FOIA Electronic Public Reading Room

All documents, unless otherwise noted, are available as Portable Document Format (PDF) files, which may be viewed with a free copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Notices of Meetings of the LSC Board of Directors

• Link to Federal Register Notices of Meetings of the LSC Board of Directors

Non-Confidential Materials Considered At Meetings of the LSC Board of Directors and Its Committees

• Link to Non-Confidential Materials Considered At Meetings of the LSC Board of Directors and Its Committees

Matters for Public Comment

• Link to page containing Matters for Public Comment

Strategic Planning

• Strategic Directions 2000 - 2005
• LSC's Strategic Directions 2006-2010
• LSC Strategic Planning 2011-2015 - Request for Comments
  • Comments of N-LAAN
  • Comments of NLADA
  • Comments of SCLAID
  • Comments of OSLSA
  • Comments of NAIP
  • Comments of 39 Legal Services Community Leaders
  • Comments of D. White, Executive Director, LAFMC
  • Comments of The Bronx Defenders
• 2008 LSC Certification of FOIA Reading Room Compliance
• President's Memorandum to Board with Background on Reprogramming Request
• FY 2007 LSC Budget Request Federal Register Notice
• Suggested List of Priorities for LSC Recipients | PDF format
• LSC Regulations Review Task Force - Final Report January 2002

Development of Regulatory Agenda

• Development of Regulatory Agenda for 2005-2006 Request for Comments (May 19, 2005)
  • Comments and Other Docket Materials

Rulemaking Protocol

•  Revised Rulemaking Protocol

Rulemaking Notices

Rulemaking: 45 CFR Part 1602 - Freedom of Information Act

• Final Rule: 45 CFR Part 1602 Procedures for Disclosure of Information Under the Freedom of Information Act
• Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 45 CFR Part 1602, Procedures for Disclosure of Information Under the Freedom of Information Act
• Notice and Comment Rulemaking: 45 CFR Part 1602 Procedures for disclosure of information under the Freedom of Information Act
  • Draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 45 CFR Part 1602, Procedures for Disclosure of Information under the Freedom of Information Act

Rulemaking: 45 CFR Part 1604 - Outside Practice of Law

• Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - 45 CFR Part 1604 Outside Practice of Law

Rulemaking: 45 CFR Part 1606: Termination and debarment procedures; recompetition

• Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Enforcement Mechanisms

Rulemaking: 45 CFR Part 1609 - Fee Generating Cases

• Final Rule (April 27, 2011)
• Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (February 4, 2011)
• DRAFT Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (January 20, 2011)
• Rulemaking Options Paper (October 5, 2010)

Rulemaking: 45 CFR Part 1611 - Financial Eligibility

• Final Rule: 45 CFR Part 1611 - Appendix A - 2012 Income Guidelines  (154 KB)
• Final Rule: 45 CFR Part 1611 - Appendix A - 2011 Income Guidelines (January 31, 2011)
•  Final Rule: 45 CFR Part 1611, Income Level for Individuals Eligible for Assistance (January 31, 2006)
• Final Rule: 45 CFR Part 1611, Financial Eligibility (August 8, 2005) 
• Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Financial Eligibility 45 CFR Part 1611 (May 24, 2005)
• • Comments and Other Docket Materials
  • Draft Final Rule
• Draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: 45 CFR Part 1611, Financial Eligibility (April 14, 2005)
• LSC's 2005 Income Guidelines Federal Register Notice
• Draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: 45 CFR Part 1611, Financial Eligibility (November 4, 2004)
• Final Rule: 45 CFR Part 1611 Income Level for Individuals Eligible for Assistance (2004)
• Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 45 CFR Part 1611, Financial Eligibility
• Notice of Rulemaking to Revise LSC Regulations on Eligibility, 45 CFR Part 1611

