98-7732. Sunshine Act Meeting of the Board of Directors

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 56 (Tuesday, March 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 14141]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-7732]


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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 April 6, 1998. The meeting will begin at 1:00 p.m. and 
continue until conclusion of the Board's agenda.

LOCATION: Hyatt Regency Phoenix, 122 North Second Street, Phoenix, AZ 
85004, [phone].

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 Feb. 7, 1998.
    3. Approval of minutes of the Board's executive session of Feb. 7, 
1998.
    4. Chairman's and Members' Reports.
    5. President's Report.
    6. Remarks by elected officials and special guests.
    7. Consider and act on the report of the Board's Operations and 
Regulations Committee.
    a. Consider and act on final rule, 45 CFR Part 1644, Disclosure of 
Case Information.
    8. Consider and act on the report of the Board's Finance Committee.
    9. Consider and act on the report of the Board's Provision for the 
Delivery of Legal Services Committee.
    10. Consider and act on the report of the Board's 1997 Annual 
Performance Reviews Committee.
    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 Secs. 1622.2 & 
1622.3.
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    13. Consider and act on the General Counsel's report on potential 
and pending litigation involving the Corporation.

Open Session

    14. Public comment.
    15. 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 Jean Edwards at [phone].

    Dated: March 19, 1998.
Victor M. Fortuno,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 98-7732 Filed 3-20-98; 12:25 pm]
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