Retrospective Review of Regulations

Published date17 February 2022
Citation87 FR 9088
Record Number2022-03445
SectionNotices
CourtLegal Services Corporation
Federal Register, Volume 87 Issue 33 (Thursday, February 17, 2022)
[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 33 (Thursday, February 17, 2022)]
                [Notices]
                [Pages 9088-9089]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2022-03445]
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                LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
                Retrospective Review of Regulations
                AGENCY: Legal Services Corporation.
                ACTION: Request for information.
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                SUMMARY: The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) is requesting public
                input on its regulatory priorities in 2022 and future years. Although
                LSC makes its regulatory priorities available for public comment
                annually in April, LSC has not formally sought the public's views on
                its regulatory activities since 2007.
                DATES: Comments due May 18, 2022.
                 Listening sessions, all conducted via Zoom, all times Eastern:
                1. Thursday, March 3, 2022, 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
                2. Monday, March 14, 2022 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
                3. Tuesday, March 29, 2022, 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
                4. Wednesday, April 13, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
                ADDRESSES: You may send comments by any of the following methods:
                 Email: [email protected]. Include ``2022 Regulatory
                Review Comments'' in the subject line of the message.
                 Fax: 202-337-6519. Please send to the attention of
                Stefanie Davis, Senior Associate General Counsel, and include ``2022
                Regulatory Review Comments'' on the cover page.
                 Mail: Legal Services Corporation, ATTN: Stefanie Davis,
                Senior Associate General Counsel, 3333 K Street NW, Washington, DC
                20007.
                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stefanie Davis, Senior Associate
                General Counsel, Legal Services Corporation, 3333 K Street NW,
                Washington, DC 20007; (202) 295-1563 (phone); 202-337-6831 (fax); or
                [email protected].
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                 Listening Session Access Information: To participate in the
                listening sessions via Zoom, please follow the link or use the dial-in
                instructions below:
                 Link: https://lsc-gov.zoom.us/j/2464362303.
                 Meeting ID: 246 436 2303.
                 Find your local number: https://lsc-gov.zoom.us/u/a293EJE37.
                 Background: LSC last solicited input broadly on its Rulemaking
                Agenda in 2007 via an email to Executive Directors. In the intervening
                years, LSC has identified rulemaking priorities through a combination
                of:
                 LSC Task Force reports;
                 Comments from stakeholders, including grantees, the client
                board member community, LSC's Board of Directors, and the National
                Legal Aid and Defender Association;
                 Audit and investigation reports issued by LSC's Office of
                the Inspector General;
                 Statutory changes; and
                 Discrete situations that indicated a need for rulemaking.
                 Since 2010, LSC has completed 17 separate rulemakings. These
                rulemakings have ranged from ones needed to reflect Congressional
                action, such as revisions to the Freedom of Information Act or the
                expansion of grantees' authority to represent defendants in Tribal
                criminal courts under the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010, to complete
                overhauls of LSC's subgrant rule. LSC repealed one
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                obsolete rule governing the creation and operation of state advisory
                councils. LSC also created two new rules, one modeled after the Federal
                government's Touhy rule establishing the process by which outside
                parties may request documents and testimony from LSC for litigation
                purposes, and one governing grantees' processes for awarding contracts
                and acquiring, using, and disposing of property with LSC funds.
                 Because more than ten years have elapsed since LSC last engaged its
                stakeholders in a comprehensive review of its rules, LSC Management
                believed that consulting with grantees, the Board, and other
                stakeholders in a more focused process will result in a new agenda that
                prioritizes changes aimed at reducing administrative burdens on grantee
                and LSC staff alike and improving the efficiency and effectiveness of
                grantees' operations and LSC's oversight activities.
                 Through this Notice, LSC is announcing opportunities for grantees,
                clients, other stakeholders, and the public to provide LSC with their
                views on three issues:
                 Regulations that require clarification, modification, or
                revision;
                 Regulations that are no longer needed and may be repealed;
                and
                 Areas or topics for which new regulations may be needed or
                desirable.
                 Interested parties may submit their comments in writing to LSC via
                email, fax, or postal mail. Additionally, LSC will hold four listening
                sessions during which interested parties may join a Zoom call with LSC
                staff to provide their comments orally.
                 Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2996g(e).
                 Dated: February 14, 2022.
                Stefanie Davis,
                Senior Associate General Counsel.
                [FR Doc. 2022-03445 Filed 2-16-22; 8:45 am]
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