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Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys, The Department of Justice’s Victim Notification System, Audit Report 08-04, January 2008, Redacted for public release (142 pages, PDF). “The Department of Justice (DOJ) Victim Notification System (VNS) is an automated system used by federal personnel to notify federal crime victims regarding developments in their cases, including information about the …
The Courts Statistics Project (CSP) collects and analyzes data relating to the work of our nation’s state courts. This website was updated on Updated on Sunday, January 20, 2008.
Follow up to previous postings on missing White House emails, today’s Press release from Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW): “Yesterdays midnight filing by the White House in CREW v. Executive Office of the President, a lawsuit challenging the failure of the White House to preserve and restore millions of missing emails, raises …
“Most federal judges come into contact with classified information infrequently, if at all, but when they do, they are faced with the dilemma of how to protect government secrets in the context of an otherwise public proceeding. This pocket guide is designed to familiarize federal judges with statutes and procedures established to help public courts …
National Criminal Justice Reference Service: “Many crime laboratories report high backlogs for forensic services. These backlogs can delay court proceedings and case investigation. Laboratories say they do not have the staff to complete all service requests or the budget to hire new employees. Some laboratories have recently begun addressing these challenges with efficiency techniquescalled process …
CRS Report – How Crime in the United States Is Measured, January 3, 2008 (via FAS) “Crime data collected through the Uniform Crime Reports (UCR), the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), and the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) are used by Congress to inform policy decisions and allocate federal criminal justice funding to states. As …
Follow up to postings on missing White House E-mail, from the National Security Archive: “In an Order issued today, Magistrate Judge Facciola of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia ordered the White House to answer questions about over 5 million missing e-mails generated between 2003-2005. Noting that the need for information …
Natural Defense Resources Council press release: “The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California issued today a preliminary injunction requiring a series of mitigation measures that will govern the use of mid-frequency (MFA) sonar by the U.S. Navy during training exercises in the rich biological waters off Southern California. In its order, the …
2007 Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary, Chief Justice John Roberts, January 1, 2008. “Most Americans are far too busy to spend much time pondering the role of the United States Judiciarythey simply and understandably expect the court system to work. But as we begin the New Year, I ask a moments reflection on how …
US Courts: “A new fee schedule for certified and professionally qualified interpreters and for language skilled interpreters in federal courts takes effect January 2, 2008. Rates. More about Federal Court Interpreter Program.”
A Historic Find Behind a Supreme Court Filing Cabinet: “A copy of the Declaration of Independence sat forgotten at the high court. Now it’s cleaned up and on display…The copy, one of only 200 made from the 1776 original, would likely fetch $500,000 or more if sold on the open market, according to an expert …
Massachusetts Trial Court Law Libraries Blog: “We are pleased to announce the availability of all Supreme Judicial Court and Mass. Appeals Court cases from 1986-1996 at http://masscases.com. Cases are accessible by citation, case name, or through a Google custom search on the site. The collection also includes hundreds of the most-cited older Mass. cases.”
