The Indiana Supreme Court has approved four recommended finalists to provide Indiana’s trial courts and clerks with a 21st Century Case Management System (CMS), a computer system to manage and share court case information.

The vendors are:

• Computer Systems, Inc. – Fishers, Indiana
• Maximus – Justice Solutions Division – North Canton, Ohio
• Sustain Technologies, Inc. – Los Angeles, California
• Tyler Technologies, Inc. – Plano, Texas

The finalists were jointly recommended to the Supreme Court by three committees consisting of judges, court clerks, and other stakeholders that advise the Court on technology and CMS issues. Seven separate review teams provided data and analysis to the committees who made the final recommendation to the court.

“In its order approving the finalists, the Indiana Supreme Court asked the review teams to conduct additional, in-depth examinations of these four vendors. We know this will entail several more months of research, and we look forward to receiving their reports,” said the Division of State Court Administration’s Executive Director Lilia Judson.

Each finalist will be asked to make a week-long visit to Indianapolis to provide additional information and to conduct a public demonstration of its product for judges, clerks, and interested stakeholders.

Those demonstrations are tentatively scheduled for 10 a.m. until 12 p.m. at the Indiana Government Center on June 16, 23, July 7 and 14 . Anyone interested is encouraged to attend.

The review of the four vendors is tentatively scheduled to be completed in the fall, at which time Indiana Supreme Court anticipates the selection of a final vendor. The Court expects the chosen vendor to provide a CMS that fulfills its vision of equipping all Indiana courts with a 21st century case management system and allowing courts to share data with each other as well as those that need court information, such as law enforcement and other state and federal agencies, attorneys, policy makers, and the public. The Court expects the chosen vendor to configure and deliver a functioning CMS to at least three counties next year.