Judiciary Privacy
  Policy

For Additional Information

For additional information about any information on this website, you may contact the Court Administration Policy Staff of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts at 202-502-1560 or One Columbus Circle, NE, Washington, DC 20544.

For background information about the legal constructs of public access to court records, you may wish to read an Administrative Office of the United States Courts Staff paper found at www.uscourts.gov/privacyn.pdf.

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The Court Administration and Case Management Committee
of the Judicial Conference

The Court Administration and Case Management Committee's (CACM) Subcommittee on Privacy and Electronic Access to Case Files (the Privacy Subcommittee) is made up of members of CACM as well as liaisons from four other Judicial Conference Committees: 1) the Committee on Automation and Technology; 2) the Committee on Criminal Law; 3) the Committee on the Administration of the Bankruptcy System; and 4) the Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure. CACM's primary responsibility is to study and make recommendations to the Judicial Conference on matters affecting case management; the operation of appellate, district and bankruptcy clerks' offices; jury administration; and other court operational matters.

The Judicial Conference of the United States was created in 1948 with the enactment of 29 U.S.C. § 331. The fundamental purpose of the Judicial Conference is to make policy with regard to the administration of the United States courts. The Chief Justice of the United States is the presiding officer of the Judicial Conference. Membership is comprised of the chief judge of each judicial circuit, the chief judge of the Court of International Trade and a district judge from each regional judicial circuit.

The Conference operates through a network of committees created to address a wide variety of subjects. CACM is one of these committees. Judicial Conference committees derive their jurisdiction and legal basis for existence from the Judicial Conference and the Chief Justice as presiding officer. The committees review issues within their established jurisdiction and make policy recommendations to the Conference. Members of the various committees are appointed by the Chief Justice of the United States.