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Burden: $0.
Dated: July 9, 2014.
Michel Smyth,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014–16521 Filed 7–14–14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4510–CR–P
Washington, DC 20210; or by email:
DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michel Smyth by telephone at 202–693–
4129, TTY 202–693–8064, (these are not
toll-free numbers) or by email at DOL_
PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).
This ICR
seeks to extend PRA authority for the
Producer Price Index (PPI) Survey. The
PPI is a measure of price movements as
an indicator of inflationary trends for
inventory valuation and as a measure of
purchasing power of the dollar at the
primary market level. The PPI is also
used in market and economic research
and as a basis for escalation in long-term
contracts and purchase agreements. This
information collection accumulates data
for the ongoing monthly publication of
the PPI family of indexes.
This information collection is subject
to the PRA. A Federal agency generally
cannot conduct or sponsor a collection
of information, and the public is
generally not required to respond to an
information collection, unless it is
approved by the OMB under the PRA
and displays a currently valid OMB
Control Number. In addition,
notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, no person shall generally be subject
to penalty for failing to comply with a
collection of information that does not
display a valid Control Number. See 5
CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. The DOL
obtains OMB approval for this
information collection under Control
Number 1220–0008.
OMB authorization for an ICR cannot
be for more than three (3) years without
renewal, and the current approval for
this collection is scheduled to expire on
July 31, 2014. The DOL seeks to extend
PRA authorization for this information
collection for three (3) more years,
without any change to existing
requirements. The DOL notes that
existing information collection
requirements submitted to the OMB
receive a month-to-month extension
while they undergo review. For
additional substantive information
about this ICR, see the related notice
published in the Federal Register on
February 26, 2014 (79 FR 10843).
Interested parties are encouraged to
send comments to the OMB, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs at
the address shown in the ADDRESSES
section within thirty (30) days of
publication of this notice in the Federal
Register. In order to help ensure
appropriate consideration, comments
should mention OMB Control Number
1220–0008. The OMB is particularly
interested in comments that:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Producer
Price Index Survey
ACTION:
Notice.
The Department of Labor
(DOL) is submitting the Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) sponsored information
collection request (ICR) titled,
‘‘Producer Price Index Survey,’’ to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval for
continued use, without change, in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), 44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq. Public comments on the
ICR are invited.
DATES: The OMB will consider all
written comments that agency receives
on or before August 14, 2014.
ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with
applicable supporting documentation;
including a description of the likely
respondents, proposed frequency of
response, and estimated total burden
may be obtained free of charge from the
RegInfo.gov Web site at https://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=201403-1220-001
(this link will only become active on the
day following publication of this notice)
or by contacting Michel Smyth by
telephone at 202–693–4129, TTY 202–
693–8064, (these are not toll-free
numbers) or by email at DOL_PRA_
PUBLIC@dol.gov.
Submit comments about this request
by mail or courier to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attn: OMB Desk Officer for DOL–BLS,
Office of Management and Budget,
Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20503; by Fax: 202–
395–6881 (this is not a toll-free
number); or by email: OIRA_
submission@omb.eop.gov. Commenters
are encouraged, but not required, to
send a courtesy copy of any comments
by mail or courier to the U.S.
Department of Labor-OASAM, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Attn:
Departmental Information Compliance
Management Program, Room N1301,
200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
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• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
• Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
• Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
• Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
Agency: DOL–BLS.
Title of Collection: Producer Price
Index Survey.
OMB Control Number: 1220–0008.
Affected Public: Private Sector—
businesses or other for-profits.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 32,086.
Total Estimated Number of
Responses: 1,265,836.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden:
116,672 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs
Burden: $0.
Dated: July 7, 2014.
