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SUPREME COURT TO IMPLEMENT WEBSITE The Supreme Court of the United States today announced plans to implement an official World Wide Web (www) site to make Court information available via the Internet to the Bar, the public and the news media. The Website will provide information free of charge and will be accessible on Monday, April 17, 2000. It has been developed by the Court and the Government Printing Office (GPO), and will be part of the GPO Access system. The Supreme Court Internet address will be www.supremecourtus.gov. Initially, the Supreme Court Website will provide on-line access to the Court's 1999 Term slip opinions, 1999 Term orders, argument calendar, schedules, Rules, bar admission forms and instructions, visitors' guides, case-handling guides, special notices, press releases, and general information. A link will also be provided to the Court's "bench" opinions on GPO Access. Information from the Court's automated docket will be added to the Website as soon as it is feasible to do so. This initiative is the Court's fourth venture into the electronic distribution of information. In 1991, the Court launched Project Hermes, an electronic system available only through subscription, that transmits the Court's orders and "bench" opinions to legal publishers, news organizations, educational institutions, and government agencies, including the GPO, moments after the materials are released. (The "bench" opinion is the first version of an opinion, published immediately after the case's announcement by the Court from the bench.) In 1996, the Court initiated its dial-up Bulletin Board System (BBS) (202-554-2570) to provide electronic access to its automated docket, slip opinions (a slightly later version of the bench opinions), and orders. In 1997, the Court implemented the Clerk's Automated Response System (CARS), by which callers can obtain the status of cases on the automated docket by dialing 202-479-3034. The new Website will replace the BBS, which will be phased out once the automated docket is added to the Website. However, the Website will not replace Hermes or CARS, and the Court will continue to publish and distribute its opinions in paper pamphlets and in the official United States Reports. Although the Court's bench opinions and orders will not appear on the Court's Website, they will be accessible on the day of their release through a link from the Court's Website to GPO Access. Slip opinions will be accessible on the Court's Website within hours after the bench opinions are transmitted to Hermes subscribers. Questions about the Supreme Court Website should be directed to: The Public Information Office, Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, DC 20543.
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