82 FR 18158 - Sunshine Act Meeting
LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 72 (April 17, 2017)
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 72 (April 17, 2017)
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| FR Document | 2017-07793 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 72 (Monday, April 17, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 18158-18160] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-07793] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION Sunshine Act Meeting DATE AND TIME: The Legal Services Corporation's Board of Directors and its six committees will meet April 23-25, 2017. On Sunday, April 23, the first meeting will commence at 2:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). On Monday, April 24, the first meeting will commence at 9:00 a.m., EDT, with the next meeting commencing promptly upon adjournment of the immediately preceding meeting. On Tuesday, April 25, the first meeting will commence at 9:00 a.m., EDT and will be followed by the closed session meeting of the Board of Directors that will commence promptly upon adjournment of the prior meeting. LOCATION: Legal Services Corporation, 3333 K Street NW., 3rd Floor F. William McCalpin Conference Center, Washington, DC 20007. PUBLIC OBSERVATION: Unless otherwise noted herein, the Board and all committee meetings will be open to public observation. Members of the public who are unable to attend in person but wish to listen to the public proceedings may do so by following the telephone call-in directions provided below. CALL-IN DIRECTIONS FOR OPEN SESSIONS:Call toll-free number: 1-866-451-4981; When prompted, enter the following numeric pass code: 5907707348. Once connected to the call, your telephone line will be automatically ``MUTED''. To participate in the meeting during public comment press #6 to ``UNMUTE'' your telephone line, once you have concluded your comments please press *6 to ``MUTE'' your line. 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 presiding Chair may solicit comments from the public. Meeting Schedule Sunday, April 23, 2017/Time\*\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \*\ Please note that all times in this notice are in Eastern Daylight Time. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Operations & Regulations Committee 2:00 p.m. Monday, April 24, 2017 1. Finance Committee 9:00 a.m. 2. Delivery of Legal Services Committee 3. Institutional Advancement Committee 4. Communications Subcommittee of the Institutional Advancement Committee 5. Audit Committee 6. Governance and Performance Committee Tuesday, April 25, 2017 1. Board of Directors 9:00 a.m. 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, and on a list of prospective funders.\**\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \**\ 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 C.F.R. Sec. 1622.2 & 1622.3. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [[Page 18159]] 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 report 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.\**\ 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: April 23, 2017 Operations & Regulations Committee Open Session 1. Approval of agenda 2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting of January 26, 2017 3. Update on performance management and human capital management Traci Higgins, Director of Human Resources 4. Report on data validation and enhancement process Carlos Manjarrez, Director of the Office of Data Governance and Analysis 5. Consider and act on the 2017-2018 Rulemaking Agenda Ron Flagg, General Counsel and Vice President for Legal Affairs Stefanie Davis, Assistant General Counsel Mark Freedman, Senior Associate General Counsel 6. Consider and act on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for 45 CFR part 1629--Bonding Ron Flagg, General Counsel and Vice President for Legal Affairs Stefanie Davis, Assistant General Counsel Tyler Ellis, Law Fellow 7. Consider and act on a Final Rule for 45 CFR part 1609--Fee Generating Cases Ron Flagg, General Counsel and Vice President for Legal Affairs Stefanie Davis, Assistant General Counsel Blair Gilbert, Law Fellow 8. Report on Rulemaking for 45 CFR parts 1630 and 1631--Costs and Property Ron Flagg, General Counsel and Vice President for Legal Affairs Stefanie Davis, Assistant General Counsel Mark Freedman, Senior Associate General Counsel 9. Other public comment 10. Consider and act on other business 11. Consider and act on adjournment of meeting * * * * * April 24, 2017 Finance Committee Open Session 1. Approval of agenda 2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting on January 27, 2017 3. Approval of minutes of the Combined Finance and Audit Committee's Open Session meeting on January 27, 2017 4. Presentation of LSC's Financial Report for the first five months of FY 2017 David Richardson, Treasurer/Comptroller 5. Discussion of LSC's FY 2017 appropriations Carol Bergman, Vice President for Government Relations & Public Affairs 6. Review of LSC's Operating Budget for FY 2017 and Internal budgetary adjustments David Richardson, Treasurer/Comptroller 7. Discussion of LSC's FY 2018 appropriations request Carol Bergman, Director of Government Relations & Public Affairs 8. Management discussion regarding process and timetable for FY 2019 budget request Carol Bergman, Director of Government Relations & Public Affairs 9. Public comment 10. Consider and act on other business 11. Consider and act on adjournment of meeting * * * * * April 24, 2017 Delivery of Legal Services Committee Open Session 1. Approval of agenda 2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting on January 27, 2017 3. Discussion of Committee transition planning 4. Update of LSC revision of Performance Criteria Lynn Jennings, Vice President for Grants Management 5. Presentation on grantee oversight by the Office of Program Performance a. Grantee visits b. Program Quality Visit recommendations c. Post-Program Quality Visit and grantee application reviews d. Special grant conditions and grant terms Lynn Jennings, Vice President for Grants Management Janet LaBella, Director, Office of Program Performance Althea Hayward, Deputy Director, Office of Program Performance 6. Public comment 7. Consider and act on other business 8. Consider and act on motion to adjourn the meeting * * * * * April 24, 2017 Institutional Advancement Committee Open Session 1. Approval of agenda 2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting of January 27, 2017 3. Update on Leaders Council John G. Levi, Chairman of the Board 4. Development report Alison Stautberg, 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 8. