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SJI Receives Over $1 Million in Grant Applications for the 2nd Quarter

SJI received a total of $1,720,544 in grant applications for the 1st quarter of FY 2010. The amount requested was double the amount normally requested during a given quarter, and historically SJI receives the least amount of grant applications in 1st quarter of the fiscal year. For the 2nd quarter, SJI received $1,138,121 in new grant applications; marking the second quarter in a row that SJI has received over a million dollars in new grant requests. continue >

SJI Submits FY 2011 Budget Request to Congress

SJI recently submitted its FY 2011 Budget request to the House and Senate Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations Subcommittees. For FY 2011, SJI is requesting $6,273,000 to enhance its efforts to improve the quality of justice in the state courts. continue >

Guidelines for Implementing Best Practices in Court Building Security

In FY 2009, SJI awarded a Strategic Initiatives Grant (SJI-09-P-125) to the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) to develop a set of guidelines for implementing best practices for court building security. This document is now available on both the SJI and NCSC websites. continue >

President Nominates Six To Serve On Board Of Directors

By law, SJI is supervised by a Board of Directors consisting of 11 members appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 10703, the President appoints 6 judges and 1 state court administrator from a list of candidates submitted to the President by the Conference of Chief Justices (CCJ). In addition, the President also appoints 4 public member positions, no more than 2 of whom can be from the same political party.
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