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Improved quality of service to the public by providing other government agencies,
such as DES and DOR, with more accessible electronic information to improve
and support their processes.
Increased overall accuracy and timeliness, reduction of processing backlogs and
database completeness.
Increased transparency and public access to the Supreme Court’s rulemaking
process and oral arguments.
DEPENDENCIES
The Enterprise Service Bus for the Arizona Disposition Reporting System
(ADRS) and other data exchange applications.
Continued development and support of a technical architecture enabling
statewide data integration.
Acquisition of resources to continue developing pilot data sharing projects
designed to make use of the integration infrastructure architecture.
Upgrade / replacement of the judicial data warehouse, JUSTIS.
Cooperation of state and local agencies, especially law enforcement.
With state and local agencies, development of mutually agreed-upon security
policies and procedures.
Coordinated change management to assure that interdependent infrastructures
continue to function together.
Replacement of “ink and roll” fingerprinting with LiveScan throughout the state.
Installation of videoconference equipment in courtrooms of rural superior courts.
Sufficient network bandwidth to carry increased video and data integration traffic.
Continued capabilities of the Supreme Court’s video streaming outsource partner
and network to carry live video.
IMPACTS
With the Judiciary focusing on “front office” functionality, public and agency access
becomes a primary concern for every project. Development projects will need to
incorporate information and functionality to address this initiative. For instance, in the
domestic violence repository, it required that AZTEC add certain information not
collected at the time in order to fulfill the electronic reporting requirements as well as
provide sufficient information to law enforcement. Videoconferencing initiatives will
need to focus on improving access to courts, in most cases by providing for hearings
and arraignments and other court processes without the need to be physically present
in the courtroom. Even infrastructure maintenance, which is generally perceived to be
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