Overview

• The District of Columbia is a federally funded court system.  Its appropriation was reduced from $303 million in FY11 to $283 million in FY12, a decrease of more than 5%.
• The D.C. courts are maintaining the number of judges and staff, but salaries for judges and staff have been frozen.  The courts are increasing operating expenditures. 
• They are reducing spending by deferring capital projects, which will result in less efficient and inadequate space and, in the long term, will result in increased costs for capital projects.
• The D.C. courts are implementing e-filing and an electronic document management system.

Reports and Articles

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