NCFS to Ask NIST to Institute an Additional "Technical Merit" Review Mechanism for Some Types of OSAC Forensic Science Standards?

A subcommittee of the National Commission on Forensic Science (NCFS) has approved a draft Recommendation to the Attorney General on Technica...

Sample Evidence: What’s Wrong with ASTM E2548-11 Standard Guide for Sampling Seized Drugs?

Samuel Johnson once observed that “You don't have to eat the whole ox to know that it is tough.” Or maybe he didn't say this, 1 / bu...

NIST Distances Itself from the First OSAC-approved Forensic Science Standard

On January 11, 2016, a group created by the federal government to develop better standards for forensic science approved -- without changing...

Is OSAC Painting Itself Out of the Picture? Time to Comment on ASTM E1640-14

The Organization of Scientific Area Committees (OSAC) started on the wrong foot with the first standard it chose to place on its blue-ribbo...

The First OSAC-approved Standard for Forensic Science

"All results for every forensic science method should indicate the uncertainty in the measurements that are made, and studies must be c...

First NIST OSAC Forensic Science Standards Up for Public Comment

One of the responses to the 2009 NRC report on forensic science was the creation last year of an Organization of Scientific Area Committees ...