The Sixth National Court Technology Conference of The National Center for State Courts announced on September 15, 1999 at the CTC6 Conference in Los Angeles, that Barbara T. Scott's Charlotte County Clerk of Courts web site (http://www.co.charlotte.fl.us)  was selected as the national winner of the fifty one entries submitted for the "Best Access to Court Records" award.

The Sixth National Court Technology Conference (CTC6) was held September 14-16, 1999, at the Los Angeles Convention Center.  More than 3,000 court & technology professionals attended the conference for the biggest and best court technology conference ever, that featured dynamic keynotes addressing what’s next in the electronic age.  Present at the conference was an international faculty covering new advances and best practices in electronic filing, e-commerce, courtroom technologies, integrated justice information systems, and data security. 

This year's conference included advanced courses for IT administrators and directors.  Laurel Jimenez, CAS Director attended an educational session on "The World of Courtroom Technology".  While, Ron Mayberry sat in on a discussion panel on "Extensible Markup Language (XML) for Courts".

More than 125 leading Court Technology vendors offered a full range of products and services for users to check out and compare.   Here is a list of the some the products that the CAS team took a look at:

• Case Management Systems
• Court Reporting
• Digital Recording and Transcription
• Electronic Filing
• Imaging/Document Management
• Office Automation
• System Development/Integration
• Video Services
• Voice Response Systems

The highlight of the conference was on Thursday, when Barbara T. Scott and the CAS Team, (which included Laurel Jimenez, Bob Mannino, Roger Eaton, and Ron Mayberry) gave a demonstration of the Clerk's Web Enabled Imaging System in front of some of the most knowledgeable Court MIS Administrators, College Professors, and experienced Judges ever assembled.  Later that day once the demonstration was completed, the Charlotte County Clerk of the Circuit Court's Web Site was awarded with "Best Access to Court Records" from the The National Center for State Courts.  

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