---
category: PROMIS Scandal
created: 2026-05-01
summary: Harold H. Titus Jr. served as U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia
  following Thomas A. Flannery and, in February 1973, made the decision to upgrade
  PROMIS to a real-time online system capable of tracking more than 160 variables
  per case.
tags:
- Person
- PROMIS
- INSLAW
- Lawyer
updated: 2026-05-01
---

Harold H. Titus Jr. served as U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia under President [Richard Nixon](/people/richard-nixon/), succeeding [Thomas A. Flannery](/people/thomas-a-flannery/) in the position. In February 1973, Titus directed the upgrade of the [Prosecutor's Management Information System](/programs/promis/) from its original batch-processing design to a real-time online system capable of handling more than 160 variables per case. This upgrade was funded by the [Law Enforcement Assistance Administration](/organizations/leaa/) and was administered through [INSLAW](/organizations/inslaw/) (then operating as the Institute for Law and Social Research under [Bill Hamilton](/people/bill-hamilton/)), establishing the foundation for what became PROMIS II.[^1]

[^1]: U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary. *The INSLAW Affair: Investigative Report.* House Report 102-857, 102nd Congress, 2nd Session, September 10, 1992.