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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 the 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 2019 through the FY 2021 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 2019 

Actual

 FY 2020 

Assumed

Obligations

FY 2021 

Request

Obligations:

Salaries & Expenses Requirements (with carryforward) 578,485 564,524 530,429

EPA Program 127,119 184,106 175,247

Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts 3,646 3,801 0

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit 1,631 1,809 407

Court of International Trade 1,126 1,255 232

Court Security 37 30 0

Federal Judicial Center 235 411 0

U.S. Sentencing Commission 0 1,669 0

TOTAL JITF 712,279 757,605 706,315

Financing:

Salaries and Expenses

Unobligated Balance, Start of Year 125,859 97,809 20,000

New Deposits and Prior Year Recoveries 550,435 486,715 510,429

Unobligated Balance, End of Year -97,809 -20,000 0

Total Salaries & Expenses 578,485 564,524 530,429

EPA Program

Unobligated Balance, Start of Year 95,505 123,278 83,672

Estimated Receipts and Prior Year Recoveries 154,892 144,500 144,500

Unobligated Balance, End of Year 1/ -123,278 -83,672 -52,925

Total EPA Program 127,119 184,106 175,247

Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts

Unobligated Balance, Start of Year 3,456 3,801 0

New Deposits and Prior Year Recoveries 3,991 0 0

Unobligated Balance, End of Year -3,801 0 0

Total Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts 3,646 3,801 0
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FY 2019 

Actual

 FY 2020 

Assumed

Obligations

FY 2021 

Request

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Unobligated Balance, Start of Year 5,349 4,568 2,810

New Deposits and Prior Year Recoveries 800 0 0

Utilization of EPA Receipts 50 51 52

Unobligated Balance, End of Year -4,568 -2,810 -2,455

Total Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit 1,631 1,809 407

Court of International Trade

Unobligated Balance, Start of Year 1,379 1,423 200

New Deposits and Prior Year Recoveries 1138 0 0

Utilization of EPA Receipts 32 32 32

Unobligated Balance, End of Year -1,423 -200 0

Total Court of International Trade 1,126 1,255 232

Court Security

Unobligated Balance, Start of Year 49 30 0

New Deposits and Prior Year Recoveries 18 0 0

Unobligated Balance, End of Year -30 0 0

Total Court Security 37 30 0

Federal Judicial Center

Unobligated Balance, Start of Year 431 411 0

New Deposits and Prior Year Recoveries 215 0 0

Unobligated Balance, End of Year -411 0 0

Total Federal Judicial Center 235 411 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 $712,279 $757,605 $706,315
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Table 11.2 Judiciary Information Technology Fund

Obligations by Budget Object Class ($000)

FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021

1100 Personnel compensation 1,792 1,903 1,776

1200 Personnel benefits 6 6 6

2100 Travel 6,797 7,232 6,743

2200 Transportation of things 1 1 1

2310 Rental Payments to GSA 356 379 353

2300 Communications, utilities & miscellaneous 113,171 120,312 112,299

2400 Printing and reproduction 6,058 6,446 6,010

2500 Other services 388,089 412,876 384,929

2600 Supplies and materials 8,300 8,830 7,765

3100 Equipment 187,709 199,620 186,433

Total Obligations 712,279 757,605 706,315
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Table 11.3 Judiciary Information Technology Fund

Relation of Obligations to Outlays

FY 2020

FY 2019 Assumed FY 2021

Actual Obligations Request

Direct obligations incurred 712,279 757,605 706,315

Obligated balance, start of year p y p 375,372 376,059 435,964

Adjustments of prior year activity (43,384) 0 0

Obligated balance, end of year (376,059) (435,964) (407,553)

Total Outlays 668,208 697,700 734,726

Less Offsets (345) (345) (345)

Net Outlays 667,863 697,355 734,381
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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. 

Cybersecurity

The daily challenge of protecting and defending judiciary assets against cyberattacks is an arduous and continuous endeavor, and 

accordingly, cybersecurity continues to be a top priority of the judiciary. Fortunately, there have been no known catastrophic security 

breaches to judiciary systems, as 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
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necessary, and will continue to be needed in FY 2021 and in future fiscal years. The necessity of funding cybersecurity is reflected in 

the millions of cyber-attacks that target the judiciary each year.

