That report, by the Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts, the Chicago Council of Lawyers and the Civic Federation, stipulated that the clerk “did not respond to several requests for a meeting or an invitation to participate in a virtual community forum in connection with this progress report.” Most of its findings were from talking to executive staff in the office, as well as media reports and conversations with practitioners, advocates and litigants. The report notes Martinez is working with the Civic Consulting Alliance, a pro bono consulting firm that often works with local governments, on a scope of work to audit the office's operations.