Grand jury reporting may be performed by an employee of the USAO (Fed.R.Crim.P.Rule 6(d)) or by a commercial reporter engaged for the purpose. The salaried federal court reporter may report grand jury proceedings, but he/she may only be paid for transcripts produced, not for time worked. Payment to a salaried federal court reporter for time worked would be considered a violation of the statutory prohibition against dual compensation. 5 U.S.C. § 5533.

[updated February 2018]