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Biological Data Interpretation & Reporting Subcommittee

Members of the OSAC Biological Data Interpretation & Reporting Subcommittee
Members of the Biological Data Interpretation & Reporting Subcommittee at the July 2019 OSAC Meeting in Orlando, Florida.

Officers | Members | Standards | Discipline-Specific Baseline Documents | Research & Development Needs | Presentations

The Biological Data Interpretation and Reporting Subcommittee focuses on standards and guidelines related to scientifically valid methods of interpretation, statistical analysis and reporting of biological results.

Officers

Beth Ordeman, Subcommittee Chair, Pinellas County Forensic Laboratory

Vacant, Subcommittee Vice Chair

Vacant, Subcommittee Executive Secretary

Members

Lisa Marie Brewer, Glendale (California) Police Department

Jason Bundy, Florida Department of Law Enforcement (Quality Representative)

Lynn Burley, Santa Clara County Crime Laboratory

Michael Coble, Ph.D., University of North Texas

Nadja Compo, Florida International University (Human Factors Representative)

Jerrilyn Conway, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Julie French, NCTC

Jennifer Friedman, Federal Defender for the Central District of California (Legal Representative)

Brian Higgins, Defense Forensic Science Center (including USACIL)

Tim Kalafut, Defense Forensic Science Center (including USACIL)

Marla Kaplan, Oregon State Police

Rebekah Kay, Utah Bureau of Forensic Services

Melissa Kotkin, Verogen

Eugene Y. Lien, New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner

Michael Marciano, Syracuse University

Heather McKiernan, Center for Forensic Science Research and Education

Andrew P. McWhorter, Texas Department of Public Safety

Shawn Montpetit, San Diego (California) Police Department Crime Laboratory

Steven Myers, California Department of Justice

Susan Walsh, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Christian Westring, Ph.D., Private Consultant

Charlotte Word, Ph.D., Private Consultant

Standards

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Tier 1: On the OSAC Registry

Tier 2: Published by an SDO

Tier 3: Sent to an SDO

Tier 4: Under Development

  • Standard for Training in the Use of Statistics in Interpretation of Forensic DNA Evidence.
  • Standard for Training of Analysis of Forensic STR Data.
  • Standard for Training on Testimony for Forensic Biology.
  • Standard for Setting Analytical and Stochastic Thresholds for Application to Forensic Casework Using Electrophoretic Systems.
  • Standard for Interpreting and Reporting DNA Test Results Associated with Failed Controls and Contamination Events.
  • Testimony Propositions.

Discipline-Specific Baseline Documents

  • None currently.

Research & Development Needs

Presentations

  • None currently.

In general, the development of standards and guidelines is transitioning from the Scientific Working Groups (SWGs) to the OSAC. Some SWGs will continue to operate to provide other resources within their discipline. The existing SWG documents will remain in effect until updated documents are disseminated by the OSAC or the SWG. SWGDAM will retain the responsibility for updating the FBI DNA Quality Assurance Standards.

– Forensic Science Standards Board: March 2015

Created July 9, 2014, Updated August 4, 2020