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Friday, April 29, 2005

Ind. Courts - Supreme Court advertises for access to online legal research

This announcement, posted 4/28/05 on the Court's website, begins:

This is an Announcement issued by the Division of State Court Administration of the Supreme Court of Indiana (the “Division”) on behalf of the Judicial Technology and Automation Committee (JTAC). The announcement solicits expressions of interest and information from all persons and entities who wish to be considered as a provider of the services described below. Persons with such an interest are invited to comply with the procedures also described below.

Since September 2001, JTAC has had an arrangement with LexisNexis to provide all trial court judicial officers of courts of record and circuit court clerks in the state of Indiana with access to online legal research. We currently have approximately 450 judicial officers and 92 circuit court clerks. In addition, JTAC’s arrangement with LexisNexis included favorable pricing for such services for other Indiana state and local government agencies. This arrangement terminates on June 30, 2005.

JTAC seeks to continue providing access to such services and has therefore established this Public Notice of Contracting Opportunities (PNCO). The selection of a vendor and the award of any contract of the type described herein is within the judgment and discretion of the Division. This announcement is intended to initiate the process to provide the Division with information helpful to it in the exercise of its judgment to evaluate the qualifications and proposals of various service providers and to determine the actions to be taken to advance the best interests of the state judiciary and the citizens of the State of Indiana. Neither the Division nor any other person creates any obligation, expressed or implied, by issuance of this announcement or by receipt and consideration of any responses. * * *

JTAC has a keen interest in facilitating the availability of legal research data to all city, town, county, and state Government Employees. * * *

Posted by Marcia Oddi on April 29, 2005 11:58 AM
Posted to Indiana Courts