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JTAC Commences Indiana Courts Online Reports and Receives $50,000 Grant

The U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, through the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute, awarded a $50,000 grant to the Division of State Court Administration for the development of  the Indiana Courts Online Reports (ICOR) program. The ICOR application, which was developed in-house by our JTAC staff, is a web-based program and is part of the judicial INcite portal through which trial courts load … [Read more...] about JTAC Commences Indiana Courts Online Reports and Receives $50,000 Grant

New Jury Management System Qualifies for Duty

Indiana’s trial courts conduct more than 2,000 jury trials each year.  To make this happen, local clerks and jury administrators must create random, representative jury pools, notify jurors when to report, determine how many jurors to call on a certain day, assign panels for civil and criminal trials, keep track of those who cannot serve or need to be called in the future, and finally, compensate jurors for their se … [Read more...] about New Jury Management System Qualifies for Duty

What Your Employees Don't Know Can Hurt You

My middle son is beginning his professional career.  He posed a question to me the other day, “If it is your company’s culture, is it OK to add on more to your expense account than the amount you actually paid?”  I was flummoxed that the question even had to be asked.  My son is a highly educated young man who is concerned about what is right and cares about people.  Yet, he was nearly seduced into believing theft fro … [Read more...] about What Your Employees Don't Know Can Hurt You

Supreme Court Launches electronic Citation and Warning System (eCWS)

Since July 1 of this year, five Indiana law enforcement officers have piloted  a new electronic citation and warning system for traffic violations.  This represented the first step of an exciting project spearheaded by the Indiana Supreme Court and its Judicial Technology and Automation Committee, through the Division of State Court Administration.  The project is a piece of the Court’s integrated technology strategy … [Read more...] about Supreme Court Launches electronic Citation and Warning System (eCWS)