In this edition of "This and That" we share E-Courts conference updates, US Federal Courts updating their E-filing rules, IJIS Institute Mid-Year Update Meeting, the ABA Future of Legal Services report, information regarding the new Microsoft Two-Step Authentication app, and last a handy home improvement app I recently used.
Friday, August 19, 2016
This and That in Court Technology – August 2016
In this edition of "This and That" we share E-Courts conference updates, US Federal Courts updating their E-filing rules, IJIS Institute Mid-Year Update Meeting, the ABA Future of Legal Services report, information regarding the new Microsoft Two-Step Authentication app, and last a handy home improvement app I recently used.
Monday, August 15, 2016
Storage, SSD’s and the Future of Court Records
A recent article stated “SSD prices plummet again, close in on HDD”. Translated that means that solid state “flash” storage that runs much faster than traditional hard disk drives (HDD’s) is closing in on price parity. But what does this mean for court records? We discuss and speculate below.
Friday, August 5, 2016
Friday, July 29, 2016
EOIR RFI Q&A Deadline for Questions and Responses Extended
The US Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review RFI has extended the date and time for accepting question until Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at 2:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time.
The deadline for responses has been extended to Monday, August 15, 2016.at 2:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time.
For more on the RFI see our earlier post at: https://courttechbulletin.blogspot.com/2016/07/rfi-issued-for-us-department-of-justice.html
The deadline for responses has been extended to Monday, August 15, 2016.at 2:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time.
For more on the RFI see our earlier post at: https://courttechbulletin.blogspot.com/2016/07/rfi-issued-for-us-department-of-justice.html
Wednesday, July 27, 2016
More Developments in Blockchain Technology and the Law
Blockchain technology or as it is also known as, “distributed ledger”, is the subject of a great deal of thinking and development this year. We wrote about it earlier in the year and now we share some recent work being done at MIT Media Lab’s lawchain.org project.
Friday, July 22, 2016
Connecting the E-Filing “Pipes”
Craig VanBrussel, CTO for the First Judicial Circuit of Florida wrote after listening to the recent online Court Tech Futures webinar about how they are closing the loop with their E-filing pipes.
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
RFI Issued for US Department of Justice EOIR
ZYGOS Consulting (ZYGOS) in conjunction with the National
Center for State Courts (NCSC) in support of the ECAS Program has issued a
Request for Information for the US Department of Justice Executive Office of
Immigration Review. (https://www.justice.gov/eoir )
Wednesday, July 13, 2016
US Federal Judiciary Cites Technology for Efficiency
US Federal Courthouse in Denver |
In a press release on July 6, 2016 the US Federal Courts cited multiple court technology initiatives as part of their overall efficiency and cost reduction strategy.
Monday, July 11, 2016
Thursday, June 30, 2016
Court Case Management Events and Decision Mapping
Earlier this week I participated in the BPM and Case Management Global Summit conference with my good friend and colleague, John Matthias of the NCSC Court Services Division. He shared some of his recent work on court case management systems including decision mapping.
Thursday, June 23, 2016
JTC Webinar: Using Technology to Improve Pretrial Release Decision-Making
The Joint Technology Committee (JTC) will host a webinar next Tuesday, June 28 on technology and risk-assessment tools to support pretrial release decision-making.
Wednesday, June 22, 2016
Thursday, June 16, 2016
Thursday, June 9, 2016
Monday, May 30, 2016
Monday, May 23, 2016
Events, Baseball, and Better Court Statistics
Cases are made up of events that can be counted in additional detail. And those individual events have characteristics that can also be quantified. In this article I will discuss these concepts with an apology up front that I will be using a lot of the game of Baseball analogies with apologies to my friends who follow the game of Cricket. That said…
Monday, May 16, 2016
Talking About Change: Getting from One Trapeze to Another
"It’s not so much that we’re afraid of change or so in love with the old ways, but it’s that place between that we fear. It is like being between two trapezes. It’s like Linus when his blanket is in the dryer. There’s nothing to hold onto."
--- Marilyn Ferguson, American Futurist
Monday, May 9, 2016
Trusted Digital Signatures
Our good friend Patrick Cormier, former CEO of the Canadian Centre for Court Technology, now Vice President for Business Development at Notarius wrote a great piece on Digital Signatures that he has allowed us to re-post below. I think you will find it interesting...
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
Another Technology to Plan For: Blockchain Contracts
As we all know, courts have to deal with contracts between parties. And courts also very often have to verify the authenticity of information.
There is a lot of work going on using Blockchain database technology. So it is time to learn about and plan for its use in the justice system. We discuss below.
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
A Response to Texas Criminal E-Filing Mandate Concerns
I received a link to an article in Texas Lawyer from our friend, new PhD Bill Raftery at Gavel to Gavel regarding a public hearing held on April 5, 2016 at the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals regarding mandatory criminal case E-filing. The article notes that the court has already made filing mandatory for their cases. But they heard additional concerns that I will comment on:
Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Criminal Justice Identification in the Cloud
Courts have an unending problem with criminal defendant identification. If one thinks about this issue for a minute, in many instances it is a benefit to the defendant to not be properly identified. As most of you know, there have been biometric systems (fingerprint, face recognition for example) available for law enforcement, prosecutors, and courts for many years. But there has been a significant initial cost barrier. Last week I saw an interesting possible “cloud based” solution that may help.
Wednesday, March 30, 2016
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