    [United States Government Manual]
    [June 01, 2006]
    [Pages 75-79]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES COURTS

    One Columbus Circle NE., Washington, DC 20544

    Phone, 202-502-2600
    Director                                          Leonidas Ralph Mecham
    Associate Director                                Clarence A. Lee, Jr.
        Chief, Office of Audit                        Jeffery J. Larioni
    Assistant Director, Office of Judicial            Laura C. Minor
            Conference Executive Secretariat
    Assistant Director, Office of Legislative         Cordia A. Strom
            Affairs
    General Counsel                                   William R. Burchill,
                                                              Jr.
        Chief, Office of Management,                  Cathy A. McCarthy
                Planning and Assessment
    Assistant Director, Office of Public Affairs      David A. Sellers
    Assistant Director, Office of Human Resources     Charlotte G. Peddicord
        Chief, Court Personnel Management             Tonya M. Deanes,
                Division                                      Acting
        Chief, Fair Employment Practices              Trudi M. Morrison
                Office
        Chief, Business Technology                    Charles C. Wilburn,
                Optimization Division                         Acting
        Chief, Benefits Division                      Cynthia A. Roth,
                                                              Acting
        Chief, Judges Compensation and                Carol S. Sefren
                Retirement Services Office
        Chief, Policy and Strategic                   Allen Brown
                Initiatives Office
    Assistant Director, Office of Finance and Budget  George H. Schafer
        Chief, Accounting and Financial               Philip L. McKinney
                Systems Division
        Chief, Budget Division                        James R. Baugher
        Chief, Financial Analysis Staff               Penny Jacobs Fleming
    Assistant Director, Office of Information         Melvin J. Bryson, Jr.
            Technology
        Chief, Information Technology                 Wendy R. Fite
                Applications Development
                Office
        Chief, Information Technology                 Robert N. Sinsheimer
                Security Office
        Chief Technology Officer                      Richard D. Fennell
        Chief, Information Technology                 Craig W. Jenkins
                Infrastructure Management
                Division
        Chief, Information Technology                 Robert D. Morse
                Project Coordination Office
        Chief, Information Technology                 Howard J. Grandier
                Systems Deployment and
                Support Division
        Chief, Information Technology Policy          Terry A. Cain
                Staff
    Assistant Director, Office of Court               Noel J. Augustyn
            Administration
        Chief, Appellate Court and Circuit            Gary A. Bowden
                Administration Division
        Chief, Bankruptcy Court                       Glen K. Palman
                Administration Division
        Chief, Court Administration Policy            Abel J. Mattos
                Staff
        Chief, Office of Court                        Gary L. Bockweg
              Administration Technology
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        Chief, District Court Administration          Robert Lowney
                Division
        Chief, Electronic Public Access               Mary M. Stickney
                Program Office
    Assistant Director, Office of Judges Programs     Peter G. McCabe
        Chief, Bankruptcy Judges Division             Francis F. Szczebak
        Chief, Article III Judges Division            Margaret A. Irving
        Chief, Magistrate Judges Division             Thomas C. Hnatowski
        Chief, Rules Committee Support                John K. Rabiej
                Office
        Chief, Statistics Division                    Steven R. Schlesinger
    Assistant Director, Office of Internal Services   Doreen G.B. Bydume
        Chief, Administrative Services                Iris Guerra
                Division
        Chief, Personnel Division                     Cheri Thompson Reid
        Chief, Information and Technology             John C. Chang
                Services Division
        Chief, Procurement Management                 William A. Roeder
                Division
    Assistant Director, Office of Facilities and      Ross Eisenman
            Security
        Chief, Judiciary Emergency                    William J. Lehman
                Preparedness Office
        Chief, Security and Facilities                Melanie Fess Gilbert
                Policy Staff
        Chief, Court Security Office                  Edward M. Templeman
        Chief, Space and Facilities Division          Debra L. Worley
    Assistant Director, Office of Probation and       John M. Hughes
            Pretrial Services
        Chief, Program Administration                 Anne Beatty
                Division
        Chief, Criminal Law Policy Staff              James C. Oleson
        Chief, Special Projects Office                Nancy Lee Bradshaw
    Chief, Probation and Pretrial Services            Nicholas B. DiSabatino
            Technology Division
    Assistant Director, Office of Defender Services   Theodore J. Lidz

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    The Administrative Office of the United States Courts is charged with
    the nonjudicial, administrative business of the United States Courts,
    including the maintenance of workload statistics and the disbursement of
    funds appropriated for the maintenance of the U.S. judicial system.
    The Administrative Office of the United States Courts was created by act
    of August 7, 1939 (28 U.S.C. 601). The Office was established November
    6, 1939. Its Director and Deputy Director are appointed by the Chief
    Justice of the United States after consultation with the Judicial
    Conference.
    Administering the Courts  The Director is the administrative officer of
    the courts of the United States (except the Supreme Court). Under the
    guidance of the Judicial Conference of the United States the Director is
    required, among other things, to do the following:
        --supervise all administrative matters relating to the offices of
    clerks and other clerical and administrative personnel of the courts;
        --examine the state of the dockets of the courts, secure information
    as to the courts' need of assistance, and prepare and transmit quarterly
    to the chief judges of the circuits statistical data and reports as to
    the business of the courts;
        --submit to the annual meeting of the Judicial Conference of the
    United States, at least 2 weeks prior thereto, a report of the
    activities of the Administrative Office and the state of the business of
    the courts;
        --fix the compensation of employees of the courts whose compensation
    is not otherwise fixed by law;
        --regulate and pay annuities to widows and surviving dependent
    children of judges;

