment to LSC's 403(b) plan
Presentation by Alice Dickerson, Director of Human
Resources
Comments by Mark Freedman, Office of Legal Affairs
10. Staff report on the Loan Repayment Assistance Program (``LRAP'')
Bristow Hardin, Program Analyst, Office of Program
Performance
11. Public comment
12. Consider and act on other business
13. Consider and act on adjournment of meeting
Audit Committee
Agenda
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's April 17, 2010 meeting
3. Approval of minutes of the Committee's June 15, 2010 joint meeting
with the Operations and Regulations Committee.
4. Report on 403(b) plan performance and annual audit and consider and
act on changes to LSC's 403(b) Plan
5. Alice Dickerson, Director of Human Resources
6. Mark Freedman, Office of Legal Affairs
7. Report on TIG grants management
8. Janet LaBella, Director, Office of Program Performance
9. Glenn Rawdon, TIG program counsel
10. David Richardson, Treasurer and Comptroller
11. Report on timely issuance of OCE and OPP program visit reports
12. Karen Sarjeant, Vice President for Programs and Compliance
13. Consider and act on Resolution 2010-XXX regarding future
amendments to the LSC Accounting Manual
14. Consider and act on complaint procedure for audit committee
15. Review of internal controls associated with grant awards
16. Karen Sarjeant, Vice President for Programs and Compliance
17. Janet LaBella, Director, Office of Program Performance
18. David Richardson, Treasurer and Comptroller
19. Briefing by Inspector General
20. Jeffrey Schanz, Inspector General
21. Public comment
22. Consider and act on other business
23. Consider and act on adjournment of meeting
Board of Directors
Agenda
Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of Minutes of the Board's Open Session meeting of April
17, 2010
3. Approval of Minutes of the Board's Open Session Telephonic meeting
of May 19, 2010
4. Approval of Minutes of the Board's Open Session Telephonic meeting
of June 15, 2010
5. Consider and act on report from Thomas Smegal, Chairman, Board of
Directors of Friends of the Legal Services Corporation, regarding
ownership of 3333 K Street, NW., Washington, DC, the property housing
LSC's offices
6. Chairman's Report
7. Members' Reports
8. President's Report
9. Inspector General's Report
10. Consider and act on the report of the Search Committee for LSC
President
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11. Consider and act on the report of the Promotion & Provision for
the Delivery of Legal Services Committee
12. Consider and act on the report of the Finance Committee
13. Consider and act on the report of the Audit Committee
14. Consider and act on the report of the Operations & Regulations
Committee
15. Consider and act on the report of the Governance & Performance
Review Committee
16. Consider and act on Resolution 2010-XXX recognizing the late Edna
Fairbanks-Williams and her contributions to the civil legal services
community.
17. Consider and act on whether to establish a Development Committee
and related proposed Charter, Resolution 2010-XXX
18. Staff Report on Strategic Directions performance measures for
2006-2010
19. Consider and act on designation of new LSC Ethics Officer
20. Staff Report on the provision of civil legal services to veterans
21. Consider and act on Meeting Schedule for calendar year 2011
22. Public comment
23. Consider and act on other business
24. Consider and act on whether to authorize an executive session of
the Board to address items listed below under Closed Session
Closed Session
25. Approval of minutes of the Board's April 17, 2010 Closed Session
meeting
26. Consider and act on General Counsel's report on potential and
pending litigation involving LSC
27. Consider and act on report of the Governance & Performance Review
Committee regarding a records retention matter
28. Consider and act on report of the Operations & Regulations
Committee regarding an employee benefits matter
29. IG briefing of the Board
30. Consider and act on motion to adjourn meeting
CONTACT PERSON FOR INFORMATION: Katherine Ward, Executive Assistant to
the Vice President & General Counsel, at (202) 295-1500. Questions may
be sent by electronic mail to [email protected].
SPECIAL NEEDS: Upon request, meeting notices will be made available in
alternate formats to accommodate visual and hearing impairments.
Individuals who have a disability and need an accommodation to attend
the meeting may notify Katherine Ward, at (202) 295-1500 or [email protected].
Dated: July 25, 2010.
Patricia D. Batie,
Corporate Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-18716 Filed 7-27-10; 11:15 am]
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