FOIA Electronic Public Reading Room

Strategic Planning

• Strategic Directions 2000 - 2005 ( 81K)
• LSC's Strategic Directions 2006-2010 ( 124k)
• LSC Strategic Planning 2011-2015 - Request for Comments
  • Comments of N-LAAN ( 20KB)
  • Comments of NLADA ( 30 KB)
  • Comments of SCLAID ( 25 KB)
  • Comments of OSLSA ( 129 KB)
  • Comments of NAIP ( 151 KB)
  • Comments of 39 Legal Services Community Leaders ( 61 KB)
  • Comments of D. White, Executive Director, LAFMC ( 44 KB)
  • Comments of The Bronx Defenders ( 80 KB)
• 2008 LSC Certification of FOIA Reading Room Compliance ( 115k)
• President's Memorandum to Board with Background on Reprogramming Request ( 202k)
• FY 2007 LSC Budget Request Federal Register Notice ( 46k)
• Suggested List of Priorities for LSC Recipients | PDF format ( 70k)
• LSC Regulations Review Task Force - Final Report January 2002 ( 477k)

Deveopment of Regulatory Agenda

• Development of Regulatory Agenda for 2005-2006 Request for Comments (May 19, 2005) ( 47k)
  • 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 ( 56k)
• 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 ( 229k pdf)

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 ( 174 KB)

Rulemaking: 45 CFR Part 1609 - Fee Generating Cases

• Final Rule (April 27, 2011) (54KB )
• Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (February 4, 2011)(54KB )
• DRAFT Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (January 20, 2011) ( 49 KB)
• Rulemaking Options Paper (October 5, 2010) ( 47KB)

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) ( 174KB)
•  Final Rule: 45 CFR Part 1611, Income Level for Individuals Eligible for Assistance (January 31, 2006) ( 52k)
• Final Rule: 45 CFR Part 1611, Financial Eligibility (August 8, 2005) ( 143k)
• Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Financial Eligibility 45 CFR Part 1611 (May 24, 2005) ( 117k)
  • Comments and Other Docket Materials
  • Draft Final Rule ( 179k)
• Draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: 45 CFR Part 1611, Financial Eligibility (April 14, 2005) ( 117k)
• LSC's 2005 Income Guidelines Federal Register Notice ( 52k)
• Draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: 45 CFR Part 1611, Financial Eligibility (November 4, 2004) ( 234k)
• 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 ( 174 KB)

Rulemaking: 45 CFR Part 1621 - Client Grievance Procedures

• Notice of Rulemaking Workshop – Request for Expressions of Interest in Participation (February 13, 2006) ( 51k)
• Staff Report on 45 CFR Part 1621 (Client Grievance Procedure) Rulemaking (January 26, 2006) ( 250k)
• Notice of Rulemaking Workshop-Request for Expressions of Interest in Participation (November. 9, 2005) ( 45k)
• Notice of Initiation of Rulemaking
• Rulemaking Options Paper: Revision of 45 CFR Part 1621-Client Grievance Procedures (October 11, 2005) ( 198k)

Rulemaking: 45 CFR Part 1623 - Suspension procedures

• Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Enforcement Mechanisms ( 174 KB)

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) ( 30k)
• Notice of Rulemaking Workshop-Request for Expressions of Interest in Participation (November 9, 2005) ( 54k)
• Notice of Initiation of Rulemaking
• Rulemaking Options Paper: Revision of 45 CFR Part 1624-Prohibition Against Discrimination (October 11, 2005) ( 500k)

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 ( 49k)
• 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) ( 65k)
• Rulemaking Options Paper - Rulemaking to Develop "Lesser Sanctions" (October 11, 2007) ( 524k)

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) ( 46k)
• Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (November. 3. 2005) ( 43k)
• Notice of Initiation of Rulemaking
• Rulemaking Options Paper-Expenditure of Grant Funds (October 11, 2005) ( 145k)
• Draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (September 17, 2005) ( 17k)

Grant Competition

• Grant Competition Information Including Grant Assurances

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Policy Statements & Interpretations

• Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) External Opinions
• Program 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 ( 205k), XML version (27k)
• 2010 FOIA Report ( 267k), XML version (27k)
• 2009 FOIA Report ( 483k), XML version (505k)
• 2008 FOIA Report ( 267k)
• 2007 FOIA Report ( 371k)
• 2006 FOIA Report  ( 237k)
• 2005 FOIA Report  ( 152k)
• 2004 FOIA Report  ( 166k)
• 2003 FOIA Report  ( 202k)
• 2002 FOIA Report  ( 140k)
• 2001 FOIA Report  ( 99k)
• 2000 FOIA Report  ( 24k)
• 1999 FOIA Report
• 1998 FOIA Report
• 1997 FOIA Report

LSC's Annual Reports

• LSC Annual Report 2000-2001 ( 1MB)
• Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Annual Report ( 4.65MB)

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 ( 322K)

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