Since implementation of a more robust cybersecurity strategy began 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 on-going targets to cyber-attacks. 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 2021, the judiciary requests $61.6 million in S&E funding for cybersecurity, which represents a decrease of $2.2 million 

below the FY 2020 level of $63.8 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 12 percent of the total FY 2021 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 2020 Planned

Cybersecurity

Requirements 

FY 2021

Requested 

Cybersecurity

Requirements 

Increase/(Decrease) 

From FY 2020 

Judicial Statistics & Reporting Systems 803 768 (35)

Administrative & Management Systems 701 710 9

Telecommunications Program 27,629 23,432 (4,197)

Infrastructure & Collaboration Tools 33,125 34,735 1,610

Court Administration & Case 

Management 1,628 1,998 370

TOTAL, S&E JITF Cybersecurity 63,886 61,643 (2,243)

The FY 2021 S&E JITF cybersecurity request includes adjustments as follows:

• FY 2021 cybersecurity requirements in the Judicial Statistics and Reporting Systems component and Administrative and

Management Systems component are roughly equal to the FY 2020 requirements.

• Within the Telecommunications program, a $4.2 million decrease reflects the initial costs of FY 2020 investments for firewalls 

and other hardware and software enhancements that require only maintenance costs in FY 2021. Future requirements will 

reflect the need for ongoing operations and maintenance, cyclical replacements, and upgrades of cybersecurity assets in this 

program component. 

• An increase of $1.6 million in the Infrastructure and Collaboration Tools program component is for expanded cybersecurity

tools by the courts. 

• An increase of $0.4 million in Court Administration and Case Management is associated with cyber-related operations and 

maintenance of the legacy Probation and Pretrial Services Automated Tracking System (PACTS). 
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Additionally, in FY 2021, the judiciary plans to use $22.3 million of Electronic Public Access receipts (compared to $20.6 million in 

FY 2020) 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 2021 court cybersecurity program of 

approximately $83.9 million).

Hosting/Cloud Computing

A major program over the past five years has been to expand centralized hosting and cloud computing at the judiciary’s two national 

data centers. Centralized hosting is a more efficient way to operate the judiciary’s IT program because it utilizes consolidated 

infrastructure and reduces requirements for individual court units to maintain local infrastructures. Centralized hosting services can 

take many forms, as limited as hosting only a court’s public web site or as expansive as hosting all of a court’s servers and virtual 

desktops. Further, virtual desktops can be used for disaster recovery purposes only or for regular operations. 

In order to accelerate the expansion of hosting, judiciary management established a milestone of September 30, 2019, for court units 

to request new or major upgrades of hosting services. By the September 30th deadline, over 80 percent of court units were using 

centralized hosting services, with over half of those court units utilizing virtual desktops in some form. Employment of centralized 

hosting services is expected to increase in FY 2020 and FY 2021. As more courts move to centralized hosting services, the judiciary is 

able to achieve economies of scale in procurement and maintenance costs.

The FY 2021 JITF requirements include $17.6 million for the costs of providing hardware, software, security, and support for this 

program. 

Judiciary Information Technology Fund Program Requirements

The FY 2021 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. Total Salaries and Expenses IT 

requirements are increasing from $501.6 million in FY 2020 to $530.4 million in 2021. 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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As part of this FY 2021 request, a program increase is being requested for IT infrastructure costs for new courthouse construction 

projects. In total, IT infrastructure costs for new courthouses are increasing from $5.7 million in FY 2020 to $8.6 million in FY 2021. 

These funds are needed for local-area networks, communications infrastructure, and courtroom technology requirements for new 

courthouse projects. 

Table 11.5 Salaries and Expenses Obligations – Judiciary Information Technology Fund Program Requirements

($000)

IT Program Component

FY 2020

Projected 

Obligations 

(Col A)

FY 2019

Slipped

Requirements 

(Col B)

FY 2020

Base

Requirements

(Col A - Col B)

Change:

