Read the PACER announcements from April 2020. These updates include:

• Coming Soon: New pacer.gov
• Public User Group Members Named, First Meeting Held
• 15 Courts Convert to NextGen in Q1
• Understanding PACER Fees: How, When Users Are Charged
• April Billing Statement Reflects New Fee Waiver
• and more!

The following versions of CM/ECF include changes from the Small Business Reorganization Act and accounts for bankruptcy forms changes effective December 1, 2019:

• NextGen 1.3.3, 1.5.1
• CurrentGen 5.2.3, 5.3.2

Read the release notes for more information about these changes. 

On March 17, 2019, new login pages will be released that will allow users to select which court they want to access or indicate which court they are accessing (see January newsletter for details). If you are an automatic script user (i.e., if you have written a program that automatically logs you into PACER), please note that your login process may be impacted. You should continue to direct all authentication requests to https://pacer.login.uscourts.gov/csologin/login.jsf.

To ensure that your process continues to work you may test it at https://qa-login.uscourts.gov/csologin/login.jsf in preparation for the release. Register for a test account, if needed. There is no charge for searches in QA. You may skip the credit card portion of the registration. Your QA account will be activated overnight.

Please note, this is a testing site and occasionally it may be unavailable due maintenance. Also, there are features that may be in testing that are not currently available in production.