Friday, November 3, 2017
Friday, October 27, 2017
Guidelines for Portable Communication Devices
On September 12, 2017, in the news release, the US Federal Courts announced guidance on the use of these devices in courthouses. The document, in particular, discusses the use of devices by the media. More below.
Thursday, October 19, 2017
Clerk Bot
Craig Van Brussel, Chief Technology Officer in the First Judicial District of Florida shared news about their testing of “Robotic Process Automation” that was developed by Computing Systems Innovations (CSI) in Orlando. More below:
Thursday, October 12, 2017
Court Cyber Security Risk Discussed
After the great CTC keynote address on cyber-security I had some thoughts on what are the court’s actual areas of vulnerability. That and information about a nice PDF converter utility below:
Thursday, October 5, 2017
Friday, September 29, 2017
LegalXML Electronic Court Filing Specification 5.0 Draft Announced
In the first major update since 2013, the Oasis-Open LegalXML Electronic Court Filing (ECF) Technical Committee has announced version 5 for sixty-day public review. Since the standard is the most widely used electronic filing standard, this is a significant advancement.
More below…
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
A New NCSC Report on Automated Redaction
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In a follow-up to the July paper on “Best Practices for Court Privacy Policy Formulation”, the NCSC with the support of The State Justice Institute, the new paper, "Automated Redaction Proof of Concept Report" addresses the need for policies and technology for redaction of protected information.
More below…
Thursday, September 21, 2017
Tuesday, September 19, 2017
The 2017 McMillan Scholarship Award Winner
Jose Lezcano and Jim McMillan |
Jose Lezcano, the Judicial Branch IT Director in Puerto Rico was honored with the McMillan Scholarship at the CTC 2017 Conference for his technology leadership. More below:
Friday, September 15, 2017
Friday, September 8, 2017
Wednesday, August 30, 2017
CTC-2017 News - Get Ready
Court Technology Conferences are an incredible deal. Many other tech conferences cost $1,500 or more. When we make this post, there are less than two days to register for the conference at the regular rate. CTC is the event of the year, some highlights below.
Friday, August 25, 2017
Monday, August 14, 2017
Judge Michael Marcus – The Passing of a Court Tech Pioneer
Hon. Michael Marcus |
Last month we were saddened to hear of the passing of Judge Michael Marcus formerly of the Multnomah County (Portland, Oregon) Circuit Court. I had the great pleasure of knowing Michael since the late 1990’s because of his work in developing the concept of “Smart Sentencing”. A video of a presentation Judge Marcus made on his work from 2010 is available here.
Judge Marcus also wrote one of the most popular articles in the history of the Court Tech Bulletin about his "Search for a Quiet Keyboard” in 2007.
But back to the main subject below.
Thursday, August 10, 2017
This and That in Court Technology – August, 2017
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A big CTC-2017 promotion (especially if you are hungry), an upcoming JTC webinar, big E-filing news, Wyoming court automation fees introduced, space and cost savings by the US Federal Courts, and a little tip in this month’s court tech news amalgamation.
Thursday, August 3, 2017
Blockchain for Criminal Charge Tracking?
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A recent question to the NCSC Community bulletin board regarding Blockchain technology led to the following thoughts regarding its potential use in one of the most difficult problems we have faced in the justice community since the 1970’s, criminal charge tracking. We discuss below.
Thursday, July 27, 2017
NCSC Releases New Report on Court Privacy Policy
A State Justice Institute supported report, “Best Practices for Court Privacy Policy Formulation” authored by three of our NCSC colleagues, Tom Clarke, Jannet Lewis and Di Graski has just been released. The report begins:
"As state and local courts progressively convert their business processes from paper to electronic formats, policies around remote electronic access to court case information by the public become ever more important. COSCA last addressed this issue comprehensively in 2002 with a report authored by Martha Steketee and Alan Carlson that proposed a model policy for public access. At that time, few courts had implemented electronic filing, so the model policy addressed both manual and electronic access. In the fifteen years since then, courts have learned a lot about living in an electronic world and providing remote access to their case data and documents. Consequently, there is a need to update what we know about this topic and revise the model policy."
August 31, 2017 revision -- click here to access the updated paper.
Thursday, July 20, 2017
Cobb County Georgia Issues Court Tech RFI
Cobb County (“County”) invites qualified technology companies (“Responders”) to submit written information about their ability to provide the modules needed to support countywide court and justice partner operations and case management with the goal of providing better access to justice and improving internal efficiencies.
