Open Rulemaking

PLEASE NOTE that LSC may post comments at www.lsc.gov; personally identifiable information such as phone numbers and addresses may be redacted upon request and LSC may redact third party personal information. Comments are also subject to FOIA disclosure without redaction.

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Rulemaking Workshops Regarding LSC's Private Attorney Involvement (PAI) Regulation, and Request for Public Comment

Please see: http://www.lsc.gov/information-rulemaking-workshops-re-lscs-private-attorney-involvement-pai-regulation-and-request

Rulemaking:  45 CFR Part 1613 - Restrictions on legal assistance with respect to criminal proceedings in tribal courts

• Request for Information

Rulemaking:  Enforcement Mechanisms

• Final Rule effective March 15, 2013: Part 1606—Limited Reductions of Funding, Termination, and Debarment Procedures; Recompetition; Part 1614—Private Attorney Involvement; Part 1618—Enforcement; Part 1623—Suspension Procedures.  78 Fed. Reg. 10,085 (Feb. 13, 2013).
• Enforcement Mechanisms Rulemaking Overview (Jan. 8, 2013)
• Enforcement Mechanisms Final Rule Notice Draft (Jan. 8, 2013)
• Enforcement Mechanisms Final Rule Redline Draft (Jan. 8, 2013)
• Analysis of Comments on the August 7, 2012, FNRPM (Dec. 19, 2012)
• Summary of Comments on the August 7, 2012, FNPRM (Sept. 18, 2012)
• Enforcement Mechanisms--Analysis and Examples Memorandum  (Sept. 18, 2012)
• Enforcement Mechanisms Timelines comparing the procedures for suspensions, terminations, disallowed costs, and the proposed limited reductions of funding
• Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, August 7, 2012, (45 CFR Part 1606 - Termination & debarment procedures; recompetition; 45 CFR Part 1618 - Enforcement procedures; and 45 CFR Part 1623 - Suspension procedures)
• Part 1606 Redline (Terminations, Limited Reduction of Funding, and Debarment Procedures; Recompetition) showing changes proposed in the FNPRM
• Part 1618 Redline (Enforcement Procedures) showing changes proposed in the FNPRM
• Table of Comments on LSC August 7, 2012, FNPRM on Enforcement Mechanisms
• Comments received on the August 7, 2012, FNPRM
  • LSC Office of Inspector General
  • American Bar Association Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants
  • Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York, Inc.
  • National Legal Aid & Defender Association
  • New York State Bar Association
  • Northwest Justice Project
  • Prairie State Legal Services
  • Legal Services Association of Michigan
• Summary & Analysis of Comments on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Alternative Sanctions
• Table of Comments on LSC NPRM for Alternative Sanctions
• Part 1606 showing January 31, 2012, NPRM changes
• Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, January 31, 2012, (45 CFR Part 1606 - Termination and debarment procedures; recompetition; 45 CFR Part 1618 - Enforcement procedures; and 45 CFR Part 1623 - Suspension procedures
• Comments received on the January 2012 NPRM.
  • LSC Office of Inspector General
  • America Bar Association Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants
  • Association of Virginia Legal Aid Programs
  • Colorado Legal Services
  • California Project Directors Association
  • Jointly:  Georgia Legal Services Program & Atlanta Legal Aid Society
  • Iowa Legal Aid
  • Jointly:  Legal Aid Foundation of Chicago, Land of Lincoln Legal  Assistance Foundation & Prairie State Legal Services
  • Legal Services Association of Michigan
  • Legal Aid Services of Oregon
  • Maryland Legal Aid
  • Montana Legal Services Association
  • Merrimack Valley - Northshore Legal Services
  • Northwest Justice Project
  • National Legal Aid and Defenders Association
  • New York Legal Services Funding Alliance
  • New York State Bar Association
  • New York State Project Directors
  • Prarie State Legal Services Board of Directors President, Wendy Hinton Vaughn