FY 2020

Adj. Base

Requirements

to FY 2021

Current

Services

Requirements

FY 2021 

Program

Increases

FY 2021

Total

Requirements

Judicial Statistics & Reporting Systems 16,139 1,764 14,375 2,718 0 17,093

Administrative & Management Systems 79,511 7,970 71,541 4,134 0 75,675

Telecommunications Program 95,493 3,072 92,421 3,463 0 95,884

Infrastructure and Collaboration Tools 152,500 22,957 129,543 5,207 971 135,721

Court IT Allotments 103,639 2,042 101,597 2,743 1,978 106,318

Court Administration & Case Management 52,642 25,132 27,510 661 0 28,171

Court Support Reimbursable Program 64,601 0 64,601 6,966 0 71,567

TOTAL, S&E JITF 564,525 62,937 501,588 25,892 2,949 530,429

This FY 2021 budget request is built on the enacted FY 2020 appropriations bill and an assumed FY 2020 financial plan. The 

FY 2020 financial plan assumes $501.6 million will be deposited into the JITF from the Salaries and Expenses account. Any changes 

to FY 2021 requirements due to the final congressionally-approved FY 2020 financial plan will be included in the judiciary’s reestimates of its FY 2021 budget request. 
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The following sections present FY 2021 requirements for the 

Salaries and Expenses portion of the JITF. In total, 

requirements increase from an assumed level of $501.6 million 

in FY 2020 to $530.4 million in FY 2021. The following pages 

discuss significant non-inflationary increases, and, where 

applicable, decreases between the FY 2021 requirements and 

the FY 2020 base requirements. 

Judicial Statistical & Reporting Systems

FY 2021 Requirements: $17,093,000

Adjustments to Base from Fiscal Year 2020: $2,718,000

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 is associated with operations and 

maintenance costs for sustaining the existing probation and 

pretrial services statistical system. 

Administrative & Management Systems

FY 2021 Requirements: $75,674,000

Adjustments to Base from Fiscal Year 2020: $4,134,000

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 will support maintenance of the 

judiciary’s human resources and facilities management systems

($1.5 million), portfolio management activities across multiple 

administrative systems ($1.0 million), the upkeep of an 

automated collections system ($0.9 million), and maintaining a

Bankruptcy Case Accounting System to meet judiciary 

standards ($0.7 million).

Telecommunications Program

FY 2021 Requirements: $95,884,000

Adjustments to Base from Fiscal Year 2020: $3,463,000

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 

new courthouses and for courthouses undergoing major repairs 

and alteration. 

Included in the $95.9 million request are base adjustments of 

$2.0 million for the cyclical replacement of outdated internet 

protocol telephone (IPT) equipment and $1.5 million for data 

communications network equipment maintenance.
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Infrastructure & Collaboration Tools

FY 2021 Requirements: $135,721,000

Adjustments to Base from Fiscal Year 2020: $5,207,000

Program Increase: $971,000

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 e-mail and collaboration systems. This 

budget area also includes the costs of IT infrastructure for new 

courthouse construction projects and operating systems’

support, maintenance, testing, and research.

The base adjustment of $5.2 million in FY 2021 results from

maintenance to various applications ($3.1 million) and 

continued installation of hosting services to additional court 

units ($2.1 million). Also, the request includes a program 

increase of $1.0 million that will provide IT infrastructure for 

new courthouses that were funded by Congress in FY 2016. 

Court IT Allotments

FY 2021 Requirements: $106,318,000

Adjustments to Base from Fiscal Year 2020: $2,743,000

Program Increase: $1,978,000

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.

The base adjustment is due to higher FY 2021 requirements for

courtroom technology ($1.6 million) and day-to-day operating 

expenses ($1.1 million). A program increase of $2.0 million is 

included to provide funding for local area networks for new 

courthouses that are projected to open in FY 2021.

Court Administration & Case Management

FY 2021 Requirements: $28,171,000

Adjustments to Base from Fiscal Year 2020: $ 661,000

This category contains a variety of tools, including PACTS,

tools 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 
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payments to private court-appointed counsel and expert service 

providers.

The FY 2021 request includes a base adjustment of $0.7

million to maintain functionality of the legacy PACTS system.

Court Support Reimbursable Program

FY 2021 Requirements: $71,567,000

Adjustments to Base from Fiscal Year 2020: $6,966,000 

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 2021 budget request for the court support reimbursable 

program includes $71.6 million for the salaries, benefits, and 

related expenses of AO staff that are reimbursed from the 

Salaries and Expenses account. The $7.0 million increase is 

attributable to $2.5 million for standard pay and benefit 

increases for existing reimbursable positions and $4.5 million 

for salaries and benefits for the additional contractor 

conversions. 

