Report: Mismatched and Mistaken: How the Use of an Inaccurate Private Database Results in SSI Recipients Unjustly Losing Benefits (Mancini, Lang, and Wu 2021)
In the fiscal year 2018, the Social Security Administration (SSA) began using a data set from LexisNexis (Lexis) called Accurint for Government on a widespread basis to determine whether recipients of needs-based government assistance had unreported real property that could disqualify them from the receipt of such benefits. Since the advent of SSA’s use of the Accurint for Government (Accurint) product, advocates representing individuals receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits reported significant problems with clients being falsely accused of owning real property.
Year published:
2021
Document Author:
Sarah Mancini, Kate Lang, Chi Chi Wu
Resource: America's Civil Courts: Whom Do We Serve? (SRLN 2023)
America's Civil Courts: Whom Do We Serve? is a geospatial story map produced by the Self-Represented Litigation Network to better understand local needs.
Year published:
2023
Document Author:
Alison Davis-Holland, Katherine Alteneder, SRLN
News: 2015 TIG Grants Included Five Court Partnership Grants – 2016 Should Bring More As We Build a 100% Access Technology Infrastructure (LSC 2016)
LSC's 2015 TIG grants included five grants to projects being undertaken by legal aid and court partnerships, according to the Request for Letters of Intent to Apply for 2016 Grant Funding we should see significantly more partnership awards in 2016. LOIs are currently being accepted through February 29, 2016, and LSC has identified three areas of particular interest:
Year published:
SRLN
Document Author:
News, SRLN, Katherine Alteneder
Weblinks: The Court Statistics Project (NCSC 2015)
The Court Statistics Project (courtstatistics.org) (CSP) — a joint project of the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) and the Conference of State Court Administrators (COSCA) — publishes caseload data from the courts of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. These data are provided by the offices of the state court administrator in those jurisdictions.
Year published:
2015
Document Author:
National Center for State Courts (NCSC)
Resource: Internet and Broadband Info and Data (SRLN 2015)
Research and data about internet use and broadband access can be found at:
Pew Research Center on Internet, Science and Technology at http://www.pewinternet.org/
National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) at http://www2.ntia.doc.gov/
US broadband map that makes very clear wireless coverage is far more comprehensive than wireline: http://www.broadbandmap.gov/speed