The utah commission on criminal and juvenile justice will use funds for the implementation of the utah prosecution case management system

The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) awarded a $564,123 Cooperative Agreement under the NICS Act Record Improvement Program (CFDA 16.813) to the Executive Office of the State of Utah's Governor's Office of Planning and Budget. The funding will be used to: 1) renew the lease of 300 user licenses for the eProsecutor case management system; 2) cover data storage fees; and 3) support a portion of the salary and benefits for the IT Director and eProsecutor project manager. The eProsecutor system is a cloud-based case management platform that tracks criminal cases from initiation through the appellate process, and can generate critical documents and reports. This grant award, with a performance period from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2026, is part of the BJS's efforts to improve the completeness, automation, and reporting of criminal justice records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS).

Theeprosecutor is a cloud-based case management system developed by journal technologies, INC. (JTI). Eprosecutor is a robust case management program. IT tracks every aspect of a criminal case from case initiation through the appellate process. IT can generate criminal information, subpoenas, and all other legal documents. Its reporting capabilities are vast. In 2018 UPC entered into a multi-year contract with journal technologies for the lease of 150 user licenses. In 2022 UPC leased additional eprosecutor licenses from journal technologies, for a total of 216 licenses. Due to demand, we need to lease a total of 300 user licenses. The contract renewed from a multi-year contract to an annual contract in january 2024 and will continue to renew annually until the contract is terminated by either party.individual eprosecutor licenses are not purchased from journal technologies, they are leased. Every user must have a license, not just one per office. This means that every prosecutor and administrative staff member accessing the program must have their own license. Eprosecutor is a robust case management program. The project will include the following activities: 1) purchase the renewal lease of 300 eprosecutor user licenses; 2) purchase data storage fees; and 3) support a portion of the salary and benefits of RON weight, UPC's IT director and eprosecutor project manager.