83 FR 32909 - Sunshine Act Meeting
LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 136 (July 16, 2018)
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 136 (July 16, 2018)
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| FR Document | 2018-15175 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 136 (Monday, July 16, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 32909-32911] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-15175] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION Sunshine Act Meeting DATE AND TIME: The Legal Services Corporation's Board of Directors and its six committees will meet July 25-26, 2018. On Wednesday, July 25, the first meeting will commence at 3:00 p.m., Mountain Daylight Time (MDT), with the meetings thereafter commencing promptly upon adjournment of the immediately preceding meeting. On Thursday, July 26, the first meeting will commence at 9:00 a.m., (MDT), with the next meeting commencing promptly upon adjournment of the immediately preceding meeting. The closed session meeting of the Board of Directors will commence promptly upon adjournment of the open session of the Board of Directors meeting. LOCATION: The Grove Hotel, 245 South Capitol Blvd., Boise, Idaho 83702. 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 SessionsCall 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Time * ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wednesday, July 25, 2018: 1. Governance and Performance Review 3:00 p.m. Committee. 2. Operations & Regulations Committee. 3. Audit Committee.................... 4. Institutional Advancement Committee 5. Communications Subcommittee Committee. Thursday, July 26, 2018 1. Finance Committee.................. 9:00 a.m. 2. Delivery of Legal Services Committee. 3. Board of Directors................. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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.** --------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Please note that all times in this notice are in Mountain Daylight Time. ** 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.** 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.** 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. [[Page 32910]] Matters To Be Considered July 25, 2018 Governance and Performance Review Committee Open Session 1. Approval of agenda 2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting on April 9, 2018 3. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Closed Session meeting on April 9, 2018 4. Report on status of LSC's implementation of the U. S. Government Accountability Office's 2007 and 2010 recommendations Jim Sandman, President Carol Bergman, Vice President for Government Relations & Public Affairs Lynn Jennings, Vice President for Grants Management 5. Report on foundation grants and LSC's research agenda Jim Sandman, President 6. Report on transition planning Carol Bergman, Vice President for Government Relations & Public Affairs 7. Consider and act on other business 8. Public comment 9. Consider and act on adjournment of meeting Operations & Regulations Committee Open Session 1. Approval of agenda 2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting of April 8, 2018 3. Consider and act on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for 45 CFR Part 1607--Governing Bodies Stefanie Davis, Assistant General Counsel 4. Consider and act on the 2018-2019 Rulemaking Timeline Stefanie Davis, Assistant General Counsel 5. Public comment 6. Consider and act on other business 7. Consider and act on adjournment of meeting July 25, 2018 Audit Committee Open Session 1. Approval of agenda 2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting on April 9, 2018 3. Briefing of Office of Inspector General Jeffrey Schanz, Inspector General Roxanne Caruso, Assistant Inspector General for Audits 4. Pursuant to Section VIII(C)(1) of the Committee Charter, review LSC's systems of internal controls that are designed to minimize the risk of fraud, theft, corruption, or misuse of funds Jim Sandman, President David Richardson, Treasurer and Comptroller Jeffrey Schanz, Inspector General 5. Management update regarding risk management Jim Sandman, President 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 Roxanne Caruso, Assistant Inspector General 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 April 9, 2018 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 July 25, 2018 Institutional Advancement Committee Open Session 1. Approval of agenda 2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting of April 9, 2018 3. Update on 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 8. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Closed Session meeting of April 9, 2018 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 July 25, 2018 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 April 9, 2018 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 July 26, 2018 Finance Committee Open Session 1. Approval of agenda 2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session telephonic meeting on June 11, 2018 3. