State Auditor Issues Positive Report on MassCourts State Auditor Joe DeNucci reported this week that the Administrative Office of the Trial Court has made substantial progress in its implementation of the MassCourts case management system.   According to DeNucci’s report, MassCourts is progressing in a “systematic and efficient manner” in the District Court Department, Boston Municipal Court, Probation Department, Land Court and Housing Court Department.   “The success of MassCourts is essential to the fair and effective administration of justice in Massachusetts,” said DeNucci. “While there is still work to be done, I commend the Trial Court for the progress it has made to date in implementing this very important project.”   “I am very pleased with the results of the 14-month audit,” said Chief Justice for Administration & Management Robert A. Mulligan. “Chief Information Officer Craig Burlingame and Appeals Court Justice James McHugh have provided extraordinary leadership on the MassCourts project and on IT in general.”   The audit identified areas for improvement such as system access security, inventory controls and continuity of operations. The AOTC has provided the State Auditor with details on the efforts underway to address all of these areas.   MassCourts reached an important milestone in June with a successful launch in the Probate and Family Court department. The web-based system now operates in six of the eight departments of the Massachusetts Trial Court, supporting to varying degrees the Land Court, the Housing Court, the District Court, the Boston Municipal Court, and the Probation Department, in addition to the Probate and Family Court. The system increases the efficiency of the Trial Court’s caseload management by improving information sharing within the Trial Court and with external agencies.   At the end of June the system contained approximately 4.5 million cases and nearly 13 million case events. Approximately 1,000 Trial Court employees use the system daily, adding approximately 31,000 new cases and 120,000 new events to the system each month       Return to the Home Page