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Titolo: | Federal courthouse construction [[electronic resource] /] / Matthew C. Carrasco, editor |
Pubblicazione: | New York, : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., c2011 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (152 p.) |
Disciplina: | 347.73/200682 |
Soggetto topico: | Courthouses - United States - Planning |
Courthouses - United States - Design and construction | |
Altri autori: | CarrascoMatthew C |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- FEDERAL COURTHOUSE CONSTRUCTION -- FEDERAL COURTHOUSE CONSTRUCTION -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 FEDERAL COURTHOUSE CONSTRUCTION: BETTER PLANNING, OVERSIGHT, AND COURTROOM SHARING NEEDED TO ADDRESS FUTURE COSTS -- WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY -- WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS -- WHAT GAO FOUND -- ABBREVIATIONS -- BACKGROUND -- EXTRA SPACE IN COURTHOUSES COST AN ESTIMATED 835 MILLION IN CONSTANT 2010 DOLLARS TO CONSTRUCT AND 51 MILLION ANNUALLY TO RENT, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN -- MOST COURTHOUSES EXCEED CONGRESSIONALLY AUTHORIZED SIZE DUE TO A LACK OF OVERSIGHT BY GSA -- Most Federal Courthouses Constructed since 2000 Exceed Authorized Size, Some by Substantial Amounts -- Most of the Courthouses That Exceeded Authorized Size by 10 Percent or More Also Exceeded Budget Estimates -- Increase in Overall Size Consisted of Increases in Building Common and Tenant Spaces -- GSA Lacked Sufficient Oversight and Controls to Ensure That Courthouses Were Planned and Built According to Authorized Size -- Lack of GSA Oversight Contributed to More Building Common Space than Planned -- A Lack of GSA Oversight Contributed to Some Courthouses Being Built with Larger Tenant Spaces -- Recently, GSA Has Taken Some Steps to Improve Oversight of Courthouse Size -- ESTIMATED SPACE NEEDS EXCEEDED ACTUAL SPACE NEEDS, RESULTING IN COURTHOUSES THAT WERE LARGER THAN NECESSARY -- Because the Judiciary Overestimated the Number of Judges, Courthouses Have Much Extra Space after 10 Years -- Judiciary Planning Overstated the Need for Space through Inaccurate Caseload Projections and Allocations of Space for Visiting Judges -- The Judiciary's Method of Estimating Judges Does Not Account for Uncertainty in When Judges Will Take Senior Status and in How Many New Judgeships Will Be Authorized. |
LOW LEVELS OF USE SHOW THAT JUDGES COULD SHARE COURTROOMS, REDUCING THE NEED FOR FUTURE COURTROOMS BY MORE THAN ONE-THIRD -- Courtrooms Assigned to One Judge Are Used a Quarter of the Time or Less for Case Proceedings -- Increased Courtroom Sharing Is Feasible and Could Reduce the Need for Courtrooms by More than One-Third -- Some Judges Said They Could Overcome the Challenges to Courtroom Sharing -- The Judiciary Has Taken Some Steps to Increase Sharing in Future Courthouse Projects -- CONCLUSIONS -- RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION -- AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION -- GSA Comments -- AOUSC Comments -- APPENDIX I. OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY -- APPENDIX II. COMMENTS FROM THE U.S. GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION -- GAO Comments -- APPENDIX III. COMMENTS FROM THE FEDERAL JUDICIARY -- GAO Comments -- End Notes -- Chapter 2 STATEMENT OF JUDGE MICHAEL A. PONSOR, CHAIRMAN, COMMITTEE ON SPACE AND FACILITIES, BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON COURTS AND COMPETITION POLICY, HEARING ON "COURTROOM USE: ACCESS TO JUSTICE, EFFECTIVE JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION, AND COURTROOM SECURITY" -- INTRODUCTION -- The Courthouse Construction Program -- The Judiciary's Courtroom Sharing Policies -- The Impact of GAO's Courtroom Simulation Model on Access to Justice -- CONCLUSION -- End Notes -- Chapter 3 STATEMENT OF ROBERT A. PECK, COMMISSIONER, PUBLIC BUILDINGS SERVICE, U.S. GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON COURTS AND COMPETITION POLICY, HEARING ON "FEDERAL COURTHOUSE CONSTRUCTION" -- Chapter 4 STATEMENT OF JUDGE ROBERT JAMES CONRAD, CHIEF DISTRICT JUDGE, WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA, BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON COURTS AND COMPETITION POLICY, HEARING ON "COURTROOM USE: ACCESS TO JUSTICE, EFFECTIVE JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION, AND COURTROOM SECURITY" -- INTRODUCTION -- FEDERAL COURTS ARE PLACES OF DIGNITY AND DELIBERATION. | |
THE COURTROOM IS AN ESSENTIAL TOOL IN THE JUDICIAL PROCESS -- COURTHOUSES MUST ALSO BE SAFE AND SECURE -- THE CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA COURTHOUSE -- Courtroom 3 (Our "L" shaped Courtroom) -- Courtrooms One and Two -- Security Concerns -- Condition Concerns -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 5 FEDERAL COURTHOUSE CONSTRUCTION -- SUMMARY -- BACKGROUND2 -- CONGRESSIONAL FUNDING FOR COURTHOUSE CONSTRUCTION -- FY2009 Funding -- RECENT CONSIDERATIONS -- End Notes -- CHAPTER SOURCES -- INDEX -- Blank Page. | |
Titolo autorizzato: | Federal courthouse construction |
ISBN: | 1-62100-316-7 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910815029103321 |
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