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session telephonic meeting on June 19, 2018 4. Presentation of LSC's Financial Reports for the first eight months of FY 2018 David Richardson, Treasurer/Comptroller 5. Review of Internal Budgetary Adjustments for the FY 2018 Consolidated Operating Budget, and consider and act on FY 2018 Revised Consolidated Operating Budget, Resolution 2018-XXX David Richardson, Treasurer/Comptroller 6. Report on the FY 2019 appropriations process Carol Bergman, Director of Government Relations & Public Affairs 7. Consider and act on Temporary Operating Budget for FY 2019, Resolution 2018-XXX David Richardson, Treasurer and Comptroller 8. Consider and act on FY 2020 Budget Request, Resolution 2018-XXX Jim Sandman, President Carol Bergman, Director of Government Relations & Public Affairs Jeffrey Schanz, Inspector General David Maddox, Assistant Inspector General for Management and Evaluation 9. Public comment 10. Consider and act on other business 11. Consider and act on adjournment of meeting [[Page 32911]] July 26, 2018 Delivery of Legal Services Committee Open Session 1. Approval of agenda 2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting on April 9, 2018 3. Report on revisions to LSC Performance Criteria 4. Panel presentation on developing and expanding effective pro bono programs Raphael Ramos, Project Director, Legal Action of Wisconsin Ann Porath, Managing Attorney, Legal Aid Society of Cleveland Kate White, Access to Services Director, Legal Aid of West Virginia Moderator: Ed Caspar, Office of Program Performance 5. Public comment 6. Consider and act on other business 7. Consider and act on motion to adjourn the meeting July 26, 2018 Board of Directors Open Session 1. Pledge of Allegiance 2. Approval of agenda 3. Approval of minutes of the Board's Open Session meeting of April 9 and April 10, 2018 4. Approval of minutes of the Board's Open Session telephonic meeting of May 24, 2018 5. Chairman's Report 6. Members' Report 7. President's Report 8. Inspector General's Report 9. Consider and act on the report of the Governance and Performance Review Committee 10. Consider and act on the report of the Operations and Regulations Committee 11. Consider and act on the Audit Committee 12. Consider and act on the report of the Institutional Advancement Committee 13. Consider and act on the report of the Finance Committee 14. Consider and act on the report of the Delivery of Legal Services Committee 15. Public comment 16. Consider and act on other business 17. Consider and act on whether to authorize an executive session of the Board to address items listed below, under Closed Session Closed Session 18. Approval of minutes of the Board's Closed Session meeting of April 10, 2018 19. Briefing by Management 20. Briefing by Inspector General 21. Consider and act on list of prospective Leaders Council members 22. Consider and act on General Counsel's report on potential and pending litigation involving LSC 23. 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 website, 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: July 11, 2018. Katherine Ward, Executive Assistant to the Vice President for Legal Affairs, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary. [FR Doc. 2018-15175 Filed 7-12-18; 11:15 am] BILLING CODE 7050-01-P
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Overview of this information Square, 145 N Street NE, 3E.405A, MEETING SCHEDULE
collection: Washington, DC 20530.
(1) Type of Information Collection: Dated: July 10, 2018. Time *
New collection.
Melody Braswell,
(2) The Title of the Form/Collection: Wednesday, July 25, 2018:
National Survey of Victim Service Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. 1. Governance and Per- 3:00 p.m.
Providers Department of Justice. formance Review
(3) The agency form number, if any, [FR Doc. 2018–15056 Filed 7–13–18; 8:45 am] Committee.
and the applicable component of the BILLING CODE 4410–18–P 2. Operations & Regula-
Department sponsoring the collection: tions Committee.
The form number for the collection is 3. Audit Committee.
NSVSP–1 (note, there will be no hard 4. Institutional Advance-
LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION ment Committee.
copy of the NSVSP instrument, the
5. Communications Sub-
survey will be completed online or over Sunshine Act Meeting committee Committee.
the phone). The applicable component Thursday, July 26, 2018
within the Department of Justice is the DATE AND TIME: The Legal Services 1. Finance Committee ... 9:00 a.m.
Bureau of Justice Statistics, in the Office Corporation’s Board of Directors and its 2. Delivery of Legal
of Justice Programs. six committees will meet July 25–26, Services Committee.
(4) Affected public who will be asked 2018. On Wednesday, July 25, the first 3. Board of Directors.
or required to respond, as well as a brief meeting will commence at 3:00 p.m.,
abstract: A sample of agencies serving Mountain Daylight Time (MDT), with Status of Meeting: Open, except as
crime victims as their primary function the meetings thereafter commencing noted below.
or through dedicated staff or programs promptly upon adjournment of the
will be asked to respond. The National Board of Directors—Open, except
immediately preceding meeting. On that, upon a vote of the Board of
Survey of Victim Service Providers will Thursday, July 26, the first meeting will
gather data on the number of victims Directors, a portion of the meeting may
commence at 9:00 a.m., (MDT), with the be closed to the public to hear briefings
served by type of crime, victim next meeting commencing promptly
characteristics, types of services by management and LSC’s Inspector
upon adjournment of the immediately General, and to consider and act on the
provided, criminal justice and
preceding meeting. The closed session General Counsel’s report on potential
community relationships, service gaps,
meeting of the Board of Directors will and pending litigation involving LSC,
and VSP staff size, turnover, and
commence promptly upon adjournment and on a list of prospective funders.**
characteristics. BJS plans to publish
of the open session of the Board of
information from the NSVSP in reports Audit Committee—Open, except that
Directors meeting.
and reference it when responding to the meeting may be closed to the public
queries from the U.S. Congress, LOCATION: The Grove Hotel, 245 South
to hear a briefing on the Office of
Executive Office of the President, the Capitol Blvd., Boise, Idaho 83702.
