99-23892. Sunshine Act Meeting of the Board of Directors; Notice

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 176 (Monday, September 13, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 49528]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-23892]


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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION


Sunshine Act Meeting of the Board of Directors; Notice

TIME AND DATE: The Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation 
will meet on September 18, 1999. The meeting will begin at 10:00 a.m. 
and continue until conclusion of the Board's agenda.

LOCATION: The W Seattle Hotel, 1112 Fourth Avenue, Seattle Washington 
98101.

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 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 June 12, 1999.
    3. Approval of minutes of the executive session of the Board's 
meeting of June 12, 1999.
    4. Public Speakers.
    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 Board's Finance Committee.
    10. Consider and act on the report of the Board's Committee on 
Provision for the Delivery of Legal Services.
    11. Establish the Board's 1999 Annual Performance Reviews Committee 
to conduct the 1999 annual performance appraisals of the Corporation's 
President and its Inspector General.
    12. Report on the status of the special panel established to study 
and report 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 .''
    13. Report by the President and Inspector General on the status of 
and progress made with the Corporation's case service reporting system.

Closed Session

    14. Briefing by the Inspector General on the activities of the OIG.
    15. Briefing 1 by the President on internal personnel 
and operational matters.
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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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    16. Consider and act on the General Counsel's report on potential 
and pending litigation involving the Corporation.

Open Session

    17. Consider and act on the proposed establishment of the office of 
Vice President for Government Relations and Public Affairs, and the 
appointment of Maurico Vivero to that office.
    18. Consider and act on the proposed establishment of the office of 
Vice President for Legal Affairs, and the appointment of Victor M. 
Fortuno to that office.
    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 [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 Shannon Nicko Adaway, at [phone].

    Dated: September 7, 1999.
Victor M. Fortuno,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 99-23892 Filed 9-9-99; 1:07 pm]
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