Time for another edition of “This and That”. In this post we note conference and training news, an important open source software release, and a computer maintenance program to keep you and your machine working.
Friday, February 7, 2014
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Thursday, January 23, 2014
The Software as a Service (SaaS) is a Trend in Court Tech
Some of you might have noticed that the CTB runs on the Google Blogger service. Now courts are adopting SaaS too.
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Monday, January 13, 2014
Friday, January 10, 2014
CES 2014 – Sony to the Rescue
I saw only one concept worth mentioning from this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) that was held in Las Vegas, Nevada this week that is applicable to court technology.
Monday, December 30, 2013
Monday, December 16, 2013
Monday, December 9, 2013
25 Years Later, PACER, Electronic Filing Continue to Change Courts
In the above titled article dated December 9, 2013, the US Federal Courts celebrated the 25th Anniversary of the approval of the PACER online system. The article begins:
Sunday, December 8, 2013
Monday, December 2, 2013
North Carolina Court Technology Said to be Outdated
In a hearing before the recently created North Carolina House Judicial Efficiency and Effective Administration of Justice committee, John W. Smith, director of the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) noted the challenges that the courts are facing.
Monday, November 25, 2013
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Monday, November 4, 2013
Information Systems Security Primer – Part III
Here is the third part of Fortune 100 Corporation Security Director Ken Lobenstein’s primer on computer security.
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Making the Record: Utilizing Digital Electronic Recording Paper Released
Monday, October 28, 2013
JTC Resource Bulletin: Strategic Issues to Consider before Starting an E-filing Initiative
The Joint Technology Committee (JTC) of the Conference of State Court Administrators (COSCA) and the National Association for Court Management (NACM) recently published a resource bulletin on "Strategic Issues to Consider before Starting an E-filing Initiative." This paper discusses some of the key policy, operational and technical issues to consider before embarking on an e-filing project. It also includes feedback from interviews with several Court and IT managers who have graciously shared experiences and lessons learned from their own e-filing projects.
Friday, October 25, 2013
Friday, October 18, 2013
Handwritten Signatures – Now a Punch Line, Part 2
Another example that judicial signatures cannot be reliably used to verify court orders occurred when Ninth Judicial Circuit of Florida Chief Judge, Belvin Perry’s signature was forged on fraudulent court orders resulting in the freeing of two prisoners convicted of murder.
In the AP/USA Today article – “Men who escaped prison with forged papers registered as felons” the judge commented: “One of the things we have never taken a close look at is the verification of a particular document to make sure it's the real McCoy”
We offered some potential solutions in our earlier “Punch Line” article.
In the AP/USA Today article – “Men who escaped prison with forged papers registered as felons” the judge commented: “One of the things we have never taken a close look at is the verification of a particular document to make sure it's the real McCoy”
We offered some potential solutions in our earlier “Punch Line” article.
Thursday, October 17, 2013
SEARCH Group Announces Grant Program
The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics has announced the "Justice Information Exchange Implementation Project Competitive Award" program.
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Information Systems Security Primer - Parts I & II
Our good friend, former Court information technology officer and now, Information Security Director at a Fortune 100 multinational corporation, Ken Lobenstein (and author of the popular Twelve Days of Court Tech article) has written a series of short posts on technology security. Here is the first and second parts of the series.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
LegalXML Electronic Court Filing Video and News
Following the recent CTC-2013 Conference the Oasis-OpenLegalXML Electronic Court Filing TC met.
Here are some of the highlights:
Friday, September 27, 2013
Court Case Management Systems Part 11 - The Impact of E-Filing
E-filing is an integral part of new Court Case Management Systems. But how it is implemented to work with CCMS makes all the difference.
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Thanks you and CTC Video Online
I want to thank everyone for their good wishes after my son helped the NCSC to establish the Jim McMillan scholarship fund announced at CTC-2013. The announcement video, keynotes and other video is now online at: http://vimeo.com/statecourts And please see the conference website for much more at: http://ctc2013.com/
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