Judiciary Cites Draft Opinion Theft Fears in Bid for Cyber Funds

Ensuring the security of draft opinions is one reason why federal courts need more money to improve cybersecurity and modernize information technology, a judiciary official said.

Roslynn R. Mauskopf, director of the Administrative Office of the US Courts, told the House Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee on Thursday that draft opinions fall into a category of “very sensitive” information.

“We are a system of systems, and our systems house draft opinions,” Mauskopf said in response to a question about protecting lower court drafts from being compromised as a leaked US Supreme Court draft decision suggests the Supreme Court ...