Current Projects

Electronic Filing Court Records Portal (ePortal): The Supreme Court approved statewide portal for the electronic filing of court records.  On May27, 2009, Senate Bill 1718, Chapter 2009-61 was signed into law and it requests that the court establish e-filing standards by July 1, 2009 to be used by the clerks of court to implement electronic filing.  This legislation requests that the standards specify the information that the clerks of court need to perform their duties and that the judiciary needs for case management, and directs the clerks of court to begin implementation no later than October 1, 2009. As part of this effort, work is underway to facilitate electronic filings with the Florida Supreme Court and the five Florida District Courts of Appeal.  Please visit the FCTC E-Filing Committee webpage for additional information.

Florida Appellate Courts Technology Solution (eFACTS) project:  The Florida Supreme Court and the Florida Second District Court of Appeal are participating in the pilot FACTS Project to accommodate electronic documents and replace the existing appellate courts case management systems. eFACTS will offer new and enhanced user efficiencies, including:   electronic document management, electronic workflows, electronic voting, remote access via a secured web application, tracking of administrative matters, assignment and working document tracking, calendaring, on-line docket and secured access to case information. eFACTS will also accommodate electronic filing via the ePortal.

Appellate Courts E-Filing Exchange Conceptual Model

Florida Dependency Court Information System: A statewide dependency court data management system. For additional information on this project, please visit the Office of the Court Improvement.

Florida Drug Court Case Management System (FDCCMS): Advanced Computer Technologies has been selected to develop a case management system for drug court cases. The automated data collection and reporting system will capture client-level drug court data at the point of program referral and screening. Data will be collected and entered into the system throughout the duration of the clients’ drug court participation and post participation. The system will be a secured web-based system that will restrict access using Microsoft Active Directory (AD) for user authentication. 
Generally, the Florida Drug Court Case Management System will be able to satisfy several functional objectives, which include tracking an individual through the initial court proceeding, acceptance into the drug court program, tracking and monitoring an individual throughout drug court, and post drug court tracking. The system will have the capability to generate client and program-level reports and statistics.  System design will allow for data and information sharing with other data systems. For additional information on this project, please contact Aaron Gerson in the OSCA at gersona@flcourts.org.

Judicial Inquiry System: This solution streamlines the Florida judicial process, enabling cross-agency information sharing quickly and efficiently, while dramatically reducing court case backlogs and court case costs.

Trial Court Integrated Management Solution (TIMS) project: The purpose of the Trial Court Integrated Management Solution (TIMS) project is to develop an automated solution to address certain major needs of the trial court system and to advance the goals and strategies of the Long-Range Strategic Plan of the Florida Judicial Branch 2009-2015. Please visit the TIMS project webpage for additional information.

Judicial Education project:  This project is to replace the existing Court Education application.  The resulting, re-engineered application will be in a more cost effective and supportable software platform.  Additionally, new user features will be offered.  These include:  A secured web application that allows training participants to register for programs, submit automated evaluations and claim credits.