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U.S.: California Abandons $2 Billion Court Management System |
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zdnet.com |
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Monday, April 02, 2012 |
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United States |
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Apr 10, 2012 |
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California’s court management system is now officially dead. It’s time for state legislators to examine how the state manages its multi-billion dollar budget.
Despite spending $500 million on the California Case Management System (CCMS), court officials terminated the project and allocated $8.6 million to determine whether they can salvage anything. In 2004, planners expected the system to cost $260 million; today, the price tag would be $2 billion if the project runs to completion.
The multi-billion project, started in 2001, was intended to automate California court operations with a common system across the state and replace 70 different legacy systems. Although benefits from the planned system seem clear, court leadership decided it could no longer afford the cost of completing the system, especially during this period of budget cuts, service reductions, and personnel layoffs. A vague statement on the California Courts website, explains:
“We have to develop a new vision for our branch technology infrastructure given our fiscal climate,” said Judge James E. Herman, chair of the committee. “We are committed to implementing a cost-effective, efficient technology that serves the public, litigants, attorneys, and trial courts.
Translation into plain English: “Branch offices across the state need this system but we just don’t have the money to pay for it.”
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