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State court officials urge more ongoing funding to maintain Michigan’s unified case-management system
Summary
State Court Administrative Office and Michigan Supreme Court officials told the House Appropriations Subcommittee that ongoing funds are needed to operate the statewide case management system, citing staffing, cloud services, security and maintenance costs and asking lawmakers to consider increases beyond the governor’s recommended $2 million.
State court officials told the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Corrections and Judiciary that continued funding is essential to operate and secure Michigan’s unified statewide case management system and related court services.
Tom Boyd, state court administrator, said the governor’s executive recommendation includes a little over $2,000,000 in ongoing funding but the judiciary projects substantially higher needs. “We are grateful for the $2,000,000 in ongoing funding in the executive recommendation, but we still are $20,000,000 short of the total we will need,” Boyd said, describing staff, cloud-hosting, disaster recovery and security monitoring as major drivers of the shortfall.
The request follows a prior, one-time legislative and gubernatorial investment of $150,000,000 to build and expand the unified system. Boyd said that appropriation funded construction of the system but did not cover the recurring costs of operating a larger, statewide…
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