The Sacramento Superior Court announced the selection of three companies as providers of software to be sold to California courts.
The companies — Texas-based Tyler Technologies, New Mexico-based Justice Systems Inc. and Thomson Reuters’ LT Court Tech — were vetted and approved by a group of IT workers from 13 trial courts.
The IT group, called the California Information Technology Managers Forum, included staff from Sacramento, Santa Clara, Orange, Humboldt, Alameda, Mariposa, Riverside, Fresno, Kings, Kern, Merced, San Diego and San Mateo counties, according to a list provided by the administrative office.
In a press statement, Judge Jim Herman, Chair of the Judicial Council Technology Committee said, “Rob Oyung, Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the Santa Clara Superior Court, and Heather Pettit, CIO for the Sacramento Superior Court are to be congratulated for their successful effort, along with representatives of several other courts, in developing an RFP resulting in the list of selected vendors. Thanks are due as well to the Sacramento Superior Court for its role as host.”
The decision comes after the cancellation of the Court Case Management System last year after many courts rejected it for various reasons.
San Luis Obispo Superior Court recently paid Tyler Technologies $3.1 million to buy the Odyssey case management system, which allows for electronic filing of cases, according to a report published by Government Technology.
The courts are not required to use only these three companies and can make its own Request for Proposals (RFP) looking to different vendors.
