U.S. Courts Looking For Input On PACER
By
Andrew Ramonas | August 26, 2009 5:55 pm
The Administrative Office of the United States Courts is looking for feedback on the Public Access to Court Electronic Records system, better known as PACER, The Blog of Legal Times reported today.
Administrative Office spokesperson Richard Carelli told The BLT that users can give their input on all aspects of the 21-year-old Web portal that charges a fee to access court documents.
The service has started to face competition from RECAP, a free court records retrieval system. PACER offered its service for free in September 2008, but unexpectedly ended the trial program after the FBI said PACER was “compromised,” according to The BLT. RECAP was using the free access to retrieve thousands of records at the time, The BLT said.
