11.1

JUDICIARY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FUND

GENERAL STATEMENT AND INFORMATION

The Judiciary Information Technology Fund (JITF) was established by Congress in fiscal year (FY) 1990 (28 U.S.C. § 612) to assist 

the judiciary in implementing its information technology (IT) initiatives. The authority of the JITF was extended indefinitely in the 

FY 1998 Commerce, Justice, State, Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (P.L. 105-119). The JITF was authorized 

“without fiscal year limitation” for the procurement of information technology resources. The fund makes it possible to manage the 

IT program over a multi-year planning cycle, which allows more effective and efficient planning, budgeting, and use of funds for IT 

activities.

In keeping with the judiciary’s mission and primary business objectives, the IT program must identify, implement, and maintain costeffective solutions for the judiciary, bar, and the public. All IT expenses for the appellate, district, and bankruptcy courts and for 

probation and pretrial services offices must be paid from the JITF. 

Requirements are financed via the JITF from a variety of sources:

• deposits from the courts’ Salaries and Expenses (S&E) account;

• fee collections from the Electronic Public Access program for IT expenses specifically related to improving public access to 

information – (see Appendix 2, Electronic Public Access for more information on this program);

• unobligated balances in the fund from prior year financial plan savings (unencumbered);

• proceeds from the sale of excess IT equipment;

• annual allotments to the courts originally for non-IT purposes that are reprogrammed locally by the courts for IT initiatives, in 

accordance with the judiciary’s budget decentralization program; and

• deposits from other judiciary appropriations that are non-mandatory judiciary users of the fund (such as the Court of Appeals for 

the Federal Circuit, the Court of International Trade, the U.S. Sentencing Commission, Court Security, the Federal Judicial Center, 

and the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts).

The majority of financing in the JITF originates from deposits from the S&E account. Table 11.1 on the following pages displays

JITF requirements and funding sources for FY 2020 through the FY 2022 request. Tables 11.2 and 11.3 provide additional data about 

obligations and outlays.
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Table 11.1 Judiciary Information Technology Fund Obligations and Financing ($000)

FY 2020 

Actual

 FY 2021 

Assumed

Obligations

FY 2022 

Request

Obligations:

Salaries & Expenses Requirements (with carryforward) 552,899 533,106 539,520

EPA Program 143,594 186,280 175,122

Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts 3,731 4,631 0

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit 1,000 0 550

Court of International Trade 1,266 991 200

Court Security 30 56 0

Federal Judicial Center 87 0 0

U.S. Sentencing Commission 0 1,669 0

TOTAL JITF 702,607 726,733 715,392

Financing:

Salaries and Expenses

Unobligated Balance, Start of Year 97,809 63,702 20,000

New Deposits and Prior Year Recoveries 518,792 489,404 519,520

Unobligated Balance, End of Year -63,702 -20,000 0

Total Salaries & Expenses 552,899 533,106 539,520

EPA Program

Unobligated Balance, Start of Year 123,278 136,512 94,732

Estimated Receipts and Prior Year Recoveries 156,828 144,500 144,500

Unobligated Balance, End of Year -136,512 -94,732 -64,110

Total EPA Program 143,594 186,280 175,122

Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts

Unobligated Balance, Start of Year 3,801 4,626 0

New Deposits and Prior Year Recoveries 4,556 5 0

Unobligated Balance, End of Year -4,626 0 0

Total Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts 3,731 4,631 0
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FY 2020 Actual

 FY 2021 

Assumed

Obligations

FY 2022 

Request

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Unobligated Balance, Start of Year 4,568 3,817 3,817

New Deposits and Prior Year Recoveries 249 0 0

Unobligated Balance, End of Year -3,817 -3,817 -3,267

Total Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (non-EPA) 1,000 0 550

Court of International Trade

Unobligated Balance, Start of Year 1,423 1,191 200

New Deposits and Prior Year Recoveries 1034 0 0

Unobligated Balance, End of Year -1,191 -200 0

Total Court of International Trade (non-EPA) 1,266 991 200

Court Security

Unobligated Balance, Start of Year 30 56 0

New Deposits and Prior Year Recoveries 56 0 0

Unobligated Balance, End of Year -56 0 0

Total Court Security 30 56 0

Federal Judicial Center

Unobligated Balance, Start of Year 411 824 824

New Deposits and Prior Year Recoveries 500 0 0

Unobligated Balance, End of Year -824 -824 -824

Total Federal Judicial Center 87 0 0

U.S. Sentencing Commission

Unobligated Balance, Start of Year 1,669 1,669 0

New Deposits and Prior Year Recoveries 0 0 0

Unobligated Balance, End of Year -1,669 0 0

Total U.S. Sentencing Commission 0 1,669 0

GRAND TOTAL JITF $702,607 $726,733 $715,392
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Table 11.2 Judiciary Information Technology Fund