Michel Smyth,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014–16519 Filed 7–14–14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4510–24–P
LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
Sunshine Act Meeting
The Legal Services
Corporation’s Board of Directors and its
six committees will meet July 20–22,
2014. On Sunday, July 20, the first
meeting will commence at 1:30 p.m.,
Central Daylight Time (CDT), with the
meeting thereafter commencing
promptly upon adjournment of the
immediately preceding meeting. On
Monday, July 21, the first meeting will
commence at 2:30 p.m., CDT, with the
meeting thereafter commencing
promptly upon adjournment of the
immediately preceding meeting. On
Tuesday, July 22, the first meeting will
commence at 9:00 a.m., CDT, and it will
be followed by the closed session
meeting of the Board of Directors, which
will commence promptly upon
adjournment of the first meeting.
DATE AND TIME:
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Salon Conference Room, Des
Moines Marriott Downtown, 700 Grand
Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50309.
PUBLIC OBSERVATION: Unless otherwise
noted herein, the Board and all
committee meetings will be open to
public observation. Members of the
public who are unable to attend in
person but wish to listen to the public
proceedings may do so by following the
telephone call-in directions provided
below.
LOCATION:
Call-In Directions for Open Sessions
• Call toll-free number: 1–866–451–
4981;
• When prompted, enter the
following numeric pass code:
5907707348;
• When connected to the call, please
immediately ‘‘mute’’ your telephone.
Members of the public are asked to keep
their telephones muted to eliminate
background noises. To avoid disrupting
the meeting, please refrain from placing
the call on hold if doing so will trigger
recorded music or other sound. From
time to time, the presiding Chair may
solicit comments from the public.
Meeting Schedule
July 20, 2014
Time *
Sunday, July 20, 2014:
1. Operations & Regulations
Committee.
2. Institutional Advancement
Committee.
3. Governance & Performance
Review Committee.
Monday, July 21, 2014:
1. Delivery of Legal Services
Committee.
2. Audit Committee.
3. Finance Committee.
Tuesday, July 22, 2014:
1. Board of Directors ...............
1:30 p.m.
2:30 p.m.
9:00 a.m.
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Status of Meeting: Open, except as
noted below.
Board of Directors—Open, except
that, upon a vote of the Board of
Directors, a portion of the meeting may
be closed to the public to hear briefings
by management and LSC’s Inspector
General, and to consider and act on the
General Counsel’s report on potential
and pending litigation involving LSC
and on a list of prospective funders.**
Institutional Advancement
Committee—Open, except that, upon a
* Please note that all times in this notice are in
the Central Daylight Time.
** Any portion of the closed session consisting
solely of 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 such portion of the closed session. 5
U.S.C. 552b(a)(2) and (b). See also 45 CFR 1622.2
& 1622.3.
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vote of the Board of Directors, the
meeting may be closed to the public for
a briefing on contributions pledged and
received, to discuss prospective funders
for LSC’s 40th anniversary celebration
and development activities.**
Audit Committee—Open, except that
the meeting may be closed to the public
to hear briefings on the following
matters: The Office of Compliance and
Enforcement’s active enforcement
matter(s) and follow-up to the Office of
the Inspector General’s open
investigations; and the Information
Technology Systems Risk
Assessment.**
A verbatim written transcript will be
made of the closed session of the Board,
Institutional Advancement Committee
and Audit Committee meetings. The
transcript of any portions of the closed
sessions falling within the relevant
provisions of the Government in the
Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552b(c)(6) and
(10), will not be available for public
inspection. A copy of the General
Counsel’s Certification that, in his
opinion, the closing is authorized by
law will be available upon request.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:
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Operations & Regulations Committee
Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the
Committee’s Open Session meeting
on April 7, 2014
3. Report on risk item: Acquisitions
Management (higher contract costs
and possible areas of fraud, waste
and abuse)
• Ron Flagg, General Counsel
4. Report on 45 CFR Part 1614—Private
Attorney Involvement
• Ron Flagg, General Counsel
• Stefanie Davis, Assistant General
Counsel
5. Report on 2015 Grant Assurances
• Jim Sandman, President
• Public Comment
6. Consider and act on Proposed
Rulemaking Agenda
• Ron Flagg, General Counsel
• Stefanie Davis, Assistant General
Counsel
• Mark Freedman, Senior Assistant
General Counsel
• Laurie Tarantowicz, Assistant
Inspector General & Legal Counsel
7. Consider and act on request for
Management to explore service
eligibility options for persons
covered by the Convention against
Torture
8. Other public comment