Rulemaking: 45 CFR Part 1618 - Enforcement procedures

• Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Enforcement Mechanisms

Rulemaking: 45 CFR Part 1621 - Client Grievance Procedures

• Notice of Rulemaking Workshop – Request for Expressions of Interest in Participation (February 13, 2006)
• Staff Report on 45 CFR Part 1621 (Client Grievance Procedure) Rulemaking (January 26, 2006)
• Notice of Rulemaking Workshop-Request for Expressions of Interest in Participation (November. 9, 2005)
• Notice of Initiation of Rulemaking
• Rulemaking Options Paper: Revision of 45 CFR Part 1621-Client Grievance Procedures (October 11, 2005)

Rulemaking: 45 CFR Part 1623 - Suspension procedures

• Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Enforcement Mechanisms

Rulemaking: 45 CFR Part 1624 - Prohibition Against Discrimination on the Basis of Disability

• Staff Report on 45 CFR Part 1624 (Prohibition Against Discrimination on the Basis of Handicap) Rulemaking (January 11, 2006)
• Notice of Rulemaking Workshop-Request for Expressions of Interest in Participation (November 9, 2005)
• Notice of Initiation of Rulemaking
• Rulemaking Options Paper: Revision of 45 CFR Part 1624-Prohibition Against Discrimination (October 11, 2005)

Rulemaking: 45 CFR Part 1626 - Restrictions on Legal Assistance to Aliens

• Final Rule: 45 CFR Part 1626 Alien Eligibility for Representation by LSC Programs Appendix
• Notice of Rulemaking to Revise LSC Regulations on Alien Representation, 45 CFR Part 1626

Rulemaking: 45 CFR Part 1639 - Welfare Reform

• Final Rule - 45 CFR Part 1639: Welfare Reform

 Rulemaking - "Alternative Sanctions"

• Notice of Initiation of Rulemaking (April 26, 2008)
• DRAFT Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - 45 CFR Part 1606 and 45 CFR Part 1623 (April 11, 2008)
• Rulemaking Options Paper - Rulemaking to Develop "Lesser Sanctions" (October 11, 2007)

REMOVAL of Regulation

Removal of 45 CFR Part 1631

• Final Rule: 45 CFR Part 1631, Expenditure of Grant Funds (Removal of Regulation) (February 3, 2006)
• Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (November. 3. 2005)
• Notice of Initiation of Rulemaking
• Rulemaking Options Paper-Expenditure of Grant Funds (October 11, 2005)
• Draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (September 17, 2005)

Grant Competition

• Grant Competition Information Including Grant Assurances

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Policy Statements & Interpretations

• Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) External Opinions
• Program Letters
• FOIA Appeal Opinion Letters

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Administrative Manuals/Instructions Affecting Public or Recipients

• Accounting and Audit Guides
• CSR Handbook

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Other Records of General Interest

FOIA Reports

• 2011 FOIA Report, XML version (27k)
• 2010 FOIA Report, XML version (27k)
• 2009 FOIA Report, XML version (505k)
• 2008 FOIA Report
• 2007 FOIA Report
• 2006 FOIA Report
• 2005 FOIA Report
• 2004 FOIA Report
• 2003 FOIA Report
• 2002 FOIA Report
• 2001 FOIA Report
• 2000 FOIA Report
• 1999 FOIA Report
• 1998 FOIA Report
• 1997 FOIA Report

LSC's Annual Reports

• LSC Annual Report 2000-2001
• Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Annual Report

National Conversation on Gender & Diversity

• LSC's Design Team to Assist with the Development of a State Justice Community Evaluation Instrument
• LSC/NLADA National Client Conversations on Gender and Diversity - Miami, FL   November 2001
• LSC/NLADA First Regional Conversation on Diversity: Region III Project Directors Meeting - Clayton, MO   September 2001
• A National Conversation on Gender and Diversity
  Berkeley, California - July 25, 2001

National Dialogue on Gender and Justice
March 31, 2001

• Memorandum Transmitting Summary of Conversations
• National Dialogue on Gender and Justice
• List of Participants

Erlenborn Commission Report

• Report of the Erlenborn Commission