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Honorable Gary Safarik Honorable Virginia Isbell April 5, 2005 Page 2 mandates.' Conversely, federal mandates present much more problematic issues, so your observations and input would be much appreciated by our staff. Office space We thank the Council for their support in the move of the Office of Aging to the County Building, which in turn will result in needed office space for the Corporation Counsel. We will work with the Aging administration and the Department of Public Works Building Division to see what may be done to expedite this process. Scanner As indicated at our meeting, the United States District Court plans to convert to a Case Management/Electronic Case Filing (CM/ECF) system by the middle of this calendar year (2005). The Bankruptcy Court (our office handles cases involving the County with this Court) already utilizes an electronic filing system. For the Council's information, benefits associated with the CM/ECF system for the Federal Courts include: • Abetter case management system for the Federal Courts and its users • The replacement of aging national systems • Allowing for electronic filing and management of documents • 24-hour filing over the Internet • 24-hour access to court case files • Automatic e-mail notification of case activity • Access to files concurrently in the Judge's chambers, with court staff and/or with other attorneys • The ability to download and print documents directly from the court's electronic system • The reduction in mail, courier and copying fees • Secure document storage (no misplaced paper files) We have identified the following needs in order to utilize the CM/ECF system:2 • A computer with Windows software ' By way of example, our office recently favorably concluded litigation with the State over its newly enacted "policy" that pre-arraignment detainees be housed at the Hawaii County Police Department, instead of the Hawaii Community Correctional Center. z Our office will need to purchase the software and licenses only. We are already equipped with the computer hardware, word processing capability, and Internet access.