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NCSC Documents  Recent NCSC reports and publications and NCSC seminal works. Also includes Trends articles, Court Executive Development Programs (CEDP) papers, Court Technology Conference Presentations, Justice System Journal articles and NACM Achievement Awards.

Digital Archive  Works on judicial administration accumulated since NCSC's inception in 1971 that have been digitized to preserve their historic value.

Court Technology   Court Consulting Services  provides courts and vendors with objective information on the current state of automation in the courts nationally and where appropriate, provides insight into court automation planning techniques which have proven successful or particularly difficult to implement. 

Strategic Planning Vendors.   Strategic Planning Vendors from the Court Technology Vendor List.

Court Technology Bulletins   Court Technology Bulletins from 1989 through 2003.

Technology InfoCenter  Additional CourTopics modules related to this topic.

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"Court Technology Model Request for Proposal." In 2000, the Joint Technology Committee of the Conference of State Court Administrators and the National Association for Court Management appointed a subcommittee to develop a Model RFP. With funding from a Bureau of Justice Assistance grant to SEARCH and staff assistance from the National Center for State Courts, this model RFP document has been prepared to assist court administrators and court technologists with technology acquisition.

Pre-RFP Tool-Kit Online. IJIS Institute.  The Pre-RFP Toolkit is a collection of original writings, referenced works, forms, templates, and tools to assist integrated justice managers and practitioners in determining overall readiness to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP).

Musgrave, Jane "Court Officials Vote to Hire Computer Analyst ." Palm Beach Post, Palm Beach, Florida (November 2007).  A year after Palm Beach County courts completed a multimillion-dollar upgrade of their computer system, officials are considering scrapping it.  "Courts might junk $13.6 million computer system."  Rather than increase the efficiency of the office, the system that cost at least $13.6 million has stalled progress. It's slow. It's cumbersome. The data it produces has not been reliable.

Holmes. Barbara "Importance of Business Analysis in Development and Implementation of Court Systems." Technology Experience Bulletin, TEB: 2007-04. Court Information Technology Officers Consortium (September 2007).  Knowledgeable business analysts play a key role in development and implementation of new systems or in acquisition of case management software.

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Technology Strategic Plans

ICJIS: Bi-Annual Strategic Plan . Maricopa County, Arizonia .  Integrated Criminal Justoce System Strategic Plan for FY2009 - FY2010 that promote efficient sharing of criminal justice information among criminal justice agencies. 

Long Range Plan for Information Technology in the Federal Judiciary FY2009. U.S. Courts, The Federal Judiciary (2009).  The fiscal year 2009 update to the Long Range Plan for Information Technology in the Federal Judiciary articulates five-year directions and objectives for the judiciarys information technology program. 

2009 - 2011 Strategic Plan. Washington Justice information Network  (August 2008).  This plan identifies and describes the process to facilitate the integration of justice information by state and local agencies across the state of Washington.

Information Technology Strategic Plan for the Courts of the City of Tempe. Arizona Judicial Branch, (2008).  The Tempe Municipal Court is pursuing a development path, with the application to be written in Visual Basic.NET operating on Windows 2003 servers and an SQL database, which not only meets its needs, but will result in a case and financial management system that may have utility for other limited jurisdiction courts.

Strategic Plan 2006 - 2011. Nebraska Supreme Court Technology Committee (November 2006).  The Supreme Court and the Clerk of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals utilize an IBM i-Series mid-range system as a server for their case management system. The Supreme Court Justices and staff use leased personal computers, printers and monitors that are replaced on a three-year basis. These personal computers operate in a Windows Server 2003 Environment.   

Strategic Information Systems and Technology Plan 2006 - 2010. Technology Services Division, North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts (Fall 2006).  This plan represents the AOC’s current statement of direction on technology issues to be used as a starting point for all IT acquisitions or development projects.

Information Technology Strategic Plan (Draft). Montana Judicial Branch (September 2006).  The Montana Judicial Branch shall develop information technology resources in an organized, deliberative, inclusive and cost-effective manner consistent with the Judicial Branch’s mission to provide an independent, accessible, responsive, impartial, and timely forum to resolve disputes; and to preserve the rule of law.

New Jersey Judiciary Information Technlogy Strategic Plan . Supreme Court of New Jersey (November 2003).  This comprehensive Strategic Plan encompasses a seven-year planning horizon, FY 2004 through FY 2010. It is the result of extensive review and deliberation by the Judiciary’s Information Technology Steering Committee,

Strategic Plan 2003-2004 . Illinois Integrated Justice Information System  (2003).  The Strategic Plan outlines a course of action to enable Illinois to build general systems capabilities to get the right information to the right people at the right time.

Judical Information Strategic Plan . Trial Court Needs Assessment Project: Office of State Court Administrator, Supreme Court Florida.  (October 2002).  This plan documents initiatives, strategies, and milestones for achieving long-term goals and visions through a series of incremental steps providing quick wins, accountability, and constantly improving functionality and benefit.

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Date Last Modified: 9/2/2009
Creation Date: 2002

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