Use of Non-LSC Funds, Transfers of LSC Funds, Program Integrity; Cost Standards and Procedures; Extension of Comment Period

• Published date: 14 April 2020
• Citation: 85 FR 20648
• Record Number: 2020-07319
• Section: Proposed rules
• Court: Legal Services Corporation

Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 72 (Tuesday, April 14, 2020)

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 72 (Tuesday, April 14, 2020)]
                [Proposed Rules]
                [Pages 20648-20649]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2020-07319]
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                LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
                45 CFR Parts 1610 and 1630
                Use of Non-LSC Funds, Transfers of LSC Funds, Program Integrity;
                Cost Standards and Procedures; Extension of Comment Period
                AGENCY: Legal Services Corporation.
                ACTION: Further notice of proposed rulemaking; Extension of comment
                period.
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                SUMMARY: The Legal Services Corporation (``LSC'') issued a proposed
                rule in the Federal Register of February 10, 2020, concerning proposed
                amendments to its regulations governing cost standards and procedures.
                This notice extends the comment period until May 15, 2020.
                DATES: For the proposed rule published on February 10, 2020 (85 FR
                7518), comments must be submitted by May 15, 2020.
                ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
                 Email: [email protected]. Include ``Parts 1610/1630
                Rulemaking'' in the subject line of the message.
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                 Fax, U.S. Mail, Hand Delivery, or Courier: Please call 202-295-1623
                for instructions if you need to send materials by one of these methods.
                 Instructions: Electronic submissions are preferred via email with
                attachments in Acrobat PDF format. LSC may not consider written
                comments sent via any other method or received after the end of the
                comment period.
                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Freedman, Senior Associate
                General Counsel, Legal Services Corporation, 3333 K Street NW,
                Washington, DC 20007, (202) 295-1623 (phone), (202) 337-6519 (fax),
                [email protected].
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: LSC is extending the public comment period
                stated in the Federal Register notice for this rulemaking. 85 FR 7518,
                Feb. 10, 2020. In that notice, LSC proposed amendments to its
                regulations governing its cost standards and procedures (45 CFR part
                1630). The comment period closed on March 26, 2020. However, many of
                LSC's grantees are concentrating on providing necessary legal
                assistance to low-income Americans experiencing the effects of state
                and federal responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. To allow them to focus
                on their mission, LSC is extending the deadline for comments on the
                proposed changes until May 15, 2020.
                 Dated: April 2, 2020.
                Stefanie Davis
                Senior Assistant General Counsel.
                [FR Doc. 2020-07319 Filed 4-13-20; 8:45 am]
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