JIS Governance

The Supreme Court delegates governance of the JIS to the Judicial Information System Committee (JISC). The JISC operates under state court Judicial Information System Committee Rules (JISCR) and RCW Chapter 2.68. The JISC sets policy for the Judicial Information System and approves projects and priorities. The JISC's responsibilities include:

• Setting the strategic direction for the JIS.
• Approving budgets and funding requests for the JIS.
• Determining what JIS projects will be undertaken and establishing their scope.
• Establishing JIS policies, standards and procedures.
• Oversight of JIS projects including:
• Approving project plans including phases, major milestones and deliverables.
• Establishing project steering committees.
• Monitoring project progress.
• Dealing with major project issues.

The JISC has created sub-committees for various purposes as defined in their charters. JIS sub-committees include:

• JIS Codes Committee
• Data Dissemination Committee