Just updated: Syndication and Weblogs: Publish and Distribute Your Court Information to the Web, with resources for courts and other public information providers. I'm honored to be serving on a panel with Howard Bashman and Sabrina Pacifici on Friday at a conference for court public information officers. Our moderator, Edward Adams, is Public Information Officer for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Ed has put together a great page of resources: Tapping Into the Online News Pipeline. Check it out.

Courtsmart malfunction may affect conviction: Collier County Florida criminal trial under review after new system for recording video and audio record of the trial apparently failed.

Court web site easy pickings for identity thieves: Allegheny County Prothonotory's Office is "scanning in everything that comes across our desk."

David Starkoff discusses medium neutral citations in Australian courts, including the recognition that wide dissemination "requires cooperation from those who see the diminution (or elimination) of revenue streams . . . ."

More information at the Australasion Legal Information Institute (AustLII), Guide to Vendor and Medium Neutral Citations. Thanks to Denise Howell for the link.