FILED
2023 JULY 20
CLERK
U.S. DISTRICT COURT
THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF UTAH
IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION
OF PLAN TO PROTECT THE
SECURITY AND CONFIDENTIALITY OF
THE JUDICIARY’S IT NETWORK, GENERAL ORDER
SYSTEMS, AND ELECTONICALLY 23-007
STORED DATA WITH RESPECT TO
COURT VOLUNTEERS
In accord with the Policy and Implementation Plan Governing IT Access for Tenth
Circuit Volunteers (issued June 13, 2023), this court adopts the following plan to protect
the security and confidentiality of the judiciary’s IT network, systems, and electronically
stored data with respect to volunteers.
Volunteers, including interns and externs, will not be permitted to use personal
equipment to access the judiciary’s IT network, including the data communications
network (DCN), Judiciary Enterprise Network Information Exchange (JENIE), or Case
Management/Electronic Case Files (CM/ECF) system.
Volunteers who agree to provide at least one-month’s service and no fewer than
40 work hours may be permitted to access the judiciary’s IT network subject to the
following. First, volunteers must receive a positive suitability determination from a
background check or investigation commensurate with the sensitivity level of the
information they will be able to access, including at a minimum, a favorably adjudicated
FBI criminal history check (fingerprint check). Second, volunteers must use the
government-furnished desktop computers that are located within the courthouse when
accessing the judiciary’s IT network. Under no circumstances may a volunteer access
the judiciary’s IT network from outside the United States.
Volunteers will be provided IT security and appropriate use training and will
execute an agreement acknowledging the confidentiality of judiciary information.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, volunteers will not have access to any restricted
or sealed documents; they will be given only non-judiciary-user PACER rights. And,
volunteers will not be given access to chambers drives, as these drives may contain
draft or final orders on sealed matters.
Volunteers’ access to the judiciary’s IT network will be revoked as soon as
possible after their last day in the courthouse or if the court believes the volunteer’s
credentials have been compromised.
SO ORDERED this 20th day of July, 2023.
BY THE COURT:
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ROBERT J. SHELBY
CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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