During FY 2020, as part of its third wave of contractor 

conversions, the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts 

intends to eliminate approximately 52 contractor positions and 

hire a like number of new federal employees. The FY 2020 

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 these contractor conversions occur, costs 

in these other program components will decline while costs in 

the Court Support Reimbursable Program Component will 

increase. In short, the increase in reimbursable staffing will be 

offset by lower requirements across the other JITF program 

components. 

The FY 2021 compensation requirements for these new federal 

employee reimbursable positions are reflected in the Court 

Support Reimbursable Program Component. This $4.5 million 

increase for contractor conversions represents the full-year 

FY 2021 costs of these conversions. For more information on 

these contractor conversions, see the AO chapter, page 8.11

and 8.19. 
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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

At the beginning of FY 2021, the court estimates that 

$2,810,000 of its funds will remain in the JITF. This amount 

will be supplemented by an additional $52,000 from FY 2021 

Electronic Public Access receipts.

The court anticipates obligating $52,000 of Electronic Public 

Access Receipts in FY 2021. These funds will be used for 

various expenditures to improve electronic access to court 

information and services for the public.

The court also plans to obligate $355,000 from the JITF in

FY 2021. This figure reflects all required cyclical 

replacements (including the cyclical replacement of the court’s 

VOIP phones which will be at the end of their life in FY 2021)

and other automation needs based on the current understanding 

of financial obligations the court will incur to maintain the 

Federal Circuit’s connectivity to national judiciary IT 

programs. 

In addition, funds will be used to procure supplemental 

contractor subject matter experts to assist IT staff with various 

IT projects and initiatives, such as a cybersecurity specialist 

contractor in support of the court’s on-going cybersecurity 

initiatives, including the remediation of IT security 

vulnerabilities and other proactive IT security measures 

designed to enhance the court’s cybersecurity posture. The 

court also intends to procure supplemental contractor services 

to work with its IT staff on cloud migration strategies and 

initiatives for data migration, e-mail, and backup solutions in a 

cloud hosted infrastructure environment. 

Court of International Trade

At the beginning of FY 2020, $1,455,000 was available in 

carry forward balances from the JITF, including $32,000 from 

Electronic Public Access receipts. The court is planning to 

obligate $1,255,000 from the JITF in FY 2020 to:

• continue the contract with IT security services to 

enhance the court’s cybersecurity program; 

• upgrade the court’s back-up and storage infrastructure;

• upgrade the court’s network infrastructure hardware;

• upgrade software maintenance and licensing of existing 

software applications for major requirements, such as 

Microsoft and Linux; 

• maintain and support video conferencing system, digital 

recording system, data network and voice connections, 

Virtual Private Network System (VPN), Voice Over 
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Internet Protocol (VOIP), and Judiciary Data 

Communications Network (DCN); and

• purchase computer desktop systems, monitors, laptops, 

tablets, and printers, according to the judiciary’s 

cyclical replacement program.

At the beginning of FY 2021, the court anticipates that 

$232,000 will be available in carry forward balance into the 

JITF, supplemented by $32,000 of Electronic Public Access 

receipts. These funds will be used to continue the court’s IT

initiatives as described above.

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

At the beginning of FY 2020, the AO had $3,800,963 available 

in the JITF from deposits that were made in previous fiscal 

years. In FY 2020, 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 2021.

Federal Judicial Center (FJC)

At the beginning of FY 2020, the Federal Judicial Center had 

$411,000 available in the JITF from deposits that were made in 

previous fiscal years. The FJC plans to obligate $411,000 from 

the JITF in FY 2020. These funds will provide for the 

estimated costs associated with IT infrastructure, contract 

services to support maintenance of IT systems, and planned 

life-cycle replacement of various office automation and 

technology equipment. The FJC does not expect any end-ofyear JITF balances to carry over into FY 2021.

U.S. Sentencing Commission

At the beginning of FY 2020, the Sentencing Commission had 

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

in previous fiscal years. The Sentencing Commission plans to 

obligate $1,669,000 from the JITF in FY 2020. 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 

FY 2020 plan does not anticipate any end-of-year balance to be 

carried forward into FY 2021.

Court Security

At the beginning of FY 2020, $30,000 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 

2021.