Compliance and Enforcement’s active
U.S. Supreme Court, partner federal PUBLIC OBSERVATION: Unless otherwise enforcement matters.**
agencies (e.g., Office for Victims of noted herein, the Board and all
committee meetings will be open to Institutional Advancement
Crime), state officials, international
public observation. Members of the Committee—Open, except that, upon a
organizations, researchers, students, the
public who are unable to attend in vote of the Board of Directors, the
media, and others interested in criminal
person but wish to listen to the public meeting may be closed to the public to
justice statistics.
(5) An estimate of the total number of proceedings may do so by following the consider and act on recommendation of
respondents and the amount of time telephone call-in directions provided new Leaders Council invitees and to
estimated for an average respondent to below. receive a briefing on the development
respond: A total of 8,067 victim service activities.**
Call-In Directions for Open Sessions A verbatim written transcript will be
providers will be asked to respond to
the survey. An estimated 5% of entities • Call toll-free number: 1–866–451– made of the closed session of the Board,
will no longer be in business or no 4981; Institutional Advancement Committee,
longer serving victims. For ineligible • When prompted, enter the and Audit Committee meetings. The
respondents the survey will take less following numeric pass code: transcript of any portions of the closed
than 5 minutes to complete. Among 5907707348 sessions falling within the relevant
active victim service providers, the • Once connected to the call, your provisions of the Government in the
expected response rate is 70%. For these telephone line will be automatically Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6) and
5,365 active victim service providers ‘‘MUTED’’. (10), will not be available for public
that decide to participate, it will take an • To participate in the meeting during inspection.
average of 45 minutes to complete the public comment press #6 to ‘‘UNMUTE’’ A copy of the General Counsel’s
survey. your telephone line, once you have Certification that, in his opinion, the
(6) An estimate of the total public concluded your comments please press closing is authorized by law will be
burden (in hours) associated with the *6 to ‘‘MUTE’’ your line. available upon request.
collection: There are an estimated 4,058 Members of the public are asked to
keep their telephones muted to
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total burden hours associated with this * Please note that all times in this notice are in
collection. eliminate background noises. To avoid Mountain Daylight Time.
If additional information is required disrupting the meeting, please refrain ** Any portion of the closed session consisting
contact: Melody Braswell, Department from placing the call on hold if doing so solely of briefings does not fall within the Sunshine
Clearance Officer, United States will trigger recorded music or other Act’s definition of the term ‘‘meeting’’ and,
therefore, the requirements of the Sunshine Act do
Department of Justice, Justice sound. From time to time, the presiding not apply to such portion of the closed session. 5
Management Division, Policy and Chair may solicit comments from the U.S.C. 552b(a)(2) and (b). See also 45 CFR 1622.2
Planning Staff, Two Constitution public. & 1622.3.
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July 26, 2018 19. Briefing by Management PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED TIME AND DATE OF
20. Briefing by Inspector General THE MEETINGS:
Delivery of Legal Services Committee 21. Consider and act on list of
prospective Leaders Council Committee on Strategy (CS)
Open Session
members Tuesday, July 17, 2018
1. Approval of agenda 22. Consider and act on General
2. Approval of minutes of the Counsel’s report on potential and Open Session: 1:00–1:30 p.m.
Committee’s Open Session meeting pending litigation involving LSC • Committee Chair’s Opening Remarks
on April 9, 2018 23. Consider and act on motion to • Approval of Prior Minutes
3. Report on revisions to LSC adjourn meeting • FY 2018 Appropriations and FY 2019
Performance Criteria
Contact Person for Information: Budget Request Update
4. Panel presentation on developing and
Katherine Ward, Executive Assistant to
expanding effective pro bono Wednesday, July 18, 2018
the Vice President & General Counsel, at
programs
(202) 295–1500. Questions may be sent Closed Session: 9:30–10:30 a.m.