9. Consider and act on other business
10. Consider and act on adjournment of
meeting
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Institutional Advancement Committee
Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the
Committee’s Open Session meeting
of April 6, 2014
3. Update on 40th Anniversary
Campaign
4. Consider and act on In-kind
Contributions Protocol
5. Update on September Conference
Events
6. Public comment
7. Consider and act on other business
Closed Session
1. Approval of minutes of the
Committee’s Closed Session
meeting of April 6, 2014
2. Consider and act on prospective
funders
3. Donor report
4. Consider and act on adjournment of
meeting
Governance and Performance Review
Committee
Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the
Committee’s Open Session meeting
of April 6, 2014
3. Report on progress in implementing
GAO Recommendations
• Presentation by Carol Bergman,
Director of Government Relations &
Public Affairs
4. Report on Public Welfare Foundation
grant and LSC research agenda
• Presentation by Jim Sandman,
President
5. Consider and Act on LSC Equal
Opportunity, Non-Discrimination &
Anti-Harassment Policy
• Presentation by Ron Flagg, General
Counsel
6. Board Member Attendance on
Program Visits
• Presentation by Ron Flagg, General
Counsel
7. Consider and act on other business
8. Public comment
9. Consider and act on motion to
adjourn meeting
July 21, 2014
Delivery of Legal Services Committee
Open Session
1. Approval of Agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the
Committee’s Open Session meeting
on April 7, 2014
3. Panel presentation and Committee
discussion of LSC’s Performance
Criteria, Performance Area Four,
Criterion 1—‘‘Board Governance—
board composition, client eligible
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member engagement in board
decision making’’
• Linda Morris, Client-Eligible Board
Member and past President, Laurel
Legal Services
• Cynthia A. Sheehan, Executive
Director, Laurel Legal Services
• Susan Cae Barta, Secretary, Board of
Directors, Iowa Legal Aid
• Dennis Groenenboom, Executive
Director, Iowa Legal Aid
• Althea Hayward, Deputy Director,
Office of Program Performance, LSC
(Moderator)
4. Public comment
5. Consider and act on other business
6. Consider and act on motion to
adjourn the meeting
Audit Committee
Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the
Committee’s Open Session April 7,
2014 meeting
3. Approval of minutes of the
Committee’s Telephonic Open
Session May 22, 2014 meeting
4. Briefing by Office of Inspector
General
• Jeffrey Schanz, Inspector General
5. Management update regarding risk
management
• Ron Flagg, Vice President of Legal
Affairs
6. Briefing about Management
representation letters in connection
with financial reporting
• David Richardson, Comptroller
7. Briefing regarding LSC audit and
review activities
• Lynn Jennings, Vice President of
Grants Management
• Janet LaBella, Director of Program
Performance
• Lora Rath, Director of Compliance
and Enforcement
8. Briefing about follow-up by Office of
Compliance and Enforcement from
referrals by the Office of Inspector
General regarding audit reports and
annual Independent Public audits
of grantees
• Lora Rath, Director of Compliance
and Enforcement
• John Seeba, Assistant Inspector
General for Audits
9. Public comment
10. Consider and act on other business
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Closed Session
11. Approval of minutes of the
committee’s Closed Session meeting
on April 7, 2014
12. Briefing by Office Compliance and
Enforcement on active enforcement
matter(s) and follow-up to open
investigation referrals from the
Office of Inspector General
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• Lora Rath, Director of Compliance
and Enforcement
13. Update on management response to
the OIG Information Technology
Systems Risk Assessment
• Peter Campbell, Chief Information
Officer
14. Consider and act on adjournment of
meeting
Finance Committee
Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Presentation on LSC’s Financial
Reports for the first eight months of
FY 2014
• David Richardson, Treasurer/
Comptroller
3. Consider and act on Revised
Consolidated Operating Budget for
FY 2014
• David Richardson, Treasurer/
Comptroller
4. Report on the FY 2015 appropriation
process
• Carol Bergman, Director,
Government Relations and Public
Affairs
5. Consider and act on Temporary
Operating Authority for FY 2015,
Resolution 2014–XXX
• David Richardson, Treasurer/
Comptroller
6. Consider and act on FY 2016 Budget
Request
• Jim Sandman, President
• Carol Bergman, Director,
Government Relations and Public
Affairs
7. Public comment
8. Consider and act on other business
9. Consider and act on adjournment of
meeting
July 22, 2014
Board of Directors
Open Session
1. Pledge of Allegiance
2. Approval of agenda
3. Approval of minutes of the Board’s
Open Session meeting of April 8,
2014 and the Board’s Telephonic
Open Session meeting of May 22,
2014
4. Chairman’s Report
5. Members’ Reports
6. President’s Report
7. Inspector General’s Report
8. Consider and act on resolution
recognizing Charles De Monaco of
Fox Rothschild for his pro bono
representation of LSC in Dreier v.
