Sunshine Act Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 68 (Friday, April 9, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 17422]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-9020]


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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION


Sunshine Act Meeting

TIME AND DATE: The Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation 
will meet on April 17, 1999. The meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. and 
continue until conclusion of the Board's agenda.

LOCATION: Hilton Hotel, 5000 Seminary Road, Alexandria, Virginia 22311.

STATUS OF MEETING: Open, except that a portion of the meeting may be 
closed pursuant to a vote of the Board of Directors to hold an 
executive session. At the closed session, the Corporation's General 
Counsel will report to the Board on litigation to which the Corporation 
is or may become a party, and the Board may act on the matters 
reported. The closing is authorized by the relevant provisions of the 
Government in the Sunshine Act [5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(10)] and the 
corresponding provisions of the Legal Services Corporation's 
implementing regulation [45 CFR 1622.5(h)]. A copy of the General 
Counsel's Certification that the closing is authorized by law will be 
available upon request.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

Open Session

    1. Approval of agenda.
    2. Approval of minutes of the Board's meeting of February 22, 1999.
    3. Approval of minutes of the executive session of the Board's 
meeting of February 22, 1999.
    4. Chairman's Report.
    5. Members' Report.
    6. President's Report
    7. Inspector General's Report.
    8. Appointment of the membership of each committee of the Board and 
appointment of each committee's chairperson.
    9. Consider and act on the Board's meeting schedule, including 
designation of locations, for year 2000.
    10. Consider and act on the report of the Board's Operations and 
Regulations Committee.
    •  Consider and act on the Committee's recommendation 
regarding proposed final rule, 45 CFR Part 1641, Debarment, Suspension 
and Removal of Recipient Auditors.
    •  Consider and act on the Committee's recommendation 
regarding final rule, 45 CFR Part 1628, Recipient Fund Balances.
    •  Consider and act on the committee's recommendation 
regarding the Inspector General's level of compensation.
    11. Consider and act on the report of the Board's Committee on 
Provision for the Delivery of Legal Services.
    12. Consider an act on proposed amendment(s) to the Corporation's 
403(b) Thrift Plan that are intended to increase the Corporation's 
employer contribution level to more closely track the Federal 
retirement plans.
    13. Consider and act on the resolution to recognize and thank the 
law firm of Covington & Burling for outstanding pro bono efforts for 
the Corporation.
    14. Report on the status of the special panel the board authorized 
the Board Chair to establish to study and report back to the board on 
issues relating to LSC grantees' representation of legal alien workers 
and the requirement that they be ``present in the United States.''
    15. Dissolution of the Board's 1998 Annual Performance Reviews 
Committee.

Closed Session

    16. Briefing 1 by the Inspector General on the 
activities of the OIG.
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    \1\  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 any such portion of the closed session. 
5 U.S.C. 552(b)(a)(2) and (b). See also 45 CFR Sec. 1622.2 & 1622.3
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    17. Consider and act on the General Counsel's report on potential 
and pending litigation involving the Corporation.
    18. Consider and act on a request for indemnification.

Open Session

    19. Consider and act on other business.
    20. Public comment.

CONTACT PERSON FOR INFORMATION: Victor M. Fortuno, General Counsel and 
Secretary of the Corporation, at (202) 336-8810.

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 Shannon Nicko Adaway, at (202) 336-8810.

    Dated: April 6, 1999.
Victor M. Fortuno,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 99-9020 Filed 4-7-99; 12:59 pm]
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