Obligations by Budget Object Class ($000)

FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022

1100 Personnel compensation 472 488 481

1200 Personnel benefits 6 6 6

2100 Travel 2,432 2,516 2,476

2200 Transportation of things 3 3 3

2310 Rental Payments to GSA 274 283 279

2300 Communications, utilities & miscellaneous 93,193 96,393 94,889

2400 Printing and reproduction 6,128 6,338 6,240

2500 Other services 416,324 430,620 423,900

2600 Supplies and materials 8,922 9,228 9,084

3100 Equipment 174,853 180,857 178,035

702,607 726,733 715,392

Obligations by Budget Object Class

$(000)

Total Obligations
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Table 11.3 Judiciary Information Technology Fund

Relation of Obligations to Outlays

FY 2021

FY 2020 Assumed FY 2022

Actual Obligations Request

Direct obligations incurred 702,607 726,733 715,392

Obligated balance, start of year 376,059 365,136 560,784

Adjustments of prior year activity (17,772) 0 0

Obligated balance, end of year (365,136) (560,784) (623,916)

Total Outlays 695,758 531,085 652,260

Less Offsets (158) 0 0

Net Outlays 695,600 531,085 652,260
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PROGRAMS FUNDED FROM THE SALARIES AND EXPENSES ACCOUNT

Under the guidance of the Judicial Conference of the United States and according to the strategic direction and objectives contained in 

the Long-Range Plan for Information Technology in the Federal Judiciary, the judiciary continues to implement IT systems to meet 

the mission of the courts. The judiciary, like the rest of the public sector, depends on technology for communication systems, 

research, and information management systems to fulfill mission-critical needs. 

The judiciary has a successful enterprise-wide IT program upon which judges, court staff, probation/pretrial services officers, and 

others depend to conduct their mission-critical functions. This program includes a vital data communications infrastructure that 

connects all court units securely and is the lifeline for information transfer, applications that ensure the judiciary manages its resources 

effectively, and various court support projects and case management systems that provide judges and staff the tools they need to 

perform their day-to-day work. 

Judges and chambers staff rely on IT equipment, software, and complex data communication networks through which they access 

electronic case management systems, email, legal research databases, and numerous websites and applications. Many courtrooms are

equipped with technologies that improve the quality and efficiency of courtroom proceedings through reduced trial time and improved 

fact-finding. A number of IT tools help judges do their work more efficiently in areas ranging from text-search capability across 

pleadings, opinions, and court records to the timely receipt of critical information through seamless transmission of data from one 

court type to another. 

The judiciary continues to develop critical improvements to court support systems, including the financial management system, 

probation and pretrial services case management system, and court case management systems. 

COVID-19

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the judiciary strengthened and expanded capacity for its IT data and telecommunications 

infrastructure to address the increased demand of technology for telework and remote court proceedings across the judiciary. Internet 

access has been upgraded and is averaging between 30 percent to 40 percent capacity. Remote connectivity has risen to 22,000 

judiciary users per day (over 70 percent of the judiciary workforce). The judiciary has also procured additional remote access licenses 

and increased capacity of the National Video Teleconferencing Service to support remote operations.
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Cybersecurity

The daily challenge of protecting and defending judiciary assets against cyberattacks is an arduous and constant endeavor. 

Accordingly, cybersecurity continues to be a top priority of the judiciary. Judiciary IT personnel successfully counter a wide range of 

threats posed by hackers, computer viruses, and other malicious acts. However, to meet expanding security requirements, significant 

cybersecurity funding has been necessary, and will continue to be needed in FY 2022 and in future fiscal years. The necessity of 

funding cybersecurity is reflected in the millions of cyberattacks that target the judiciary each year.