LSC
9. Consider and act on the report of the
Delivery of Legal Services
Committee
10. Consider and act on the report of the
Finance Committee
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11. Consider and act on the report of the
Audit Committee
12. Consider and act on the report of the
Operations and Regulations
Committee
13. Consider and act on the report of the
Governance and Performance
Review Committee
14. Consider and act on the report of the
Institutional Advancement
Committee
15. Report on implementation of
recommendations of the Pro Bono
Task Force Report and Pro Bono
Innovation Fund
16. Public comment
17. Consider and act on other business
18. Consider and act on whether to
authorize an executive session of
the Board to address items listed
below, under Closed Session
Closed Session
19. Approval of minutes of the Board’s
Closed Session of April 8, 2014
20. Management Briefing
21. Inspector General Briefing
22. Consider and act on General
Counsel’s report on potential and
pending litigation involving LSC
23. Consider and act on list of
prospective funders
24. Consider and act on motion to
adjourn meeting
CONTACT PERSON FOR INFORMATION:
Katherine Ward, Executive Assistant to
the Vice President & General Counsel, at
(202) 295–1500. Questions may be sent
by electronic mail to FR_NOTICE_
QUESTIONS@lsc.gov.
NON-CONFIDENTIAL MEETING MATERIALS:
Non-confidential meeting materials will
be made available in electronic format at
least 24 hours in advance of the meeting
on the LSC Web site, at https://
www.lsc.gov/board-directors/meetings/
board-meeting-notices/non-confidentialmaterials-be-considered-open-session.
ACCESSIBILITY: LSC complies with the
Americans with Disabilities Act and
Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation
Act. Upon request, meeting notices and
materials will be made available in
alternative formats to accommodate
individuals with disabilities.
Individuals who need other
accommodations due to disability in
order to attend the meeting in person or
telephonically should contact Katherine
Ward, at (202) 295–1500 or FR_
NOTICE_QUESTIONS@lsc.gov, at least
2 business days in advance of the
meeting. If a request is made without
advance notice, LSC will make every
effort to accommodate the request but
cannot guarantee that all requests can be
fulfilled.
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Dated: July 11, 2014.
Katherine Ward,
Executive Assistant to the Vice President for
Legal Affairs & General Counsel.
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BILLING CODE 7050–01–P
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
U.S. Copyright Office
[Docket No. 2014–2]
Study on the Right of Making
Available; Request for Additional
Comments
U.S. Copyright Office, Library
of Congress.
ACTION: Request for additional
comments.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Copyright Office
seeks further comments on the state of
U.S. law recognizing and protecting
‘‘making available’’ and
‘‘communication to the public’’ rights
for copyright holders. This request
provides an opportunity for interested
parties to address issues raised in prior
written comments and during the public
roundtable held on May 5, 2014, as well
as express their views on recent legal
developments.
DATES: Comments must be received no
later than 5:00 p.m. EDT on August 14,
2014.
