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District of Columbia Courts(DC COURTS)

Court listed as a USAspending top-tier agency.

Function

Court

Parent

Top-level (no parent)

FY2026 Budget Authority

$412.4M

Official Data

USAspending.gov

Evidence & Review

Evidence Confidence

Low

Verification Status

AI-researched, unverified

Last Reviewed

Jul 5, 2026

Retrieved On

Jul 5, 2026

Modernization Levers

Low

Shared services, digital records, open data, risk-based case triage, and clearer public dashboards, scaled to the agency's size.

Administrative Burden Review

Low

For small institutions, burden often falls on applicants, grantees, regulated parties, or other agencies trying to understand where to go. Plain-language guidance and shared intake usually matter more than headcount cuts.

Duplication & Coordination Review

Low

Check whether overlap is harmful duplication, a needed independence check, or a coordination problem created by separate statutes.

Risk & Guardrails

Low

Do not trade judicial independence or due process for administrative speed.

Innovation Party Proposal

Research draft

Before proposing cuts, require a public-value review of District of Columbia Courts (DC COURTS): what work is unique, what can move to shared services, which outputs should be public, and which independence safeguards must remain.