Judiciary Automation Fund: Reauthorization Should Be Linked to Better
Planning and Reporting (Testimony, 06/30/94, GAO/T-GGD/AIMD-94-176).

Congress created the Judiciary Automation Fund in 1989 to allow the
federal judiciary to develop plans for the expansion, management, and
use of automation in the courts.  The Fund was established for a
five-year period ending in September 1994.  GAO testified that the Fund
has been useful in expanding automation in the courts.  The judiciary
needs to achieve operational efficiencies through automation and the
flexibility offered by the Fund's no-year appropriations warrants the
Fund's reauthorization.  However, GAO believes that the Fund should be
reauthorized for less than the five years requested by the courts
because the judiciary needs to take additional steps to ensure that
automation resources are used more effectively.  During the additional
period for which the Fund is reauthorized, the courts should report to
Congress annually on their progress in (1) developing a strategic
business plan for the courts, (2) implementing a long-range information
resources management plan that is based on that business plan, and (3)
achieving effective audit oversight of court automation efforts.

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 REPORTNUM:  T-GGD/AIMD-94-176
     TITLE:  Judiciary Automation Fund: Reauthorization Should Be Linked 
             to Better Planning and Reporting
      DATE:  06/30/94
   SUBJECT:  Funds management
             Strategic planning
             Federal courts
             Computerized information systems
             Interagency relations
             Revolving funds
             Appropriated funds
             Systems design
             Information resources management
IDENTIFIER:  Judiciary Automation Fund
             Crime Victims Fund
             AOUSC Bankruptcy Automated Noticing System
             AOUSC Probation and Pretrial Services Automated Case 
             Tracking System
             AOUSC Data Communications Network
             AOUSC Court Financial System
             AOUSC Integrated Case Management System
             National Interim Bankruptcy System
             AOUSC Automated Spending and Accounting Package System
             AOUSC Post Automation Review Process
             
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