Performance Report- Louisiana Supreme Court

Performance of the District Courts

Fiscal Year 2015 - 2016

Campaign 2: Develop Effective Communication

Objective

OBJECTIVE D: USE TECHNOLOGY TO ENHANCE COMMUNICATION

Intent of the Objective

Responses To Objective

Your court provided an online presence.
Your court used technology to facilitate communication with the public.
Your court provided a means to pay fines and/or fees remotely by telephone, online, or some other method.
If your court provided a means to pay fines and/or fees remotely by telephone, online, or some other method during the reporting period, which remote means of paying fines or fees did your court provide? Please choose all that apply.
Your court used technology to facilitate working with judicial partners.
Your court implemented or updated telephone, internet, email, network, document scanning, or other systems to enhance court efficiency during the reporting period. Please choose all that apply:
Please share any obstacles you encountered in using technology to enhance communication and suggestions, if any, to overcome those obstacles.
Please share any additional strategies or the details of the strategies above in which you used technology to enhance communication.

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Please share any obstacles you encountered in using technology to enhance communication and suggestions, if any, to overcome those obstacles.

9th JDC	The court is more inclined than other partners to explore the use of technology in the furtherance of facilitating court hearings via video conferencing. This creates a "wall" that slowed or ceased the intent of using technology for security, cost and overall procedural efficiency.
15th JDC	Lack of funding derailed a project to network all courtroom digital recorders across the district. The project would have allowed those persons with access to the network (judges, court reporters) to retrieve recorded courtroom audio from any location by logging onto a single server. Downloading audio directly from the courtroom to the server also ensured that the court would have an audio copy of the proceedings captured, without relying on the court reporter to make and store a copy.
22nd JDC	Incompatible software; meetings to coordinate subsequent purchases overcame that obstacle.
32nd JDC	Finances
35th JDC	The 35th JDC has been trying to obtain access to criminal histories of defendants solely for bond setting purposes for 7 years. For some reason, that request has not been fulfilled and the court has no idea why or what steps are needed to address that need.
36th JDC	Rural location; no local television or radio