The California Judicial Council this week stopped the deployment of the California Case Management System due to budget constraints, announced the California Courts.
The system, known as the CCMS, would develop a single case management system for all 58 Superior Courts in California, allow the public to e-file documents and make payments online, and connect the court system with state and local law enforcement, child and family services and the DMV.
Plans to deploy the technology, meant to address outdated and disparate systems causing problems with court case management amongst the more than 70 systems currently used by courts, was planned starting in 2001. Though the court system has already spent hundreds of millions on the technology software for the CCMS, the Judicial Council on Tuesday voted to stop deployment.
The Council cited the cost of the deployment and state budget cuts as reasons for the halt and suggested the CCMS Internal Committee come up with new ways to use the already paid for software. The Judicial Council also directed the committee to find new ways of addressing some of the state’s most dysfunctional case management systems with technology.
"The council’s decision to stop deployment of CCMS was responsible and prudent in view of our budget situation and the facts we gathered on the actual costs of deployment. CCMS works. Unfortunately, we don’t have the resources to deploy it," said Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye in a statement.