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        --disburse moneys appropriated for the maintenance and operation of
    the courts;
        --examine accounts of court officers;
        --regulate travel of judicial personnel;
        --provide accommodations and supplies for the courts and their
    clerical and administrative personnel;
        --establish and maintain programs for the certification and
    utilization of court interpreters and the provision of special
    interpretation services in the courts; and
        --perform such other duties as may be assigned by the Supreme Court
    or the Judicial Conference of the United States.
        The Director is also responsible for the preparation and submission
    of the budget of the courts, which shall be transmitted by the Office of
    Management and Budget to Congress without change.
    Probation Officers  The Administrative Office exercises general
    supervision of the accounts and practices of the Federal probation
    offices, subject to primary control by the respective district courts
    that they serve. The Office publishes quarterly, in cooperation with the
    Bureau of Prisons of the Department of Justice, a magazine entitled
    Federal Probation, which is a journal ``of correctional philosophy and
    practice.''
        The Director also has responsibility with respect to the
    establishment of pretrial services in the district courts under the
    Pretrial Services Act of 1982 (18 U.S.C. 3152). These offices report to
    their respective courts information concerning pretrial release of
    persons charged with Federal offenses and supervise such persons who are
    released to their custody.
    Bankruptcy  The Bankruptcy Amendments and Federal Judgeship Act of 1984
    (28 U.S.C. 151) provided that the bankruptcy judges for each judicial
    district shall constitute a unit of the district court to be known as
    the bankruptcy court. Bankruptcy judges are appointed by the courts of
    appeals in such numbers as authorized by Congress and serve for a term
    of 14 years as judicial officers of the district courts.
        This act placed jurisdiction in the district courts over all cases
    under title 11, United States Code, and all proceedings arising in or
    related to cases under that title (28 U.S.C. 1334). The district court
    may provide for such cases and proceedings to be referred to its
    bankruptcy judges (as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 157).
        The Director of the Administrative Office recommends to the Judicial
    Conference the official duty stations and places of holding court of
    bankruptcy judges, surveys the need for additional bankruptcy judgeships
    to be recommended to Congress, and determines the staff needs of
    bankruptcy judges and the clerks of the bankruptcy courts.
    Federal Magistrate Judges  The Director of the Administrative Office
    exercises general supervision over administrative matters in offices of
    U.S. magistrate judges, compiles and evaluates statistical data relating
    to such offices, and submits reports thereon to the Judicial Conference.
    The Director reports annually to Congress on the business that has come
    before U.S. magistrate judges and also prepares legal and administrative
    manuals for the use of the magistrate judges. The act provides for
    surveys to be conducted by the Administrative Office of the conditions
    in the judicial districts in order to make recommendations as to the
    number, location, and salaries of magistrate judges, which are
    determined by the Judicial Conference subject to the availability of
    appropriated funds.
    Federal Defenders  The Criminal Justice Act (18 U.S.C. 3006A)
    establishes the procedure for the appointment of private panel attorneys
    in Federal criminal cases for individuals who are unable to afford
    adequate representation, under plans adopted by each district court. The
    act also permits the establishment of Federal public defender or Federal
    community defender organizations by the district courts in districts
    where at least 200 persons annually require the appointment of counsel.
    Two adjacent districts may be combined to reach this total.
        Each defender organization submits to the Director of the
    Administrative Office an annual report of its activities along with a
    proposed budget or, in the case

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    of community defender organizations, a proposed grant for the coming
    year. The Director is responsible for the submission of the proposed
    budgets and grants to the Judicial Conference for approval. The Director
    also makes payments to the defender organizations out of appropriations
    in accordance with the approved budgets and grants, as well as
    compensating private counsel appointed to defend criminal cases in the
    United States courts.

    Sources of Information

    Information may be obtained from the following sources:

      Bankruptcy Judges Division. Phone, 202-502-1900.

      Budget Division. Phone, 202-502-2100.

      Defender Services Division. Phone, 202-502-3030.

      General Counsel. Phone, 202-502-1100.

      Human Resources Division. Phone, 202-502-3100.

      Judicial Conference Executive Secretariat. Phone, 202-502-2400.

      Legislative Affairs Office. Phone, 202-502-1700.

      Magistrate Judges Division. Phone, 202-502-1830.

      Office of Probation and Pretrial Services. Phone, 202-502-1610.

      Public Affairs Office. Phone, 202-502-2600.

      Statistics Division. Phone, 202-502-1440.

    For further information, contact one of the offices listed above,
    Administrative Office of the United States Courts, Thurgood Marshall
    Federal Judiciary Building, One Columbus Circle NE., Washington, DC
    20544. Phone, 202-502-2600. Internet, www.uscourts.gov.

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