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Closed Session meeting of January 27, 2017 9. Development activities report 10. Consider and act on motion to approve Leaders Council invitees 11. Consider and act on other business 12. Consider and act on motion to adjourn the meeting * * * * * 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 27, 2017 [[Page 18160]] 3. Communications analytics 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 * * * * * April 24, 2017 Audit Committee Open Session 1. Approval of agenda 2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting on January 27, 2017 3. Approval of minutes of the Combined Audit and Finance Committee's Open Session meeting on January 27, 2017 4. Briefing of Office of Inspector General Jeffrey Schanz, Inspector General John Seeba, Assistant Inspector General for Audits 5. Management update regarding risk management Ron Flagg, General Counsel and Vice President for Legal Affairs 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 John Seeba, 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 10. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Closed Session meeting of January 27, 2017 11. 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 12. Consider and act on adjournment of meeting * * * * * April 24, 2017 Governance and Performance Review Committee Open Session 1. Approval of agenda 2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting on January 26, 2017 3. Report on evaluations of LSC's Comptroller, Vice President for Grants Management, Vice President for Government Relations & Public Affairs, and Vice President for Legal Affairs Jim Sandman, President 4. Report on foundation grants and LSC's research agenda Jim Sandman, President 5. Briefing and presentation on Ford Foundation report on statewide legal aid Web sites Lynn Jennings, Vice President for Grants Management David Bonebrake, Program Counsel 6. Report on transition planning Report on White House transition Carol Bergman, Vice President for Government Relations & Public Affairs Report on Board transition Ron Flagg, General Counsel and Vice President for Legal Affairs 7. Consider and act on other business 8. Public comment 9. Consider and act on adjournment of meeting * * * * * April 24-25, 2017 Board of Directors Open Session--April 24 1. Pledge of Allegiance 2. Approval of agenda 3. Approval of minutes of the Board's Open Session meeting of January 28, 2017 4. Presentation of Resolution 2017-008: In Memoriam--Bertrand Shipley Thomas 5. Chairman's Report 6. Members' Report 7. Consider and act on motion to recess the meeting to April 25 Open Session--April 25 1. President's Report 2. Inspector General's Report 3. Consider and act on the report of the Operations and Regulations Committee 4. Consider and act on the report of the Finance Committee 5. Consider and act on the report of the Delivery of Legal Services Committee 6. Consider and act on the report of the Institutional Advancement Committee 7. Consider and act on the report of the Audit Committee 8. Consider and act on the report of the Governance and Performance Review Committee 9. Public Comment 10. Consider and act on other business 11. 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 January 28, 2017 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 list of prospective Leaders Council members 6. 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]. 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 Web site, at http://www.lsc.gov/board-directors/meetings/board-meeting-notices/non-confidential-materials-be-considered-open-session. ACCESSIBILITY: LSC complies with the American's with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act. Upon request, meeting notices and materials will be made available in alternative formats to accommodate individuals with disabilities. Individuals who need other accommodations due to disability in order to attend the meeting in person or telephonically should contact Katherine Ward, at (202) 295- 1500 or [email protected], at least 2 business days in advance of the meeting. If a request is made without advance notice, LSC will make every effort to accommodate the request but cannot guarantee that all requests can be fulfilled. Dated: April 13, 2017. Katherine Ward, Executive Assistant to the Vice President for Legal Affairs, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary. [FR Doc. 2017-07793 Filed 4-13-17; 4:15 pm] BILLING CODE 7050-01-P
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your comments and materials to the refer to United States v. Sunoco Pipeline PUBLIC OBSERVATION: Unless otherwise
appropriate contact in the table above. L.P., D.J. Ref. No. 90–5–1–1–11415. All noted herein, the Board and all
You may also direct questions to those comments must be submitted no later committee meetings will be open to
contacts. Individuals who are hearing than thirty (30) days after the public observation. Members of the
impaired or speech impaired may call publication date of this notice. public who are unable to attend in
the Federal Relay Service at 800–877– Comments may be submitted either by person but wish to listen to the public
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Authority: We publish this notice under Please mail your request and payment the meeting, please refrain from placing
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Dated: February 10, 2017.
