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The Organization of Scientific Area Committees (OSAC) for Forensic Science’s Seized Drugs Subcommittee has developed a process map that captures the decision...
The Organization of Scientific Area Committees (OSAC) for Forensic Science’s Human Forensic Biology Subcommittee, with contributions from the Scientific Working...
The Organization of Scientific Area Committees ( OSAC) for Forensic Science, in partnership with the Association of Firearm and Tool Mark Examiners (AFTE), has...
The Organization of Scientific Area Committees (OSAC) for Forensic Science's Geological Materials Subcommittee, in collaboration with the University of Kentucky...
The Organization of Scientific Area Committees (OSAC) for Forensic Science has added the 25th standard to its registry of approved standards. The OSAC Registry...
The Organization of Scientific Area Committees (OSAC) for Forensic Science’s Friction Ridge Subcommittee has developed a friction ridge examination process map...
The Organization of Scientific Area Committees (OSAC) for Forensic Science has added the first interdisciplinary training standard to its registry of approved...
The Texas Forensic Science Commission has recommended that all crime laboratories accredited to perform forensic analysis in the State of Texas voluntarily...
The Organization of Scientific Area Committees (OSAC) for Forensic Science Registry serves as a trusted repository of high-quality, technically sound standards...
The Houston Forensic Science Center (HFSC) adopted guidelines recommended by the Organization of Scientific Area Committees (OSAC) for Forensic Science in its...
Forensic science can be a powerful force in support of justice and public safety. Properly applied, it clears the innocent and helps convict the guilty. The...
Overview The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced plans to update the Organization of Scientific Area Committees (OSAC) for...
The Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science (OSAC) i s excited to announce two Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) documents have been...
This Bulletin provides an update on forensic science standards moving through the development process at Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs), and those...
This Bulletin provides an update on forensic science standards moving through the development process at Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs), and those...
The Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science (OSAC) has published the Summer Edition of our quarterly newsletter. Read the July 2019...
This Bulletin provides an update on forensic science standards moving through the development process at Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs), and those...
Two New Standards Placed on OSAC Registry The Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science (OSAC) is excited to announce the Forensic Science...
In honor of our colleague, Sharon Nakich, who passed away in March after a short battle with cancer, the FSSB has developed a new peer-to-peer award that is...
This Bulletin provides an update on forensic science standards that are moving through the development process at Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs), and...
This Bulletin provides an update on forensic science standards that are moving through the development process at Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs), and...
Today, the Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science ( OSAC) opens the thirty-day comment period for ASTM E2917-19: Standard Practice for...
This Bulletin provides an update on forensic science standards that are moving through the development process at Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs), and...
This Bulletin provides an update on forensic science standards that are moving through the development process at Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs), and...