performance based budgeting
Performance based budgeting
The budget remains the single most important issue facing the courts. Since the financial crisis of 2008, the budgets for the federal judiciary have been decreased roughly 8 percent, i.e. $555 million from $7 billion a year. The judiciary reduced its overall workforce through layoffs by 5,400 court staff, which is roughly one quarter of its total workforce. Unfortunately, the organization has to follow the budgets. Budget cuts are gradually harming court system and significantly court staff would be further reduced, civil and criminal cases would be delayed, and these consequences would lead to a threat to public safety (Roberts, 2013, p.1). The purpose of this memorandum is to expand the result of budget cuts in the supreme civil court and how it has become increasingly dysfunctional.
Budget and Personnel
The Supreme Civil Court (SCC) serves the public by making the justice system work and to enforce the rule of Law. In order to provide these services, an adequate number of employees are needed to provide these services. The SCC operates on an annual budget to fulfill the mandatory services but, due to the economic crisis, it is operating on a lower budget with higher demands for services. This has caused many problems to arise. Currently, there is a statewide hold on new hires. The SCC is depending on a minimal employee number, due to annual budget cut. The cut on the budget lead to two main problems to arise; downsized resources and ensuing the pressure of work; and poor scheduling in different departments with the system. Employee morale has been severely affected, employees are unhappy because schedules are not planned according to the work that needs to be done. Employees are titled at lower positions but are required to do the work of a higher position with less pay.
The latter need not flow from the former necessarily, though it makes matter worse. Low staff morale may be addressed in various ways, including more attention
The budget remains the single most important issue facing the courts. Since the financial crisis of 2008, the budgets for the federal judiciary have been decreased roughly 8 percent, i.e. $555 million from $7 billion a year. The judiciary reduced its overall workforce through layoffs by 5,400 court staff, which is roughly one quarter of its total workforce. Unfortunately, the organization has to follow the budgets. Budget cuts are gradually harming court system and significantly court staff would be further reduced, civil and criminal cases would be delayed, and these consequences would lead to a threat to public safety (Roberts, 2013, p.1). The purpose of this memorandum is to expand the result of budget cuts in the supreme civil court and how it has become increasingly dysfunctional.
Budget and Personnel
The Supreme Civil Court (SCC) serves the public by making the justice system work and to enforce the rule of Law. In order to provide these services, an adequate number of employees are needed to provide these services. The SCC operates on an annual budget to fulfill the mandatory services but, due to the economic crisis, it is operating on a lower budget with higher demands for services. This has caused many problems to arise. Currently, there is a statewide hold on new hires. The SCC is depending on a minimal employee number, due to annual budget cut. The cut on the budget lead to two main problems to arise; downsized resources and ensuing the pressure of work; and poor scheduling in different departments with the system. Employee morale has been severely affected, employees are unhappy because schedules are not planned according to the work that needs to be done. Employees are titled at lower positions but are required to do the work of a higher position with less pay.
The latter need not flow from the former necessarily, though it makes matter worse. Low staff morale may be addressed in various ways, including more attention