Budget Resource
Center

...providing state budgets, reports, and current news to help the court community make informed budgetary decisions.

Reports

• The Associated Press. "Study Finds 'Massive Waste' in Misdemeanor Cases." NYTimes.com. April 29, 2009.
• Chief Justice John T. Broderick, Jr. "The Changing Face of Justice in a New Century." Remarks to the National Association of Court Management (NACM). March 10, 2009.
• "Judicial Responsibility in a Budget Crisis Environment Policy Statement." National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges. January 2009.
• "First Nationwide Financial System Nears Completion." The Third Branch 36:7 (July 2004).
• Daniel J. Hall, Robert W. Tobin and Kenneth G. Pankey, Jr. "Balancing Judicial Independence and Fiscal Accountability in Times of Economic Crisis." Judges' Journal. 43: 3 (2004): 5-9.
• Robert W. Tobin. "Learning from Recession Experience." National Center for State Courts. March 2, 2004.
• Roger E. Hartley and James W. Douglas. " Budgeting for State Courts: The Perceptions of Key Officials Regarding the Determinants of Budget Success."  Justice System Journal 24 (2003): 251.
• "Dallas County Financial Management Counseling Pilot Project."  Dallas County Criminal Courts. NACM Justice Achievement Award 2003.   
• Robert W. Tobin. "Managing Budget Cutbacks." National Center for State Courts. April 30, 2003.
• National Association for Court Management. “Resources, Budget and Finance.” Core Competency Curriculum Guidelines. Williamsburg, VA: National Association for Court Management, 2003.
• Kenneth Pankey.  "Budget Woes and Resourceful Thinking." In 2002 Report on Trends in State Courts. Williamsburg,VA: National Center for State Courts, December 2002.

Web sites

• Budget Management. CourTopics. National Center for State Courts, Knowledge and Information Services Division.
• American Bar Association.  Judicial Budgets and Financial Information.
• Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA).
• Journal of Government Financial Management (formerly the Government Accountants Journal).
• Judiciary Procurement Program Procedures (JP3). Federal Court Procurement Site, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.

More

• Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer. Ohio Offers Comprehensive Response to Foreclosure Problems. 2008.
• "States and the Recession: Foreclosures". Economy & Business News: Stateline.org. February 2009.
• Foreclosures. CourTopics. National Center for State Courts, Knowledge and Information Services Division.
• Judicial Salary Resource Center. National Center for State Courts.
• Recent Developments in Judicial Compensation. Prepared by the National Center for State Courts. July 18, 2008.