The newsmagazine series for court professionals.

Tuesday | February 8, 2005
9:00 - 9:30 a.m.
9:30 - 10:00 a.m.
12:15 - 12:45 p.m.
12:45 - 1:15 p.m.

On this edition:

• Budget update: AOC Chief Deputy Director Ron Overholt and CFO Tina Hansen clarify Governor’s proposed 2005-2006 court budget increase.
  
  
• High-tech facilities management: The AOC will launch Computer-Aided Facilities Management (CAFM), a powerful new tool that will ensure timely, efficient solutions for courts' facilities management needs.
  
  
• Court IT conference: The AOC's Judicial Branch Information Technology Conference brought together court leaders from around the state to explore technology initiatives that will connect and modernize court operations.
  
  
• Charting success: Court employees in one county know exactly where they're headed and precisely how they'll get there. That's because they created a map—a detailed business plan that plots their course.
  
  
• Prize for probate court: Superior Court of San Francisco's conservator program was named one of the nation's best.
  
  
• New domestic partner law: AOC legal experts explain impact of new California Domestic Partner Rights and Responsibilities Act.

Related resources:

• Latest Budget News

• Judicial branch finance page

• Court technology page

• Judicial Council technology advisory committee

• Trial Court Facilities Guidelines (PDF)

• Amendments to Judicial Council Rules

• Judicial Council Forms

• Government Accounting Office

Send questions or suggestions for California Courts News to ccn@jud.ca.gov, or call producers Ellen McCarthy (415-865-7447) or James Carroll (415-865-7451).

CCN, winner of the 2005 Communicator Award of Distinction and the State Information Officers Council Gold Award for Excellence in Government Communications, is the half-hour newsmagazine for California court professionals. CCN is produced by the Administrative Office of the Courts and is distributed via satellite to nearly 200 downlink sites on the second Tuesday of each month.