Friday, July 14, 2017
This and That in Court Technology – July, 2017
Library of Congress Exhibition Image |
This month's news about court technology and related topics includes CTC 2017 Experts, a proposed American Bar Association resolution, 10 tips for IT administrators to deal with password lockout, Margaret Hagan's artwork and observations from the NACM/IACA conference, the Center for Court Innovation's treatment courts online training offerings, the IJIS Institute announces a new Executive Director, and the Library of Congress exhibition, "Drawing Justice: The Art of Courtroom Illustration".
Thursday, July 13, 2017
North Carolina AOC Issues RFI for CMS Evaluation
North Carolina Supreme Court building |
Additional information about the NCAOC can be viewed at its website www.nccourts.org.
The information gathered from this RFI will be used to identify vendors that can provide the systems needed to meet the needs of the Technology Services Division’s technical and infrastructure requirements.
Interested parties must submit a response package no later than 2:00 pm (EDT), July 31, 2017.
The full RFI (PDF format) is available at: https://www.ips.state.nc.us/IPS/AGENCY/PDF/11967000.pdf
Friday, July 7, 2017
Saturday, July 1, 2017
Event Time
In the CCMS series we wrote about events and tasks. In that article, we mentioned event weights that reflects the amount of work that was expended on that event. But there is another way that we can augment the event record. We explain.
Friday, June 23, 2017
Not Just Police Body Cams
GoPro Pet Camera Mounts |
A recent Pennsylvania appellate court decision points out that the record keepers will deal with more than just law enforcement body camera evidence. Courts are having to deal with video evidence from many sources.
Thursday, June 22, 2017
CTC 2017: Is your courthouse prepared for a cyber attack?
The CTC-2017 opening keynote speaker is Mark Lanterman, chief technology officer at Computer Forensic Services in Minneapolis.
He will talk about recent high-profile cyber attacks that have victimized businesses, hospitals, and government agencies. He also will tell us about cyber threats that could specifically hurt the courts, such as “The Dark Web,” “The Internet of Things,” and phishing, among other things.
Also, the full detailed conference schedule is also now available once you have created an account. It's quick and easy to do.
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
This and That in Court Tech – June, 2017
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In this month’s news roundup we learn about Wisconsin's E-filing activities, news about Ravel Law and Court Innovations, Google's improved ability in language recognition, and some notes about improving communication understanding.
And last, some CTC 2017 educational program agenda news.
Wednesday, June 7, 2017
Technology Solutions for Self-Represented Litigants
The University of Denver's Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System (IAALS) announced the release of Court Compass: Mapping the Future of User Access Through Technology, a compendium and analysis of court-offered solutions for self-represented litigants (SRLs), along with maturity models to guide the development of integrated solutions in courts nationwide. See this recent post on the IAALS Online Issues Blog for more details.
IAALS is also participating with a number of other organizations, including the National Center for State Courts (NCSC), on the newly formed OASIS Litigant Portal Technical Committee (LP TC).
The LP TC will be developing technical standards for litigant portal interfaces that will expedite and simplify development of solutions to assist potential litigants without legal representation overcome barriers of cost and complexity. The work of the LP TC will leverage experiences in recent portal projects as well as requirements identified in a 2015 report titled Building a Litigant Portal: Business and Technical Requirements. Any OASIS member may participate on the LP TC. If you're interested but not yet a member of OASIS, information on how to join is available here.
IAALS is also participating with a number of other organizations, including the National Center for State Courts (NCSC), on the newly formed OASIS Litigant Portal Technical Committee (LP TC).
The LP TC will be developing technical standards for litigant portal interfaces that will expedite and simplify development of solutions to assist potential litigants without legal representation overcome barriers of cost and complexity. The work of the LP TC will leverage experiences in recent portal projects as well as requirements identified in a 2015 report titled Building a Litigant Portal: Business and Technical Requirements. Any OASIS member may participate on the LP TC. If you're interested but not yet a member of OASIS, information on how to join is available here.
Tuesday, June 6, 2017
Courts Could Help to Protect Drivers from Traffic Ticket Phishing E-mail
CyberheistNews posted an article about “the NY State Department of Motor Vehicles warning about a phishing scam where New York drivers are being targeted, stating they have 48 hours to pay a fine or have their driver's license revoked.” In this post, we share some ideas that courts may consider to help to reduce or eliminate this problem.
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