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09-15-2006, 05:54 PM
http://www.abiworld.org/Template.cfm?Section=Whats_New_Top_Items&Template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=21393
Some highlights:
For the long term, the work of the bankruptcy courts will generally increase on a per-case
basis as a result of the Act’s many significant changes in bankruptcy law and practice. The
preliminary analysis indicates that the Act caused a 10 percent increase in the staffing
requirements of the bankruptcy courts. The duties of bankruptcy administrators have increased
enormously as a result of the Act, and a new national work measurement survey will begin later
this year to measure precisely the increases. The impact on the work of bankruptcy judges is less
clear, since only anecdotal information is available at this time. Nevertheless, the Federal
Judicial Center will resume its national work measurement survey, probably in 2007, when the
law has been clarified and all court procedures fully implemented.
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Professional empirical work measurement studies are also continuing. The first study to
be completed, that of the bankruptcy clerks’ offices, has shown that the staffing requirements in
the clerks’ offices have increased by 10 percent as a result of the Act. A work measurement
study of the bankruptcy administrators’ offices will begin soon, and the work measurement study
of bankruptcy judges — which had been in process when the Act was enacted — will likely
resume in 2007.
Some highlights:
For the long term, the work of the bankruptcy courts will generally increase on a per-case
basis as a result of the Act’s many significant changes in bankruptcy law and practice. The
preliminary analysis indicates that the Act caused a 10 percent increase in the staffing
requirements of the bankruptcy courts. The duties of bankruptcy administrators have increased
enormously as a result of the Act, and a new national work measurement survey will begin later
this year to measure precisely the increases. The impact on the work of bankruptcy judges is less
clear, since only anecdotal information is available at this time. Nevertheless, the Federal
Judicial Center will resume its national work measurement survey, probably in 2007, when the
law has been clarified and all court procedures fully implemented.
......
Professional empirical work measurement studies are also continuing. The first study to
be completed, that of the bankruptcy clerks’ offices, has shown that the staffing requirements in
the clerks’ offices have increased by 10 percent as a result of the Act. A work measurement
study of the bankruptcy administrators’ offices will begin soon, and the work measurement study
of bankruptcy judges — which had been in process when the Act was enacted — will likely
resume in 2007.