Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 98 Part 3.djvu/969

 PUBLIC LAW 98-620—NOV. 8, 1984

98 STAT. 3341

(2) The Institute may, if the objective can better be served thereby, award grants or enter into cooperative agreements or contracts with— (A) other nonprofit organizations with expertise in judicial administration; (B) institutions of higher education; (C) individuals, partnerships, firms, or corporations; and (D) private agencies with expertise in judicial administration. (3) Upon application by an appropriate Federal, State, or local agency or institution and if the arrangements to be made by such agency or institution will provide services which could not be provided adequately through nongovernmental arrangements, the Institute may award a grant or enter into a cooperative agreement or contract with a unit of Federal, State, or local government other than a court. (4) Each application for funding by a State or local court shall be approved, consistent with State law, by the State's supreme court, or its designated agency or council, which shall receive, administer, and be accountable for all funds awarded by the Institute to such courts. (c) Funds available pursuant to grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts awarded under this section may be used— (1) to assist State and local court systems in establishing appropriate procedures for the selection and removal of judges and other court personnel and in determining appropriate levels of compensation; (2) to support education and training programs forjudges and other court personnel, for the performance of their general duties and for specialized functions, and to support national and regional conferences and seminars for the dissemination of information on new developments and innovative techniques; (8) to conduct research on alternative means for using nonjudicial personnel in court decisionmaking activities, to implement demonstration programs to test innovative approaches, and to conduct evaluations of their effectiveness; (4) to assist State and local courts in meeting requirements of Federal law applicable to recipients of Federal funds; (5) to support studies of the appropriateness and efficacy of court organizations and financing structures in particular States, and to enable States to implement plans for improved court organization and finance; ((>) to support State court planning and budgeting staffs and to provide technical assistance in resource allocation and service forecasting techniques; (7) to support studies of the adequacy of court management systems in State and local courts and to implement and evaluate innovative responses to problems of record management, data processing, court personnel management, reporting and transcription of court proceedings, and juror utilization and management; (8) to collect and compile statistical data and other information on the work of the courts and on the work of other agencies which relate to and effect the work of courts; (D) to conduct studies of the causes of trial and appellate court delay in resolving cases, and to establish and evaluate experimental programs for reducing case processing time;

Education.

Education.

Research and development.

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