Summary
| Report Number: | 2010-055 |
|---|---|
| Report Title: | Florida Uniform Caseload Reporting Systems Used By the Florida Supreme Court, State Attorneys, And Public Defenders - Operational Audit |
| Report Period: | 07/01/2007 - 12/31/2008 |
| Release Date: | 12/02/2009 |
Section 25.075(3), Florida Statutes, requires the Auditor General to audit the reports made to the Supreme Court in accordance with the uniform case reporting system established by the Supreme Court. The summary of our findings for the period July 1, 2007, through December 31, 2008, is as follows:
Finding No. 1: The varied systems used by the Clerks
of the Court, State Attorneys, and Public Defenders did not allow for comparability,
and were duplicative and inefficient.
Finding No. 2: Annual and monthly caseload reports were not submitted by the Duval and Orange County Clerks.
Finding No. 3: Case information on file was not always included in the performance measure reports.
Finding No. 4: Supporting documentation for performance
measure reports was not maintained accurately and, in some instances, not
maintained
at all.
Finding No. 5: Florida State Courts System Summary Reporting
System (SRS) reporting data was not accurately presented in all
respects.
Finding No. 6: The Orange County Clerk, in some instances,
reported certain caseload data twice by reporting information in two different
categories.
Finding No. 7: The 4th Judicial Circuit State Attorney
utilized procedures that inadvertently overstated the reported number of cases
filed
and the number of cases closed.
Finding No. 8: The 72-hour initial contact performance
measure was calculated and reported using varied means by the various circuits
and verification of the reported statistics was not, in all cases, possible.
Finding No. 9: The speedy trial performance measure
data was not consistently reported by the various circuits and, in some instances,
appeared to be contrary to instructions contained in the reporting manual. Also,
the accuracy of reported data statistics was not verifiable
in all cases.
Management's response is included in the audit report as Exhibit A.