Administrative Office of the United States Courts

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72 U.S. GOVERNMENT MANUAL

EDITORIAL NOTE: The Administrative Off‌ice of the United States Courts did not meet

the publication deadline for submitting updated information of its activities, functions,

and sources of information as required by the automatic disclosure provisions of the

Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552(a)(1)(A)).

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

COURTS

One Columbus Circle NE., Washington, DC 20544

Phone, 202–502–2600. Internet, http://www.uscourts.gov.

Director THOMAS F. HOGAN

Deputy Director JILL C. SAYENGA

General Counsel ROBERT K. LOESCHE

Assistant Director, Off‌ice of Judicial Conference

Executive Secretariat

LAURA C. MINOR

Assistant Director, Off‌ice of Legislative Affairs CORDIA A. STROM

Assistant Director, Off‌ice of Public Affairs DAVID A. SELLERS

Assistant Director, Off‌ice of Court

Administration

NOEL J. AUGUSTYN

Assistant Director, Off‌ice of Defender Services THEODORE J. LIDZ

Assistant Director, Off‌ice of Facilities and

Security

ROSS EISENMAN

Assistant Director, Off‌ice of Finance and Budget GEORGE H. SCHAFER

Assistant Director, Off‌ice of Human Resources PATRICIA J. FITZGIBBONS

Assistant Director, Off‌ice of Information

Technology

JOSEPH R. PETERS,JR.

Assistant Director, Off‌ice of Internal Services DOREEN G.B. BYDUME

Assistant Director, Off‌ice of Judges Programs PETER G. MCCABE

Assistant Director, Off‌ice of Probation and

Pretrial Services

MATTHEW ROWLAND, Acting

The Administrative Off‌ice of the United States Courts supports and serves the

nonjudicial, administrative business of the United States Courts, including the

maintenance of workload statistics and the disbursement of funds appropriated for the

maintenance of the U.S. judicial system.

The Administrative Off‌ice of the United

States Courts was created by act of

August 7, 1939 (28 U.S.C. 601). The

Off‌ice was established November 6,

1939. Its Director and Deputy Director

are appointed by the Chief Justice of the

United States after consultation with the

Judicial Conference.

Administering the Courts The Director

is the administrative off‌icer of the courts

of the United States (except the Supreme

Court). Under the guidance of the

Judicial Conference of the United States

the Director is required, among other

things, to supervise all administrative

matters relating to the off‌ices of clerks

and other clerical and administrative

personnel of the courts; to examine the

state of the dockets of the courts, secure

information as to the courts’ need of

assistance, and prepare and transmit

quarterly to the chief judges of the

circuits statistical data and reports as

to the business of the courts; to submit

to the annual meeting of the Judicial

Conference of the United States, at least

2 weeks prior thereto, a report of the

activities of the Administrative Off‌ice and

the state of the business of the courts;

to f‌ix the compensation of employees

of the courts whose compensation is

not otherwise f‌ixed by law; to regulate