Please enclose a check or money order solicit comments from the public.
Lori Nordstrom,
for $4.50 (25 cents per page
Assistant Regional Director, Ecological reproduction cost) payable to the United Meeting Schedule
Services, Midwest Region.
States Treasury. Sunday, April 23, 2017/Time*
[FR Doc. 2017–07674 Filed 4–14–17; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4333–15–P Randall M. Stone, 1. Operations & Regulations Committee
Acting Assistant Section Chief, 2:00 p.m.
Environmental Enforcement Section,
Environment and Natural Resources Division. Monday, April 24, 2017
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[FR Doc. 2017–07642 Filed 4–14–17; 8:45 am] 1. Finance Committee 9:00 a.m.
Notice of Lodging of Proposed BILLING CODE 4410–15–P 2. Delivery of Legal Services Committee
Consent Decree Under the Clean Water 3. Institutional Advancement
Act Committee
4. Communications Subcommittee of
On March 31, 2017, the Department of LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION the Institutional Advancement
Justice lodged a proposed Consent Committee
Decree with the United States District Sunshine Act Meeting 5. Audit Committee
Court for the Northern District of Ohio 6. Governance and Performance
in the lawsuit entitled United States v. DATE AND TIME: The Legal Services Committee
Sunoco Pipeline L.P., Civil Action No. Corporation’s Board of Directors and its
six committees will meet April 23–25, Tuesday, April 25, 2017
1:17–cv–00689.
The proposed Consent Decree 2017. On Sunday, April 23, the first 1. Board of Directors 9:00 a.m.
resolves claims by the United States in meeting will commence at 2:00 p.m., STATUS OF MEETING: Open, except as
the associated complaint under the Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). On noted below.
Clean Water Act against Sunoco Monday, April 24, the first meeting will Board of Directors—Open, except
Pipeline L.P. (‘‘Sunoco’’) for the illegal commence at 9:00 a.m., EDT, with the that, upon a vote of the Board of
discharge of 1,950 barrels of gasoline next meeting commencing promptly Directors, a portion of the meeting may
into a water of the United States. Under upon adjournment of the immediately be closed to the public to hear briefings
the proposed Consent Decree, Sunoco preceding meeting. On Tuesday, April by management and LSC’s Inspector
agrees to pay civil penalties in the 25, the first meeting will commence at General, and to consider and act on the
amount of $990,000 within 30 days of 9:00 a.m., EDT and will be followed by General Counsel’s report on potential
the effective date of the proposed the closed session meeting of the Board and pending litigation involving LSC,
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Consent Decree. of Directors that will commence and on a list of prospective funders.**
The publication of this notice opens promptly upon adjournment of the prior
a period for public comment on the meeting. * Please note that all times in this notice are in
Consent Decree. Comments should be LOCATION: Legal Services Corporation, Eastern Daylight Time.
** Any portion of the closed session consisting
addressed to the Acting Assistant 3333 K Street NW., 3rd Floor F. William solely of briefings does not fall within the Sunshine
Attorney General, Environment and McCalpin Conference Center, Act’s definition of the term ‘‘meeting’’ and,
Natural Resources Division, and should Washington, DC 20007. therefore, the requirements of the Sunshine Act do
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3. Communications analytics update 3. Report on evaluations of LSC’s Closed Session
• Carl Rauscher, Director of Comptroller, Vice President for 1. Approval of minutes of the Board’s
Communications and Media Grants Management, Vice President Closed Session meeting of January
Relations for Government Relations & Public 28, 2017
4. Public comment Affairs, and Vice President for Legal 2. Management briefing
5. Consider and act on other business Affairs 3. Inspector General briefing
6. Consider and act on motion to • Jim Sandman, President 4. Consider and act on General
adjourn the meeting 4. Report on foundation grants and Counsel’s report on potential and
* * * * * LSC’s research agenda pending litigation Involving LSC
• Jim Sandman, President 5. Consider and act on list of
April 24, 2017 5. Briefing and presentation on Ford prospective Leaders Council
Audit Committee Foundation report on statewide members
legal aid Web sites 6. Consider and act on motion to
Open Session • Lynn Jennings, Vice President for adjourn meeting
1. Approval of agenda Grants Management
• David Bonebrake, Program Counsel CONTACT PERSON FOR INFORMATION:
2. Approval of minutes of the Katherine Ward, Executive Assistant to
Committee’s Open Session meeting 6. Report on transition planning
• Report on White House transition the Vice President & General Counsel, at
on January 27, 2017 • Carol Bergman, Vice President for (202) 295–1500. Questions may be sent
3. Approval of minutes of the Combined Government Relations & Public by electronic mail to FR_NOTICE_
Audit and Finance Committee’s Affairs QUESTIONS@lsc.gov.