Since implementing a more robust cybersecurity strategy in 2016, the judiciary has initiated significant upgrades and expansions to its

cybersecurity operations and continually strengthened its cybersecurity posture. Sustaining these efforts and implementing additional 

security-related initiatives continues to require substantial resources. The judiciary’s data communication network and its underlying 

infrastructure are ongoing targets of cyberattacks. Sophisticated attackers seek to exploit vulnerabilities and continually develop new 

capabilities to compromise judiciary information and disrupt, destroy, or threaten the delivery of essential services.

Cybersecurity activities and the employment of security-related assets are integral to the many IT systems, networks, and operations of 

the judiciary. The Judicial Conference requires all judiciary organizations to conduct annual security awareness training and maintain 

the security health of their local area networks. At the local court level, court units receive enterprise-license security software for 

endpoint protection, web-based threat protection, and vulnerability scanning. 

For FY 2022, the judiciary requests $74.4 million in appropriated S&E funding for cybersecurity, which represents an increase of 

$18.5 million above the FY 2021 level of $55.8 million. These cybersecurity costs are separately presented in table 11.4 on page 11.8

to provide information detailing the judiciary’s financial commitment to cybersecurity. (Additional cybersecurity funds are included, 

but not displayed separately, in the budget accounts for the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the Court of International Trade, 

the U.S. Sentencing Commission, the Federal Judicial Center, the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, Defender Services, and 

Court Security). Within the Salaries and Expenses account, cybersecurity accounts for nearly 13 percent of the total FY 2022 JITF 

requirements. Cybersecurity resources are interspersed throughout the various IT program components and are a subset of the total 

requirements included in the program components shown in table 11.5 on page 11.10.
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Table 11.4 Salaries and Expenses JITF Cybersecurity Requirements

IT Program Component ($000) FY 2021 Planned FY 2022 Request 

Increase/(Decrease) 

From FY 2021 

Administrative & Management Systems 647 663 16

Telecommunications Program 22,376 42,746 20,370

Infrastructure & Collaboration Tools 31,139 30,351 (788)

Court Administration & Case 

Management 1,649 595 (1,054)

TOTAL, S&E JITF Cybersecurity 55,811 74,355 18,544

The FY 2022 S&E JITF cybersecurity request includes adjustments as follows:

• FY 2022 cybersecurity requirements in the Administrative and Management Systems component are roughly equal to the 

FY cyber 2021 requirements.

• Within the Telecommunications program, a $20.4 million increase is associated with the judiciary firewall service enterprise 

license renewal ($9.1 million) and cyclical replacements and upgrades of cybersecurity assets ($11.3 million). 

• A decrease of $0.8 million in the Infrastructure and Collaboration Tools program component reflects moving from 

implementation to operations and maintenance of cybersecurity tools for the courts.

• A decrease of $1.1 million in Court Administration and Case Management is associated with non-recurring cybersecurity costs 

incurred in FY 2021. 

Additionally, in FY 2022, the judiciary plans to use $30.4 million of Electronic Public Access receipts (compared to $34.9 million in 

FY 2021) for cybersecurity activities associated with security assets and operations to protect the Case Management/Electronic Case 

Files system and the Public Access to Court Electronic Records network (resulting in a total FY 2022 court cybersecurity program of 

approximately $104.8 million).
11.9

Technology Associated with New Courthouse Construction

In FY 2016, Congress provided nearly $1 billion for eleven courthouse construction projects (full funding for eight new courthouses

and partial funding for a ninth new courthouse on the Courthouse Project Priorities (CPP) list, and funding for new construction and 

acquisition of two federal buildings that jointly house courthouses and other federal agencies that were on GSA’s long-range plan). In 

FY 2018, Congress provided $437 million to fully fund the ninth FY 2016 courthouse project and to construct two additional 

courthouses. Congress appropriated funding in FY 2021 for two more new courthouse projects Though funding for the construction 

of courthouses is appropriated directly to GSA, the judiciary requires funding for IT, security, and other space-related infrastructure 

requirements to ensure that these new courthouses are fully functional and operational as required by the U.S. Courts Design Guide. 

The FY 2022 JITF requirements include $7.8 million for the costs of providing local-area networks, communications infrastructure,

and courtroom technology to new courthouse projects. The total of $7.8 million in FY 2022 requirements reflects a decrease of $0.8

million from FY 2021 requirements of $8.6 million.

