The Last Piece of the Puzzle: Supervision module completes the Odyssey picture
December 1, 2010 by Lisa Thompson
After several months of development and configuration, the Harrison County Juvenile Probation Department deployed the Odyssey Supervision product center as a pilot project in late April 2010. Staff from the Judicial Technology and Automation Committee (JTAC), the Indiana Judicial Center, and professional consultants from within the field of probation and community corrections all participated [...]
INcite Once Again Provides Driver Histories
September 13, 2010 by Mary L. Deprez
When INcite was initially launched, users had access to suspension and conviction information, but a later change in software used by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) removed that access. As of July 1, 2010, that access is restored, and for the first time, title, lien and vehicle registration information is also included.
In addition to [...]
Latest Version of Odyssey Packed with Features Designed for Judges and Clerks
June 16, 2010 by Donna Edgar
Courts that use the Odyssey case management system went to work on Monday, April 19 to find the software chock full of new features, many of which were requested by Court and Clerk users. Since the system was initially implemented in December 2007, JTAC and Tyler Technologies have deployed several updates to the Odyssey software. [...]
One Less Obstacle for Abuse Victims Seeking Court Intervention
May 5, 2010 by Mary L. DePrez
Victims of violence in Indiana can now file petitions seeking court protection orders electronically from the privacy and safety of a victim advocate’s office or a domestic violence shelter. Over 250 victim advocates in more than 79 counties have been given access and trained to use a new Advocate Access site for the statewide Protection [...]
Revisiting the Vision
February 28, 2010 by Mary L. DePrez
The state of Indiana trial court technology ten years after JTAC’s founding and a reminder about how we got here in the first place—
Two years into the deployment of Indiana’s uniform statewide Odyssey case management system (CMS), 51 courts in 19 counties are up and running, managing more than 22% of the state’s caseload. Now, [...]
Shooting at Virginia Tech Effects Change for Hoosiers
December 31, 2009 by Mary L. DePrez
In the wake of the Virginia Tech shooting tragedy, on April 16, 2007, Congress passed the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (“The Act”). The Act gives states greater incentives to submit records to the FBI regarding individuals who are prohibited from purchasing firearms. Representative Vern Tincher, a retired [...]
New Online Child Support Calculator
December 31, 2009 by Editor
JTAC web development staff and the Indiana Judicial Conference’s Domestic Relations Committee have spent the end of 2009 building a new child support calculator to comply with amendments to the Indiana Child Support Guidelines effective on January 1, 2010. Changes to the Guidelines that had the most impact on the calculator include a new form [...]
Indiana’s Court Technology Efforts Garner National Attention
October 31, 2009 by
Two Awards for E-Tickets
The Indiana Supreme Court has been honored with two national awards for its electronic Citation and Warning System (eCWS), also known as e-Ticket, which was created in 2007 by State Court Administration’s Judicial Technology and Automation Committee (JTAC). The system allows law enforcement officers to use a hand held device to [...]
Just the Tax, Ma’am
August 31, 2009 by Hon. Richard Payne
Supreme Court Case Management System Allows Clerks to Comply with IRS Form 1099 Reporting
No one likes to receive a notice from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), unless it is notification of a tax refund. But the federal tax code requires the annual reporting of monies paid to non-employees. Many Indiana clerks risk IRS assessment of [...]
100 Law Enforcement Agencies Now Use the eTicket System
June 30, 2009 by Kathryn Dolan
Reaching the 100 mark is momentous for birthdays and businesses. Celebrations fitting for the occasion usually include parties and cakes along with speeches and pictures. On June 8th, an unlikely guest of honor, traffic tickets, celebrated the triple digit number. Getting a traffic ticket can lead a person to proclaim, “It was a bad day.” [...]