• Raphael Ramos, Project Director,
by electronic mail to FR_NOTICE_ • Committee Chair’s Opening Remarks
Legal Action of Wisconsin
QUESTIONS@lsc.gov. • Approval of Prior Minutes
• Ann Porath, Managing Attorney,
Non-Confidential Meeting Materials: • FY 2020 Budget Discussion
Legal Aid Society of Cleveland
Non-confidential meeting materials will
• Kate White, Access to Services Plenary Board
be made available in electronic format at
Director, Legal Aid of West Virginia
least 24 hours in advance of the meeting
• Moderator: Ed Caspar, Office of Tuesday, July 17, 2018
on the LSC website, at http://
Program Performance Open Session 10:15 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
www.lsc.gov/board-directors/meetings/
5. Public comment
6. Consider and act on other business board-meeting-notices/non-confidential- Presentation and Panel Discussion—
7. Consider and act on motion to materials-be-considered-open-session. ‘‘Being Smart About Artificial
Accessibility: LSC complies with the Intelligence (AI)’’
adjourn the meeting
American’s with Disabilities Act and
July 26, 2018 Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation • Chair’s Opening Remarks and
Act. Upon request, meeting notices and Introductions
Board of Directors • Presentation, Dr. Andrew Moore,
materials will be made available in
Open Session alternative formats to accommodate Carnegie Mellon University
individuals with disabilities. • Panel Presentations and Discussion
1. Pledge of Allegiance • Dr. Michael Jordan, University of
2. Approval of agenda Individuals who need other
accommodations due to disability in California, Berkeley
3. Approval of minutes of the Board’s • Dr. Daniela Rus, Massachusetts
Open Session meeting of April 9 order to attend the meeting in person or
telephonically should contact Katherine Institute of Technology
and April 10, 2018 • Dr. Charles Isbell, Georgia Institute
4. Approval of minutes of the Board’s Ward, at (202) 295–1500 or FR_
NOTICE_QUESTIONS@lsc.gov, at least of Technology
Open Session telephonic meeting of
2 business days in advance of the • Dr. James Kurose, Assistant
May 24, 2018 Director, Computer & Information
5. Chairman’s Report meeting. If a request is made without
advance notice, LSC will make every Science & Engineering
6. Members’ Report
7. President’s Report effort to accommodate the request but Wednesday, July 18, 2018
8. Inspector General’s Report cannot guarantee that all requests can be
fulfilled. Open Session: 11:50 a.m.–2:15 p.m.
9. Consider and act on the report of the
Governance and Performance Dated: July 11, 2018. • Board Chair’s Opening Remarks
Review Committee Katherine Ward, • Introduction of Presentation on the
10. Consider and act on the report of the National Academies and Board of
Executive Assistant to the Vice President for
Operations and Regulations Legal Affairs, General Counsel & Corporate International Scientific
Committee Secretary. Organizations
11. Consider and act on the Audit [FR Doc. 2018–15175 Filed 7–12–18; 11:15 am]
(Break for lunch from 12:20–1:15 p.m.)
Committee • Board Chair’s Opening Remarks
12. Consider and act on the report of the
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• NSF Director’s Remarks
Institutional Advancement • Approval of Prior Minutes
• Vote: NSB Calendar for CY 2019
Committee NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION • Open Committee Reports
13. Consider and act on the report of the
• NSF INCLUDES Presentation
Finance Committee Sunshine Act Meetings; National • Board Chair’s Closing Remarks
14. Consider and act on the report of the Science Board
Delivery of Legal Services CHANGES IN THE MEETINGS:
Committee The National Science Board, pursuant
Committee on Strategy (CS)
15. Public comment to NSF regulations (45 CFR part 614),
16. Consider and act on other business the National Science Foundation Act, as Tuesday, July 17, 2018
17. Consider and act on whether to amended, (42 U.S.C. 1862n–5), and the
Open Session: 1:00–1:30 p.m.
Government in the Sunshine Act (5
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authorize an executive session of
the Board to address items listed U.S.C. 552b), hereby gives notice of a • Committee Chair’s Opening Remarks
revision to an announcement of • Approval of Prior Minutes
below, under Closed Session
meetings for the transaction of National • FY 2019 Budget Request Update
Closed Session Science Board business. Wednesday, July 18, 2018
18. Approval of minutes of the Board’s FEDERAL REGISTER CITATION OF PREVIOUS
Closed Session meeting of April 10, ANNOUNCEMENT: 83 FR 32330–31, Closed session: 9:30–10:30 a.m.
2018 published on July 12, 2018. • Committee Chair’s Opening Remarks
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