Judiciary Information Technology Fund Program Requirements

The FY 2022 request reflects an essential growth in requirements for the ongoing demands of maintaining intricate data 

communications networks, operating systems, and effective and secure applications. To enable the courts to function most effectively, 

the judiciary has also taken an aggressive approach to maintaining and upgrading critical court support systems that provide financial 

reporting, personnel and payroll management, statistical reporting, and case management. A total of $489.0 million of base IT 

requirements are assumed to be funded in FY 2021. This amount represents the assumed amount that will be deposited in the JITF 

from the Salaries and Expenses account. The requirements for FY 2022 are $539.5 million. As shown in table 11.5 on page 11.10, 

funding for the Salaries and Expenses JITF obligations supports seven program components. 
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Table 11.5 Salaries and Expenses Obligations – Judiciary Information Technology Fund Program Requirements

($000)

IT Program Component

FY 2021

Projected 

Obligations 

(Col A)

FY 2020

Slipped

Requirements 

(Col B)

FY 2021

Base

Requirements

(Col A - Col B)

Change:

FY 2021

Adj. Base

Requirements

to FY 2022

Current

Services

Requirements

FY 2022 

Program

Increases

FY 2022

Total

Requirements

Judicial Statistics & Reporting Systems 12,941 935 12,006 3,247 0 15,254

Administrative & Management Systems 72,684 5,841 66,843 8,611 0 75,454

Telecommunications Program 101,289 4,378 96,911 -64 9,100 105,947

Infrastructure and Collaboration Tools 135,389 17,289 118,100 14,189 0 132,289

Court IT Allotments 88,428 1,592 86,836 17,168 0 104,004

Court Administration & Case Management 51,455 14,057 37,398 -8,588 0 28,810

Court Support Reimbursable Program 70,920 0 70,920 6,841 0 77,761

TOTAL, S&E JITF 533,106 44,092 489,014 41,405 9,100 539,520

This FY 2022 budget request is built on the enacted FY 2021 appropriations bill and FY 2021 financial plan. The FY 2021 financial 

plan assumes $489.0 million will be available for deposit into the JITF from the Salaries and Expenses account. Due to an enacted 

FY 2021 appropriation below the judiciary’s request level and the need to make trade-offs to fund other unavoidable critical 

requirements, this JITF funding level represents a decrease of $50.2 million from planned FY 2021 obligations, and requires

significant reductions to FY 2021 base operations and maintenance (O&M) requirements for the judiciary’s IT program, such as

reduced requirements for court allotments, administrative and management systems, and technology research and development. As a 

result, the FY 2022 JITF request proposes the restoration of most of those base O&M requirements in order to ensure the continued 

availability of critical IT services and that important ongoing IT projects are not canceled in FY 2022. These restorations comprise 

approximately $30 million included in the adjustments to base column above.
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The following sections present FY 2022 requirements for the 

Salaries and Expenses portion of the JITF. In total, 

requirements increase from an assumed base level of $489.0

million in FY 2021 to $539.5 million in FY 2022. The FY 

2022 request includes a program increase of $9.1 million

associated with the judiciary firewall service enterprise license 

renewal. The following pages discuss significant changes

between the FY 2021 base requirements and the FY 2022

requirements.

Judicial Statistical & Reporting Systems

FY 2022 Requirements: $15,254,000

Adjustments to Base from Fiscal Year 2021: $3,247,000

This category includes systems to support gathering and 

reporting statistics in the judiciary; data analysis and 

management reporting across judiciary-wide data sources; and 

planning and decision-making with staffing, financial, and 

workload data. 

The base adjustment in this category includes increases of $3.0

million associated with operations and maintenance costs for 

sustaining the existing probation and pretrial services statistical 

system and $0.2 million for inflationary adjustments in 

FY 2022.

Administrative & Management Systems

FY 2022 Requirements: $75,454,000

Adjustments to Base from Fiscal Year 2021: $8,611,000

This program includes the judiciary’s financial and personnel 

management systems, as well as systems to support and 

manage space and facilities projects, travel expenses, and 

judiciary web sites. 

The base adjustment includes a restoration of $7.3 million to 

fund minimum requirements for the upkeep of finance and 

human resources systems such as software license renewals 

and periodic enhancements, and $1.3 million for inflationary 

adjustments.

Telecommunications Program

FY 2022 Requirements: $105,947,000

Adjustments to Base from Fiscal Year 2021: ($64)

Program Increase: $9,100,000

This program involves support for voice and data transmission

services and telecommunications. The judiciary’s 

communications program enables the judiciary to operate 

communications services for the appellate, district, and 

bankruptcy courts and for probation and pretrial services 

offices, as well as to procure communications equipment for 
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new courthouses and courthouses undergoing major repairs and 

alteration. 

