97-28589. Sunshine Act Meeting of the Board of Directors

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 208 (Tuesday, October 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55833-55834]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28589]


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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 November 15, 1997. The meeting will begin at 10:00 a.m. 
and continue until conclusion of the Board's agenda.

LOCATION: Legal Services Corporation, 750 First Street N.E.--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. Also, the Board will consider and act on an internal 
personnel issue relating to the Corporation's employee pension plan. 
The closing is authorized by the relevant provisions of the Government 
in the Sunshine Act [5 U.S.C. 552b(c) (2) & (10)] and the corresponding 
provision of the Legal Services Corporation's implementing regulation 
[45 CFR 1622.5 (a) & (h)]. A copy of the General Counsel's 
Certification that the closing

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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 Sept. 20, 1997.
3. Approval of minutes of the Board's executive session meeting of 
Sept. 20, 1997.
4. Chairman's and Members' Reports.
5. President's Report.
6. Appointment of an ad hoc committee for annual performance 
evaluations of the President and Inspector General.
7. Consider and act on the report of the Board's Operations and 
Regulations Committee.
    a. Consideration of public comment and action on final revisions to 
45 CFR Part 1630, Costs Standards and Procedures.
    b. Consideration of public comment and action on final rule 45 CFR 
Part 1643, Restriction on Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia and Mercy 
killing.
    c. Consider and act on proposed changes to the structure of the 
Corporation's management.
8. Consider and act on the report of the Board's Finance Committee.
9. Consider and act on the report of the Ad Hoc Committee on 
Performance Reviews of the President and Inspector General.
    a. Consider and act on proposed policies and procedures for annual 
performance reviews of the Corporation's President and Inspector 
General.
10. Consider and act on report on development of a strategic planning 
process.
11. Inspector General's Report.
Closed Session
12. 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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13. Consider and act on an internal personnel issue relating to the 
Corporation's employee pension plan.
14. Consider and act on the General Counsel's report on potential and 
pending litigation involving the Corporation.
Open Session
15. Consider and act on whether to change the date of the next annual 
meeting and, if so, to what date.
16. Public comment.
17. 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 Ms. Jean Edwards, at [phone].

    Dated: October 23, 1997.
Victor M. Fortuno,
General Counsel & Secretary of the Corporation.
[FR Doc. 97-28589 Filed 10-23-97; 5:08 pm]
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