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Courts Technology Conference 2025 Key Takeaways

The 2025 edition of the Court Technology Conference (CTC) was held last week in Kansas City, Missouri. This blog features the observations of several MCP subject-matter experts who attended the biannual event, including:

Key Takeaways from the National Association for Court Management Conference

MCP subject-matter experts Heather Pettitt, Jim Pingel, and Nicole Jensen Albrecht covered the National Association of Court Management (NACM) conference recently held in New Orleans.

Key Takeaways from NENA’s NG9-1-1 Standards & Best Practices Conference

Recently, Mission Critical Partners’ subject-matter experts Bonnie Maney, Sherri Griffith Powell, and Gordon Vanauken participated in the NG9-1-1 Standards & Best Practices Conference presented by the National Emergency Number Association (NENA).

A Few Words of Praise and Gratitude for Joe Wheeler

Next February, Mission Critical Partners celebrates the 15^th anniversary of its founding. From the beginning, the firm has been sharply focused on the public-safety sector. But MCP’s leaders intuitively understood even back then that the public-safety sector has an equally important counterpart — the justice sector. Less understood was the relationship between the sectors and, more importantly, how they need to interact.

Key Takeaways from the 2023 Courts Technology Conference — Part 3

This is the final blog in a three-part series that offers takeaways gathered by MCP subject-matter experts who attended the recent 2023 Court Technology Conference presented by the National Center for State Courts (NCSC).

Key Takeaways from the 2023 Courts Technology Conference — Part 2

This is the second blog offers additional takeaways gathered by MCP subject-matter experts who attended the recent 2023 Court Technology Conference presented by the National Center for State Courts (NCSC).

Key Takeaways from the 2023 Courts Technology Conference — Part 1

Several MCP subject-matter experts attended the Court Technology Conference (CTC) held several weeks ago in Phoenix. The National Center for State Courts presents the conference annually, founded in 1971, to enhance court administration worldwide.

Key Takeaways from the National Association of Court Management Conference

Court systems mull how artificial intelligence can improve, streamline their operations

Recently I attended the National Association for Court Management (NACM) conference and left armed with the following key takeaways:

Key Takeaways from the IJIS Institute’s Community Conference

Last week I attended the IJIS Institute’s first community forum in Austin, Texas, with several MCP senior-level colleagues, including Joe Wheeler, who chairs the IJIS Institute’s board of directors.

Cybersecurity Governance and Why It’s an Indispensable Element of Effective Cybersecurity Planning

Every organization should have a cybersecurity program to prevent — ideally — and mitigate cyberattacks. This is especially true of public safety and justice organizations that increasingly find themselves in the crosshairs of cyberattackers.