ADDRESSES: All comments should be
submitted electronically. To submit
comments, please visit https://
www.copyright.gov/docs/
making_available/. The Web site
interface requires submitters to
complete a form specifying name and
organization, as applicable, and to
upload comments as an attachment via
a browser button. To meet accessibility
standards, commenting parties must
upload comments in a single file not to
exceed six megabytes (‘‘MB’’) in one of
the following formats: A Portable
Document File (‘‘PDF’’) format that
contains searchable, accessible text (not
an image); Microsoft Word;
WordPerfect; Rich Text Format (‘‘RTF’’);
or ASCII text file format (not a scanned
document). The form and face of the
comments must include both the name
of the submitter and organization. The
Office will post all comments publicly
on the Office’s Web site exactly as they
are received, along with names and
organizations. If electronic submission
of comments is not feasible, please
contact the Office at 202–707–1027 for
special instructions.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Maria Strong, Senior Counsel for Policy
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and International Affairs, by telephone
at 202–707–1027 or by email at
mstrong@loc.gov, or Kevin Amer,
Counsel for Policy and International
Affairs, by telephone at 202–707–1027
or by email at kamer@loc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Copyright Office is undertaking a
study at the request of Congress to
assess the state of U.S. law recognizing
and protecting ‘‘making available’’ and
‘‘communication to the public’’ rights
for copyright holders, particularly in the
digital age. As part of its review, the
Office issued a Notice of Inquiry (the
‘‘Notice’’) on February 25, 2014,1
seeking comments from the public on
the following general issues: (1) How
the existing bundle of exclusive rights
under Title 17 covers the making
available and communication to the
public rights in the context of digital ondemand transmissions such as peer-topeer networks, streaming services, and
music downloads, as well as more
broadly in the digital environment; (2)
how foreign laws have interpreted and
implemented the relevant provisions of
the WIPO Internet Treaties; 2 and (3) the
feasibility and necessity of amending
U.S. law to strengthen or clarify our law
in this area. The Office also posed
additional questions on each of these
topics.
The Office received twenty-seven
written comments from various
interested parties in response to the
Notice. On May 5, 2014, the Office held
a public roundtable in Washington, DC
to hear stakeholder views on these
issues. Commenters and participants in
the roundtable expressed a variety of
views on a broad range of topics. The
Notice, public comments, the agenda for
the public roundtable, and the transcript
of the roundtable proceedings are
posted on the Copyright Office Web
site.3 A video recording of the
roundtable will be posted on the Web
site when it becomes available.
Commenters and roundtable
participants generally agreed that
current U.S. law, properly interpreted,
provides rights that are equivalent to the
making available and communication to
the public rights required by the WIPO
Internet Treaties. There was
disagreement, however, over whether
1 Study on the Right of Making Available;
Comments and Public Roundtable, 79 FR 10571
(Feb. 25, 2014).
2 WIPO Copyright Treaty art. 8, Dec. 20, 1996, 36
I.L.M. 65; WIPO Performances and Phonograms
Treaty arts. 10, 14, Dec. 20, 1996, 36 I.L.M. 76.
3 See Making Available Study, U.S. Copyright
Office, https://www.copyright.gov/docs/
making_available/.
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and how particular provisions of Title
17 may apply to various activities in the
digital context. For example, several
stakeholders argued that the
unauthorized uploading of a
copyrighted work to a shared network
folder that is accessible to the public
constitutes a violation of the exclusive
right of distribution under 17 U.S.C.
106(3). Others disagreed, arguing that
direct or circumstantial evidence that
another user has downloaded a copy of
that file is necessary to establish an
infringement of the distribution right by
the uploader. The roundtable discussion
and initial written comments also
highlighted issues such as whether a
digital file is a ‘‘material object[]’’ for
purposes of the statutory definitions of
‘‘copies’’ and ‘‘phonorecords’’; 4 the
relevance of legislative history to the
construction of the distribution right;
the role of secondary liability theories in
assessing the United States’
implementation of the relevant treaty
provisions; and the use of evidence
provided by a copyright owner’s
investigator in digital filesharing cases.