Included in the $105.9 million is a program increase of $9.1

million for the judiciary firewall service enterprise license 

renewal. The software licenses ensure that firewalls contain 

the most current software features that address evolving cyber 

threats and are renewed on a three-year cycle.

Infrastructure & Collaboration Tools

FY 2022 Requirements: $132,289,000

Adjustments to Base from Fiscal Year 2021: $14,189,000

This category encompasses building and maintaining a robust, 

reliable, and resilient judiciary-wide IT infrastructure. 

Included are the costs of hardware, software, and IT security 

associated with the judiciary’s full enterprise hosting and cloud 

computing services and email and collaboration systems. This 

category also includes the costs of IT infrastructure for new 

courthouse construction projects and operating systems’

support, maintenance, testing, and research.

The base adjustment of $14.2 million in FY 2022 restores 

funding for operations and maintenance of hosting and cloud 

services ($4.4 million); helpdesk, technical, and business 

architecture services ($4.3 million); research and development 

of emerging technologies and technology standards ($4.1 

million); and court IT security assessment services ($1.4 

million). 

Court IT Allotments

FY 2022 Requirements: $104,004,000

Adjustments to Base from Fiscal Year 2021: $17,168,000

These allotted funds cover costs paid directly by courts for 

operating, maintaining, and replacing computers, printers, 

local-area-network equipment, and software. Also included in 

this category are costs for local telecommunications services, 

equipment, maintenance and courtroom technology.

To manage within the FY 2021 funding level, significant 

reductions were made in the FY 2021 financial plan to court 

allotments for IT infrastructure and courtroom technology 

requirements. Courts have to defer necessary and planned 

expenditures in these areas in FY 2021. The FY 2022 request 

restores the funding needed for courts to address these critical 

requirements. The increase in fiscal year 2022 restores funding 

for infrastructure and maintenance expenses ($8.2 million) and

courtroom technology ($7.3 million) that were reduced in the 

FY 2021 financial plan. The increase also includes an 

inflationary adjustment ($1.7 million). 

Court Administration & Case Management

FY 2022 Requirements: $28,810,000

Adjustments to Base from Fiscal Year 2021: ($8,588,000)
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This category contains a variety of tools, including Probation 

and Pretrial Automated Tracking System (PACTS) 360, to 

access critical case information and law enforcement 

databases; systems for juror qualification, management, and 

payment; tools for jury participants to communicate with the 

courts; as well as the system that captures requests for 

payments to private court-appointed counsel and expert service 

providers.

The base adjustment is associated with a decrease in FY 2022 

development costs for PACTS 360. The judiciary may require 

additional funding for the PACTS 360 initiative in the future, 

but those costs will be identified after the current development 

efforts advance further. 

Court Support Reimbursable Program

FY 2022 Requirements: $77,761,000

Adjustments to Base from Fiscal Year 2021: $6,841,000 

This category funds Administrative Office (AO) staff that 

provide IT development, management, and maintenance 

services to the courts. These services include IT policy and 

planning guidance; architecture and infrastructure support; 

security services; development, testing, and implementation of 

national IT applications; IT training; and other administrative 

and IT support services on behalf of the courts.

The FY 2022 budget request for the court support reimbursable 

program includes $77.8 million for the salaries, benefits, and 

related expenses of AO staff that are reimbursed from the 

Salaries and Expenses account. The $6.8 million increase is 

attributable to $2.9 million for annualization costs related to

contractor insourcing from prior years, $2.6 million for 

standard pay and benefit increases for existing reimbursable 

positions, and a $1.3 million increase for non-pay inflation.

During FY 2021, the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts 

intends to begin implementing a fourth round of contractor 

insourcing, which will eliminate approximately 32 contractor 

positions in FY 2021 and insource the work with a like number 

of new federal employees. FY 2022 savings in the S&E 

account associated with this insourcing are $0.5 million due to 

lower compensation for federal workers versus contractors. 

