[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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