April 22, Earth Day 2009 - 4 Ways Courthouse JMS Saves You (and Mother Nature) Green!

1. Electronic copies: In Courthouse JMS, nearly every working or statistical report can be produced in PDF, Word, or Excel format.
   $$ Savings to you: paper, paper, paper; toner; ink; printer maintenance; IT support; the 900 times a year you refill the printer tray.
   Savings to the planet: trees from reduced paper consumption; plastics, metals, PCBs, and toxic chemicals from your old printer that don't prematurely hit the landfill.
   
2. Duplex printing: when you really do need that hard copy, Courthouse JMS supports duplex printing (that's 2-sided printing for the IT nomenclature neophyte).
   $$ Savings to you: consumption of paper, toner, ink, printer maintenance cut by half.
   Savings to the planet: trees, trees, trees.
   
3. Data cleansing and summons printing service: Courthouse SummonsDirect cleanses data by running it through the National Change of Address Registry and CASS certifying outgoing mail.
   $$ Savings to you: reduces your document production and postage costs by eliminating 90% of your undeliverables.
   Savings to the planet: reduces the number of undelivered summons that wind up in the trash.
   
4. Self-service response to summons: Courthouse eResponse, our interactive Web response system for jury management enables jurors to respond to their summons online.
   $$ Savings to you: the time it takes to you open returned summonses, read them, and deal with juror requests to be excused, disqualified, deferred to a new date (a priceless savings, really).
   Savings to the planet: paper, envelopes, stamps, greenhouse gas emissions (reduced return postage means less energy consumed by the post office).
   

February 2009 - Spring Conference Round Up
Courthouse Technologies will be demonstrating our solution at the NACM Mid-Year Conference, March 8th and 9th at the Marriott Downtown Waterfront in Portland, OR. We will also be in attendance at the Ohio Jury Management Association (OJMA) Annual Conference at the Embassy Suites hotel in Dublin, OH April 23rd and 24th.

We look forward to seeing you there!

February 2009 -Klickitat County Fifth in WA to Purchase Courthouse JMS
Courthouse Technologies proudly announces that we have reached agreement with Klickitat County, Washtington to purchase not only Courthouse JMS, but also Courthouse SummonsDirect, our software-enabled service for NCOA, summons printing and mailing. Courthouse JMS will replace the County's implementation of the JuryMaster system from Puget Postings. The multi-location implementation will serve the Superior Court as well as several District Courts in the County.

January 30, 2009 - King County, WA Awards Courthouse Technologies Jury Management System Bid
Courthouse Technologies is pleased to announce we have been awarded the bid to implement our jury management solution in King County, WA. King County is seeking to purchase Courthouse JMS, as well as Courthouse eResponse, our public facing self-service application for jurors. Contract negotiations are underway and we hope to begin implementation by April. The project will replace the County's implementation of the current ACS jury management system.

"This is a particularly proud moment for Courthouse Technologies and for me personally," says president, Scott Kerr. "My staff and I have a long relationship with King County and we are deeply pleased at the opportunity to work together with the County again." The award will bring the Courthouse Technologies solution to a total of 5 Washington State counties.

January 2009 - Successful Go-Live in Peoria County, Illinois
Courthouse Technologies was proud to be of assistance in a successful go-live in Peoria County, IL on January 26, 2009. Support Manager Camille J. Hannah was present to assist in the daily procedures held in court that day.

"Stacy Witt, Jury Manager in Peoria County, demonstrated a great deal of enthusiasm on the first day of juror attendance using JMS. It can be quite daunting to learn a completely new system, and many feel overwhelmed on the first day when candidates show up. Stacy was calm and collective." Camille J. Hannah witnessed.

The go-live caps a 2-month project that replaces the Peoria County Courts' legacy implementation of Judicial Systems Inc.