The FY 2021 base requirements include the costs of these 

contractor services dispersed in the following JITF program 

components: Judicial Statistics & Reporting Systems; 

Administrative & Management Systems; Telecommunications 

Program; Infrastructure and Collaboration Tools; and Court 

Administration & Case Management. Once the contractor 

insourcing occurs, costs in these other program components 

will decline while costs in the Court Support Reimbursable 

Program component will increase. For more on contractor 

insourcing and the associated savings, please see page 4.46 in 

the S&E chapter. For more information on contractor 

insourcing and AO reimbursable positions, please see the AO 

chapter, page 8.13 and 8.22. 
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PROGRAMS FUNDED FROM DEPOSITS FROM 

OTHER JUDICIARY ACCOUNTS

Organizations within the judiciary that are not mandatory users 

of the JITF may deposit funds to assist them in managing their 

IT efforts. In recent years, the Court of Appeals for the Federal 

Circuit, the Court of International Trade, the AO, Federal 

Judicial Center, the U.S. Sentencing Commission, and the 

Court Security program have made such deposits.

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

The court anticipates obligating $52,000 of EPA receipts and

$550,000 from the JITF in FY 2022. This amount reflects all 

required cyclical replacements (including the cyclical 

replacement of the court’s network printers used by chambers 

and staff, and telecommunications devices for staff use), 

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) hardware and software, as 

a continuation of the VDI project, and Customer Relationship 

Management (CRM) software for use within the Clerk’s Office 

and other departments. It also includes renewal of software 

licenses such as Office 365 and IT equipment maintenance 

expenses.

Court of International Trade

At the beginning of FY 2021, $1,191,000 was available in 

carry forward balances from the JITF. The court is planning to 

obligate $991,000 from the JITF in FY 2021 to:

• upgrade audio/video in the Court’s training & 

conference rooms; 

• cyclically upgrade the Court’s VoIP desk phones and 

conference phones;

• implement a software-defined network management 

solution; 

• upgrade cabling infrastructure within the courthouse, 

including the data center and network closets;

• continue licensing and maintenance of court IT 

hardware and software applications; 

• maintain and support digital recording system, data 

network and voice connections, Virtual Private 

Network System (VPN), Voice Over Internet Protocol 

(VOIP), and Judiciary Data Communications Network 

(DCN); and

• purchase computer desktop systems, monitors, laptops, 

mobile devices, and printers, according to the 

judiciary’s cyclical replacement program and as 

necessary to facilitate videoconference needs.

At the beginning of FY 2022, the Court anticipates that 

$200,000 will be available in carryforward balances into the 

Judiciary Information Technology Fund. These funds will be 

used to continue the Court’s information technology initiatives 
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as described above and to support its short-term and long-term 

IT needs.

Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AO)

At the beginning of FY 2021, the AO had $4,625,972 available 

in the JITF from deposits that were made in previous fiscal 

years. In FY 2021, the AO intends to obligate the entire 

amount to replace AO personal computers, laptops, printers, 

and related equipment pursuant to an approximate four-year 

replacement cycle, as well as copiers, video conference 

equipment, and software as required. The AO currently does 

not anticipate any end-of-year balance to be carried forward 

into FY 2022.

Federal Judicial Center (FJC)

At the beginning of FY 2021, the Federal Judicial Center had 

$824,000 available in the JITF from deposits that were made in 

previous fiscal years. The FJC currently has no plans to 

obligate these funds in either FY 2021 or FY 2022.

U.S. Sentencing Commission

At the beginning of FY 2021, the Sentencing Commission had 

$1,669,000 available in the JITF from deposits that were made 

in previous fiscal years. A total of $1,669,000 is planned for 

obligation in FY 2021. Besides supporting ongoing efforts in 

cybersecurity, these funds will aid improvements in 

automation, including database enhancements and 

maintenance, data extraction, data warehousing, and electronic 

records management. The planned introduction of PACTS 360 

case management system in the federal courts will also require 

significant resources to interface with the Commission’s data 

collection systems. The FY 2021 plan does not anticipate any 

end-of-year balance to be carried forward into FY 2022.

Court Security

At the beginning of FY 2021, $56,000 was available in the 

Court Security account for the Facility Access Card (FAC) 

project. The FAC project is the judiciary’s version of 

Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 (HSPD-12) 

which developed standards for a secure and reliable form of 

identification (also known as “smart cards”) for federal 

government employees and contractors. The implementation 

of the FAC project was completed in FY 2018 and moved into 

a sustainment phase in FY 2019. No JITF resources are 

requested for this or any other Court Security project in 

FY 2022. No funds are anticipated to be carried forward into 

FY 2022.