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B-175428 1 (1973-05-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaujt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: by te o;~e ~ e ~ a by the Distrubutbon Section, Pu RftJt1iP Z~rJ, (Ryi COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON D C. 20548 RELEASED B-175428 MAY 10 7973 The Honorable Birch Bayh, Chairman Subcommittee on the District of Columbia Committee on Appropriations United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman In a letter dated July 27, 1972, Senator Daniel K. Inouye, your predecessor, requested that we (1) assist the Subcommittee in evaluating the D C. courts' present personnel situation and their ability to function effectively under the expanded jurisdiction provided by the District of Columbia Court Reform and Criminal Procedure Act of 1970 (84 Stat 473) and (2) assess how many additional personnel will be required for the courts to be effective in fiscal year 1974. To evaluate the D C courts' personnel requirements, we visited and discussed court system operations with officials of three State courts and one county-city court. They ad- vised us that they had not developed standards to determine the number of staff needed to effectively handle their courts' workload We also discussed court operations with officials of some professional judicial organizations whose activities involve research in judicial administration. These officials told us that they had not developed workload or staffing criteria to determine the number of personnel needed to effectively op- erate a court system. An official of one judicial organization advised us, however, that the organization has undertaken a study in 11 States which, when completed, may provide work standards to evaluate court system staff requirements The organization expects to complete its study in June 1973. Your office later agreed that, because work measurement standards for couit systems are not available and because a judicial organization is studying the matter, we should not examine or evaluate the District courts' personnel needs at this time Your office requested, however, that we report on the following matters pertaining to personnel and workload changes since the court reorganization and our observations on staffing patteins for law clerks and secretaries. ! Y

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