Open Session meeting on January • Report on Board transition NON-CONFIDENTIAL MEETING MATERIALS:
27, 2017 • Ron Flagg, General Counsel and Non-confidential meeting materials will
4. Briefing of Office of Inspector General Vice President for Legal Affairs be made available in electronic format at
• Jeffrey Schanz, Inspector General 7. Consider and act on other business least 24 hours in advance of the meeting
• John Seeba, Assistant Inspector 8. Public comment on the LSC Web site, at http://
General for Audits 9. Consider and act on adjournment of
5. Management update regarding risk www.lsc.gov/board-directors/meetings/
meeting board-meeting-notices/non-confidential-
management * * * * *
• Ron Flagg, General Counsel and materials-be-considered-open-session.
Vice President for Legal Affairs April 24–25, 2017 ACCESSIBILITY: LSC complies with the
6. Briefing about follow-up by the Office American’s with Disabilities Act and
Board of Directors
of Compliance and Enforcement on Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation
referrals by the Office of Inspector Open Session—April 24 Act. Upon request, meeting notices and
General regarding audit reports and 1. Pledge of Allegiance materials will be made available in
annual Independent Public audits 2. Approval of agenda alternative formats to accommodate
of grantees 3. Approval of minutes of the Board’s individuals with disabilities.
• Lora Rath, Director of Compliance Open Session meeting of January Individuals who need other
and Enforcement 28, 2017 accommodations due to disability in
• John Seeba, Assistant IG for Audits 4. Presentation of Resolution 2017–008: order to attend the meeting in person or
7. Public comment In Memoriam—Bertrand Shipley telephonically should contact Katherine
8. Consider and act on other business Thomas Ward, at (202) 295–1500 or FR_
9. Consider and act on motion to 5. Chairman’s Report NOTICE_QUESTIONS@lsc.gov, at least
adjourn the open session meeting 6. Members’ Report 2 business days in advance of the
and proceed to a closed session 7. Consider and act on motion to recess meeting. If a request is made without
the meeting to April 25 advance notice, LSC will make every
Closed Session effort to accommodate the request but
Open Session—April 25
10. Approval of minutes of the cannot guarantee that all requests can be
Committee’s Closed Session 1. President’s Report fulfilled.
meeting of January 27, 2017 2. Inspector General’s Report
3. Consider and act on the report of the Dated: April 13, 2017.
11. Briefing by the Office of Compliance
Operations and Regulations Katherine Ward,
and Enforcement on active
Committee Executive Assistant to the Vice President for
enforcement matter(s) and follow-
4. Consider and act on the report of the Legal Affairs, General Counsel & Corporate
up to open investigation referrals Secretary.
Finance Committee
from the Office of Inspector General 5. Consider and act on the report of the [FR Doc. 2017–07793 Filed 4–13–17; 4:15 pm]
• Lora Rath, Director of Compliance Delivery of Legal Services BILLING CODE 7050–01–P
and Enforcement Committee
12. Consider and act on adjournment of 6. Consider and act on the report of the
meeting Institutional Advancement LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
* * * * * Committee
April 24, 2017 7. Consider and act on the report of the Copyright Royalty Board
Audit Committee
Governance and Performance Review [Docket No. 17–CRB–0011–SD (2015)]
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8. Consider and act on the report of the
Committee Governance and Performance
Review Committee Distribution of 2015 Satellite Royalty
Open Session Funds
9. Public Comment
1. Approval of agenda 10. Consider and act on other business AGENCY: Copyright Royalty Board,
2. Approval of minutes of the 11. Consider and act on whether to Library of Congress.
Committee’s Open Session meeting authorize a closed session of the
ACTION: Notice requesting comments.
on January 26, 2017 Board to address items listed below
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