The Administrative Office of the United States Courts (AO) is the administrative agency of the United States federal court system. It was established in 1939.
The AO is the central support entity for the federal judicial branch. It provides a wide range of administrative, legal, financial, management, program, and information technology services to the federal courts.
The AO is directly supervised by the Judicial Conference of the United States, the body that sets the national and legislative policy of the federal judiciary and is composed of the chief judges from each judicial and geographic circuit and the chief judge of the Court of International Trade.
The AO implements and executes Judicial Conference policies, as well as applicable federal statutes and regulations. The AO facilitates communications within the judiciary and with Congress, the executive branch, and the public on behalf of the judiciary.
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