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    2003

    December
    -Judiciary Plans Cuts to Combat Projected Shortfalls in Court Funding
    -Together, Federal and State Judges Find Solutions to Mutual Concerns
    -Cost of Living Increase Reduced. . . For Now
    -New Members Named to Executive Committee
    -Available Soon: Instant Registration for PACER System
    -Federal Judges Testify at First Kennedy Commission Hearing
    -Rules Change To Protect Privacy
    -Bankruptcy Filings Continue Climb in Fiscal Year 2003
    -Working For Justice
    -Interview: ABA President Dennis Archer on His Goals, On Standing up for Judges, and Public Service
    -Judicial Milestones
    -Judicial Boxscore

    November
    -Federal Courts Turn A New Page
    -CM/ECF FAQ
    -Courts Operational on CM/ECF
    -Judiciary's FY04 Funding Pending
    -CM/ECF Troubleshooters: Support Branch Staff Ready to Help Courts
    -Sentencing Debate Continues
    -Magistrate Judges, Bankruptcy Judges Can Serve Long Careers on Bench
    -Bankruptcy Judge Houston Honored
    -Judicial Milestones
    -Judicial Boxscore

    October
    -Can the Courts Survive The Coming Austerity?
    -Chief Justice Appeals to Congress for FY 2004 Funding
    -Judicial Conference Seeks Restoration of Judges' Sentencing Authority
    -Telephone Interpreting: A Long-Distance Success in Saving Money
    -Few Negatives Reported on Electronic Access to Criminal Files
    -USSC Acts to Reduce Downward Departures
    -Criminal Defendants More Likely to Face Imprisonment
    -Judicial Milestones
    -Judicial Boxscore

    September
    -Judiciary Faces Severe Constraints in FY04
    -Kennedy Discusses Sentencing, Foundations of Freedom
    -Hearing Held on Downward Departure Guidelines
    -When the Lights Went Out...
    -Immigration Appeals Surge in Courts
    -Service Center Ensures PACER Reliability During "Unbelievable" Growth in Public's Use
    -Conference Committee Chairs Named
    -TOBY Award Won by Knoxville Courthouse
    -Chief Justice Sees Ties, Differences with Federal Courts
    -Judicial Milestones
    -Judicial Boxscore

    August
    -Judiciary Exhausts Emergency Reserve To Head Off Shortfall
    -New Judges, No Room
    -Judiciary Under Attack
    -AED/CPR Training
    -Yes, Authority To Build, But Still No Funds
    -Fellows Selected for 2003-2004
    -House Passes '04 Budget for Judiciary
    -Central Violations Bureau Helps Collect Millions Each Year for Crime Victims
    -The Program for Consultations in Dispute Resolution To Benefit Courts
    -New AD for Human Resources
    -Downward Departures Debate Continues
    -It's Recess; Where are the Bills Now?
    -Judicial Milestones
    -Judicial Boxscore
    -Do You Know Your First Amendment Rights?

    July
    -Old San Juan Courthouse Honored for Careful Restoration
    -Judge Charles Weiner: Record Matched by Few
    -To Serve Litigants and Justice, the Judiciary Needs More Judges
    -Asbestos Bill to Deal with Mass of Cases
    -Expanded Service Wins Court National Recognition
    -Journalists and the Courts—What Reporters Really Think About the Courts and Judges
    -Shortfall Projected Before End of Fiscal Year— Judiciary Asks President and Congress for Supplemental Funds
    -Chair Remains Optimistic Despite Tight Budgets
    -Irving Selected, Hehman Retires
    -Judicial Milestones
    -Judicial Boxscore
    -Incarceration Chart

    June
    -Bar Associations Note Failures in Progress on Judicial Pay, Urge Immediate Action
    -Judicial Pay Bills Introduced
    -Director's Awards Recognize Leadership and Excellence
    -New District Court Case Weights
    -Judge Hodges to Receive 21st Annual Devitt Award
    -Bills Moving in Congress
    -Judicial Milestones
    -Judicial Boxscore
    -Conference Represents Federal Trial Judges

    May
    -President Endorses Senate Bill to Raise Pay of Federal Judges
    -U.S. Judges, Iraq Jurists Look to New Iraq
    -Chief Justice Addresses Sentencing Issues
    -What is a Temporary Judgeship?
    -Judiciary Sends Courthouse Request Directly to Congress
    -Courtroom Technology Used Increasingly to Enhance Proceedings
    -Judicial Milestones
    -Judicial Boxscore
    -Courthouse Funding and Security Concern Committee

    April
    -Judiciary Asks for Staffing, Funding In Face of Rising Workload
    -Judicial Conference Asks Congress to Create 57 New Judgeships
    -Outgoing FJC Director Honored
    -Legislation Gets New Life in 108th Congress
    -Resolution Stresses Civic Education as a National Priority
    -Judicial Milestones
    -Judicial Boxscore
    -Judge Robertson Eyes Technological Horizon

    March
    -Caseload in Federal Courts Still Rising
    -The FY 2003 Budget And the Federal Judiciary
    -Judiciary Asks Congress for New Bankruptcy Judgeships
    -200-Year-Old Judicial Decision Still Echoes Worldwide
    -Judicial Milestones
    -Judicial Boxscore
    -Judge Barbara Rothstein Selected To Head Federal Judicial Center
    -Two New Committee Chairs to Serve
    -Interview with Chief Judge Carolyn Dineen King
    -System of Choice May Improve Perception of Jury Duty

    February
    -Volcker Commission Calls for Pay Increase for Judges, Delinkage from Congressional Pay
    -Congress Passes FY 2003 Funding Bill
    -Judges Receive Retroactive ECI
    -Longest Serving Committee Member Steps Down
    -Inside the Federal Courts
    -New Stamp Honors Justice Marshall
    -Courts Meeting E-Government Act Requirements
    -Smith Heads Courts Subcommittee
    -White House Cuts Courthouses for FY 2004
    -Judicial Milestones
    -Judicial Boxscore
    -New Executive Committee Members Appointed
    -Interview with Chairman Paul A. Volcker

    January
    -2002 Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary