b'STRATEGIES FOR MAKING IMPROVEMENTS IN COURT FUNDING1 2 3 4Design andEducateaboutCollaboratewithBuildinternal & recommend athe currentlegislative and executiveexternal support NEW approachproblemswith branch leaders to createforimplementingto trial courttrial court fundingandimplementaviable a new trial court funding. systemandneeds approach to trial courtfundingmodelinfor the future. funding. Michigan.TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTUREMichigans judicial system alsoneedsa technology infrastructure that connects and integratescourtsacrossthestate.Aunifiedandintegratedtechnologyplatform(includingcaseprocessinganddocumentandrecordsmanagementsystems)willenhanceinformationsharing,promoteconsistentdatacollection,analysis,andreporting,andwillimprovejudicialandadministrativedecision-making.AninvestmentintheBranchstechnologyinfrastructureincludinguniformdatastructure,collection, and reporting will reduce duplication andlocalcosts,improvestateandlocaldecision-making,andincreaseefficienciesoverthelong-term.The Judicial Branchs technology infrastructure isinadequatetomeetcurrentandfutureneeds.The trial courts currently use 16 different casemanagementsystemsand150different20 20222025 STRATEGIC AGENDA PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE OF THE MICHIGAN JUDICIAL SYSTEM'