The Criminal Justice Act (CJA) Panel Attorney Payment System enables the judiciary to collect and analyze data on payments made to panel attorneys, experts, and other service providers under the CJA and related statutes. The system captures data entered by court personnel about CJA panel attorney appointments, requests for authorization to obtain the services of other service providers, and the (voucher) amounts claimed and approved for payment.

• District- and circuit-level information about appointments in their respective jurisdictions is directly accessible to court personnel. Contact the Office of Defender Services, Information Technology Division, 202-502-3030, for assistance in entering information into the CJA payment system, or in accessing payment data and compiling reports.
• Various national reports are compiled by the Office of Defender Services (ODS), Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AO), for use at the national level (e.g., for developing program budget requests and in support of reports provided to Congress about Defender Services program activities). Contact Office of Defender Services, Information Technology Division, 202-502-3030 for assistance in accessing available national reports.