Following the Office’s roundtable
discussions, on June 25, 2014, the
Supreme Court decided American
Broadcasting Cos., Inc. v. Aereo, Inc.5
The case involved a service, Aereo, that
used thousands of dime-sized antennas
to allow subscribers to capture and
watch television programs over the
Internet as the programs were being
broadcast over the air. When a
subscriber selected a program to watch
on Aereo’s Web site, the system would
create a subscriber-specific copy of the
program that would then be streamed to
the subscriber’s computer or Internetconnected device. The Court held that
this activity infringed the exclusive
right of the owners of the copyrights in
the programs to perform those works
publicly.6
A critical aspect of the Court’s
decision was its interpretation of Title
17’s ‘‘Transmit Clause.’’ That clause
provides that the public performance
right afforded to copyright owners
under Section 106 includes the
exclusive right ‘‘to transmit or otherwise
communicate a performance . . . of the
work . . . to the public, by means of any
device or process, whether the members
of the public capable of receiving the
performance . . . receive it in the same
place or in separate places and at the
same time or at different times.’’ 7
4 See
17 U.S.C. 101.
U.S. ___, No. 13–461, 2014 U.S. LEXIS 4496
(June 25, 2014).
6 See 17 U.S.C. 106(4).
7 Id. section 101 (definition of ‘‘To perform . . .
a work ‘publicly’ ’’).
5 573
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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
Sunshine Act Meeting
Date and Time: The Legal Services Corporation's Board of Directors and
its six committees will meet July 20-22, 2014. On Sunday, July 20, the
first meeting will commence at 1:30 p.m., Central Daylight Time (CDT),
with the meeting thereafter commencing promptly upon adjournment of the
immediately preceding meeting. On Monday, July 21, the first meeting
will commence at 2:30 p.m., CDT, with the meeting thereafter commencing
promptly upon adjournment of the immediately preceding meeting. On
Tuesday, July 22, the first meeting will commence at 9:00 a.m., CDT,
and it will be followed by the closed session meeting of the Board of
Directors, which will commence promptly upon adjournment of the first
meeting.
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Location: Salon Conference Room, Des Moines Marriott Downtown, 700
Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50309.
Public Observation: Unless otherwise noted herein, the Board and all
committee meetings will be open to public observation. Members of the
public who are unable to attend in person but wish to listen to the
public proceedings may do so by following the telephone call-in
directions provided below.
Call-In Directions for Open Sessions
Call toll-free number: 1-866-451-4981;
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Meeting Schedule
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* Please note that all times in this notice are in the Central
Daylight Time.
** Any portion of the closed session consisting solely of
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 such portion of the closed session. 5 U.S.C.
552b(a)(2) and (b). See also 45 CFR 1622.2 & 1622.3.
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Time *
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Sunday, July 20, 2014:
1. Operations & Regulations Committee.... 1:30 p.m.
2. Institutional Advancement Committee...
3. Governance & Performance Review
Committee.
Monday, July 21, 2014:
1. Delivery of Legal Services Committee.. 2:30 p.m.
2. Audit Committee.......................
3. Finance Committee.....................
Tuesday, July 22, 2014:
1. Board of Directors.................... 9:00 a.m.
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Status of Meeting: Open, except as noted below.
Board of Directors--Open, except that, upon a vote of the Board of
Directors, a portion of the meeting may be closed to the public to hear
briefings by management and LSC's Inspector General, and to consider
and act on the General Counsel's report on potential and pending
litigation involving LSC and on a list of prospective funders.**
Institutional Advancement Committee--Open, except that, upon a vote
of the Board of Directors, the meeting may be closed to the public for
a briefing on contributions pledged and received, to discuss
prospective funders for LSC's 40th anniversary celebration and
development activities.**
Audit Committee--Open, except that the meeting may be closed to the
public to hear briefings on the following matters: The Office of
Compliance and Enforcement's active enforcement matter(s) and follow-up
to the Office of the Inspector General's open investigations; and the
Information Technology Systems Risk Assessment.**
A verbatim written transcript will be made of the closed session of
the Board, Institutional Advancement Committee and Audit Committee
meetings. The transcript of any portions of the closed sessions falling
within the relevant provisions of the Government in the Sunshine Act, 5
U.S.C. Sec. 552b(c)(6) and (10), will not be available for public
inspection. A copy of the General Counsel's Certification that, in his
opinion, the closing is authorized by law will be available upon
request.
