Judiciary Expects Disclosure Database Will Be Ready in November

The federal judiciary expects that a searchable public database for judges’ financial disclosures mandated by Congress will be “fully operational” by the Nov. 9 deadline in the statute.

“The public site has been developed and is undergoing testing with the goal of being implemented by that November 2022 deadline,” US District Judge Claire Eagan, chair of Executive Committee of the Judicial Conference, told reporters Tuesday on a call after a meeting of the conference.

Judges have also been briefed and given training and advice on how to comply with the law, Eagan said.

In May, a bill passed by Congress ...