CM/ECF is the new electronic case management and electronic case files system for the federal courts. It provides federal courts enhanced and updated docket management. It allows courts to maintain case documents in electronic form. And, it gives each court the option of permitting case documents -- pleadings, motions, petitions -- to be filed with the court over the Internet.

CM/ECF implementation in the bankruptcy courts has been underway since early 2001. District court implementation began in 2002, and appellate court implementation is scheduled to begin in late 2004.

In Western Wisconsin, CM/ECF was implemented in February 2002.