1. Hyperlinks, SSA eCARs and CM/ECF

2. Benefits of Electronic Documents Portability – easy to transfer and store Reproduction – easy to replicate Search – find what you need Copy and Paste – use what you need Hyperlinks – link to other resources

3. Hyperlinks Internal Links – Table of Contents – Footnotes, endnotes, cross references External Links – Other CM documents – Research links

4. [Sample Document]

5. Sample PACER Docket Report

6. eCAR docket entry in CM/ECF

8. Complete Administrative Record

9. Administrative Process Documents

10. Jurisdictional Documents & Notices

11. Disability-Related Development

12. Medical Evidence (Part 2 of 3)

13. Image quality of evidence SSA-ODAR receives medical evidence of varying image qualities The following slides are from one exhibit

14. Exhibit 10F – a sampling of pages

15. Exhibit 10F continued

17. Possible Barriers to Links Policy Debate Deny Links Option PDF/A

18. Policy Debate Issues: (Dir. 9-058, May 22, 2009)Dir. 9-058, May 22, 2009 – Persistence of data – Endorsement of service Debate: – Input solicited (Dir. 10-056 April 30 2010) (Dir. 10-056 April 30 2010) – Response (email May 8, 2010)

19. “Endorsement” Debate We should be enabling, not disabling, features of our electronically filed documents. Research hyperlinks make electronic documents more useful. If judges do not use research hyperlinks, we have no way to lead and encourage. No one is required to use the research links. A reader is still free to find the document on any research service. There are two alternative research link creation programs. There is no exclusive endorsement. We did not worry about endorsement with: – Westlaw or Lexis cites for unpublished opinions – West product citations for books -- Fed. Supp., Fed. Rptr., F.R.D. – PDF standard for e-filed documents. – WordPerfect format for draft orders or jury instructions. A policy resting, even in part, fear of the unfamiliar and new is unfortunate.

20. DenyLinks option in CM/ECF From CM/ECF Application Configuration Guide District Release 4.1CM/ECF Application Configuration Guide District Release 4.1

21. PDF/A CM/ECF 5 Release NotesCM/ECF 5 Release Notes: PDF/A Implementation A new version of pdfcheck will be created to allow the rejection of any document that is not a PDF/A. Courts can determine when to implement this new check, and when it is implemented, users will not be able to upload non-PDF/A documents. PDF/A does not currently permit hyperlinks, but PDF/A 2.0 may permit links.

22. Questions? Robin.Marquis@ssa.gov Pat.Herbst@ssa.gov Katherine.D.Wisz@ssa.gov David.Nuffer@utd.uscourts.gov

23. Hyperlinks, SSA eCARs and CM/ECF