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[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 227 (Friday, November 24, 2000)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 70540-70541]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-29871]

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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

45 CFR Chapter XVI

LSC Regulations Review

AGENCY: Legal Services Corporation.

ACTION: Request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: As part of its ongoing efforts to improve the administration 
of regulatory programs and requirements, Legal Services Corporation is 
soliciting public comment on its regulations toward the development of 
a regulatory agenda for 2001 and beyond.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before January 8, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be submitted by mail, fax or email to 
Mattie C. Condray at the addresses listed below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mattie C. Condray, Senior Assistant 
General Counsel, Office of Legal Affairs, Legal Services Corporation, 
750 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002-4250; 202/336-8817 (phone); 
202/336-8952 (fax); [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Legal Services Corporation's mission is 
to promote equal access to the system of justice and improve 
opportunities for low-income people throughout the United States by 
making grants for the provision of high-quality civil legal assistance 
to those who would be otherwise unable to afford legal counsel. As part 
of its ongoing efforts to better serve this mission, the LSC Board of 
Directors adopted a five-year strategic plan, ``LSC Strategic 
Directions 2000--2005'' in January of 2000. One element of this plan 
involves reviewing ``the competitive grantmaking process, the 
performance standards applicable to LSC grantees, and LSC's statutory 
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regulatory compliance requirements for efficiency, unnecessary 
duplication and implications for the delivery of high quality, 
appropriate legal services.'' LSC Strategic Directions 2000--2005, page 
8.
    Pursuant to this directive, LSC, through its Board of Directors' 
Operations and Regulations Committee, which provides overall direction 
on LSC regulatory policy and establishes priorities for LSC rulemaking 
activities, is in the process of conducting a thorough review of LSC's 
regulations. With this notice, LSC is soliciting public input for the 
consideration of the Committee and the Board in pursuit of this 
task.\1\
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    \1\ This task is not related to the work of the newly chartered 
Commission which is examining the impacts of certain legal 
restrictions on persons eligible for LSC-funded legal assistance. 
That effort, being undertaken pursuant to Board of Directors 
Resolution 2000-009, is focused on the effects of certain legal 
restrictions on LSC recipients' ability to provide equal access to 
justice to low income persons. The regulations review is, instead, 
focused on comprehensive review of LSC's regulations to support the 
development of a regulatory agenda for 2001.

Victor M. Fortuno,
General Counsel and Vice President for Legal Affairs.
[FR Doc. 00-29871 Filed 11-22-00; 8:45 am]
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