Cost Standards and Procedures; Purchasing and Property Management
Key claim: The Legal Services Corporation updated its regulations to raise monetary thresholds for requiring advance expenditure approval and streamline purchasing and property accounting rules for legal aid grantees.
Abstract
(Rule · Legal Services Corporation) This final rule revises the Legal Services Corporation’s (LSC or Corporation) regulations governing cost allowability, prior approval requirements, and property and procurement standards applicable to LSC recipients. The final rule clarifies when recipients must obtain prior approval for expenditures of LSC funds; increases the monetary threshold for prior approval; clarifies the treatment of proceeds from fundraising activities supported with LSC funds; provides additional flexibility in LSC’s review of prior approval requests; clarifies documentation requirements for prior approval requests; and revises the deadline and requirements for accounting for LSC funds invested in real estate. These amendments are intended to clarify existing requirements, reduce administrative burden, promote consistent oversight and enforcement, and strengthen accountability in the use of Federal funds.
Why this matters
The Legal Services Corporation updated its regulations to raise monetary thresholds for requiring advance expenditure approval and streamline purchasing and property accounting rules for legal aid grantees.