98-2382. Sunshine Act Meeting of the Board of Directors

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 19 (Thursday, January 29, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 4491]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2382]


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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION


Sunshine Act Meeting of the Board of Directors

    Time and Date: The Board of Directors of the Legal Services 
Corporation will meet on February 7, 1998. The meeting will begin at 
9:00 a.m. and continue until conclusion of the Board's agenda.
    Location: Legal Services Corporation, 750 First Street NE.--10th 
Floor, Washington, DC 20002.
    Status of Meeting: Open, except that a portion of the meeting may 
be closed pursuant to a unanimous 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 Sec. 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 Nov. 15, 1997.
    3. Approval of minutes of the Board's executive session meeting of 
Nov. 15, 1997.
    4. Approval of minutes of the Board's teleconference meeting of 
Jan. 22, 1998.
    5. Chairman's and Members' Reports.
    6. Election of officers of the Board.
    7. Scheduling meetings of the Board for the balance of FY '98.
    8. President's Report.
    9. Consider and act on the report of the Board's Operations and 
Regulations Committee.
    10. Consider and act on the report of the Board's Finance 
Committee.
    11. Consider and act on the report of the Board's Provision for the 
Delivery of Legal Services Committee.
    12. Consider and act on the report of the Ad Hoc Committee on 
Performance Reviews of the President and Inspector General.
    13. Consider and act on report on the strategic planning process.
    14. Consider and act on a technical amendment to section 6.10 of 
the Corporation's bylaws.
    15. Inspector General's Report.
    Closed Session:
    16. Briefing 1 by the Inspector General on the 
activities of the OIG, including a draft report on special audits.
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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.
    Open Session:
    18. Public comment.
    19. Consider and act on other business.

CONTACT PERSON FOR INFORMATION: Victor M. Fortuno, General Counsel and 
Secretary of the Corporation, at [phone].
    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 Sylvia Speight, at [phone].

    Dated: January 27, 1998.
Victor M. Fortuno,
General Counsel and Secretary of the Corporation.
[FR Doc. 98-2382 Filed 1-27-98; 2:57 pm]
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