Matters To Be Considered:
July 20, 2014
Operations & Regulations Committee
Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting on April
7, 2014
3. Report on risk item: Acquisitions Management (higher contract costs
and possible areas of fraud, waste and abuse)
Ron Flagg, General Counsel
4. Report on 45 CFR Part 1614--Private Attorney Involvement
Ron Flagg, General Counsel
Stefanie Davis, Assistant General Counsel
5. Report on 2015 Grant Assurances
Jim Sandman, President
Public Comment
6. Consider and act on Proposed Rulemaking Agenda
Ron Flagg, General Counsel
Stefanie Davis, Assistant General Counsel
Mark Freedman, Senior Assistant General Counsel
Laurie Tarantowicz, Assistant Inspector General & Legal
Counsel
7. Consider and act on request for Management to explore service
eligibility options for persons covered by the Convention against
Torture
8. Other public comment
9. Consider and act on other business
10. Consider and act on adjournment of meeting
Institutional Advancement Committee
Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting of April
6, 2014
3. Update on 40th Anniversary Campaign
4. Consider and act on In-kind Contributions Protocol
5. Update on September Conference Events
6. Public comment
7. Consider and act on other business
Closed Session
1. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Closed Session meeting of
April 6, 2014
2. Consider and act on prospective funders
3. Donor report
4. Consider and act on adjournment of meeting
Governance and Performance Review Committee
Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting of April
6, 2014
3. Report on progress in implementing GAO Recommendations
Presentation by Carol Bergman, Director of Government
Relations & Public Affairs
4. Report on Public Welfare Foundation grant and LSC research agenda
Presentation by Jim Sandman, President
5. Consider and Act on LSC Equal Opportunity, Non-Discrimination &
Anti-Harassment Policy
Presentation by Ron Flagg, General Counsel
6. Board Member Attendance on Program Visits
Presentation by Ron Flagg, General Counsel
7. Consider and act on other business
8. Public comment
9. Consider and act on motion to adjourn meeting
July 21, 2014
Delivery of Legal Services Committee
Open Session
1. Approval of Agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session meeting on April
7, 2014
3. Panel presentation and Committee discussion of LSC's Performance
Criteria, Performance Area Four, Criterion 1--``Board Governance--board
composition, client eligible
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member engagement in board decision making''
Linda Morris, Client-Eligible Board Member and past
President, Laurel Legal Services
Cynthia A. Sheehan, Executive Director, Laurel Legal
Services
Susan Cae Barta, Secretary, Board of Directors, Iowa Legal
Aid
Dennis Groenenboom, Executive Director, Iowa Legal Aid
Althea Hayward, Deputy Director, Office of Program
Performance, LSC (Moderator)
4. Public comment
5. Consider and act on other business
6. Consider and act on motion to adjourn the meeting
Audit Committee
Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session April 7, 2014
meeting
3. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Telephonic Open Session May
22, 2014 meeting
4. Briefing by Office of Inspector General
Jeffrey Schanz, Inspector General
5. Management update regarding risk management
Ron Flagg, Vice President of Legal Affairs
6. Briefing about Management representation letters in connection with
financial reporting
David Richardson, Comptroller
7. Briefing regarding LSC audit and review activities
Lynn Jennings, Vice President of Grants Management
Janet LaBella, Director of Program Performance
Lora Rath, Director of Compliance and Enforcement
8. Briefing about follow-up by Office of Compliance and Enforcement
from referrals by the Office of Inspector General regarding audit
reports and annual Independent Public audits of grantees
Lora Rath, Director of Compliance and Enforcement
John Seeba, Assistant Inspector General for Audits
9. Public comment
10. Consider and act on other business
Closed Session
11. Approval of minutes of the committee's Closed Session meeting on
April 7, 2014
12. Briefing by Office Compliance and Enforcement on active enforcement
matter(s) and follow-up to open investigation referrals from the Office
of Inspector General
Lora Rath, Director of Compliance and Enforcement
13. Update on management response to the OIG Information Technology
Systems Risk Assessment
Peter Campbell, Chief Information Officer
14. Consider and act on adjournment of meeting
Finance Committee
Open Session
1. Approval of agenda
2. Presentation on LSC's Financial Reports for the first eight months
of FY 2014
David Richardson, Treasurer/Comptroller
3. Consider and act on Revised Consolidated Operating Budget for FY
2014
David Richardson, Treasurer/Comptroller
4. Report on the FY 2015 appropriation process
Carol Bergman, Director, Government Relations and Public
Affairs
5. Consider and act on Temporary Operating Authority for FY 2015,
Resolution 2014-XXX
David Richardson, Treasurer/Comptroller
6. Consider and act on FY 2016 Budget Request
Jim Sandman, President
Carol Bergman, Director, Government Relations and Public
Affairs
7. Public comment
8. Consider and act on other business
9. Consider and act on adjournment of meeting
July 22, 2014
Board of Directors
Open Session
1. Pledge of Allegiance
2. Approval of agenda
3. Approval of minutes of the Board's Open Session meeting of April 8,
2014 and the Board's Telephonic Open Session meeting of May 22, 2014
4. Chairman's Report
5. Members' Reports
6. President's Report
7. Inspector General's Report
8. Consider and act on resolution recognizing Charles De Monaco of Fox
Rothschild for his pro bono representation of LSC in Dreier v. LSC
9. Consider and act on the report of the Delivery of Legal Services
Committee
10. Consider and act on the report of the Finance Committee
11. Consider and act on the report of the Audit Committee
12. Consider and act on the report of the Operations and Regulations
Committee
13. Consider and act on the report of the Governance and Performance
Review Committee
14. Consider and act on the report of the Institutional Advancement
Committee
15. Report on implementation of recommendations of the Pro Bono Task
Force Report and Pro Bono Innovation Fund
16. Public comment
17. Consider and act on other business
18. Consider and act on whether to authorize an executive session of
the Board to address items listed below, under Closed Session
Closed Session
19. Approval of minutes of the Board's Closed Session of April 8, 2014
20. Management Briefing
21. Inspector General Briefing
22. Consider and act on General Counsel's report on potential and
pending litigation involving LSC
23. Consider and act on list of prospective funders
24. Consider and act on motion to adjourn meeting
CONTACT PERSON FOR INFORMATION: Katherine Ward, Executive Assistant to
the Vice President & General Counsel, at (202) 295-1500. Questions may
be sent by electronic mail to FR_NOTICE_QUESTIONS@lsc.gov.
NON-CONFIDENTIAL MEETING MATERIALS: Non-confidential meeting materials
will be made available in electronic format at least 24 hours in
advance of the meeting on the LSC Web site, at https://www.lsc.gov/board-directors/meetings/board-meeting-notices/non-confidential-materials-be-considered-open-session.
ACCESSIBILITY: LSC complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act
and Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act. Upon request, meeting
notices and materials will be made available in alternative formats to
accommodate individuals with disabilities. Individuals who need other
accommodations due to disability in order to attend the meeting in
person or telephonically should contact Katherine Ward, at (202) 295-
1500 or FR_NOTICE_QUESTIONS@lsc.gov, at least 2 business days in
advance of the meeting. If a request is made without advance notice,
LSC will make every effort to accommodate the request but cannot
guarantee that all requests can be fulfilled.
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Dated: July 11, 2014.
Katherine Ward,
Executive Assistant to the Vice President for Legal Affairs & General
Counsel.
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