Public Comments

OSAC reviews and addresses all public comments received during the Registry open comment period. This feedback is taken into consideration when voting whether to include a standard on the OSAC Registry. After a standard is approved for the Registry, any public comments and how they were adjudicated are shared below.

Anthropology

• ANSI/ASB Best Practice Recommendation 089, Best Practice Recommendation for Facial Approximation in Forensic Anthropology. 2020. 1st Ed. | added to the Registry September 7, 2021 | comment adjudication

Biology/DNA

• ANSI/ASB Standard 018, Standard for Validation of Probabilistic Genotyping Systems. 2020. 1st Ed. | added to the Registry May 4, 2021 | comment adjudication
• ANSI/ASB Standard 020, Standard for Validation Studies of DNA Mixtures, and Development and Verification of a Laboratory's Mixture Interpretation Protocol. 2018. 1st Ed. First Edition | added to the Registry May 12, 2020 | comment adjudication | supplemental comments
• ANSI/ASB Standard 022, Standard for Forensic DNA Analysis Training Programs. 2019. 1st Ed. First Edition | added to the Registry September 1, 2020 | comment adjudication
• ANSI/ASB Standard 023, Standard for Training in Forensic DNA Isolation and Purification Methods. 2020 1st Ed. | added to the Registry August 3, 2021 | comment adjudication
• ANSI/ASB Standard 038, Standard for Internal Validation of Forensic DNA Analysis Methods. 2020. 1st. Ed. | added to the Registry May 2, 2023 | comment adjudication
• ANSI/ASB Standard 040, Standard for Forensic DNA Interpretation and Comparison Protocols. 2019. 1st Ed. | added to the Registry May 12, 2020 | comment adjudication | supplemental comments
• ANSI/ASB Standard 077, Standard for the Developmental and Internal Validation of Forensic Serological Methods. 2020. 1st Ed. | added to the Registry December 6, 2022 | comment adjudication
• ANSI/ASB Standard 110, Standards for Training in Forensic Serological Methods. 2020. 1st Ed. | added to the Registry August 3, 2021 | comment adjudication
• ANSI/ASB Standard 115, Standard for Training in Forensic Short Tandem Repeat Typing Methods using Amplification, DNA Separation, and Allele Detection. 2020. 1st Ed. | added to the Registry August 3, 2021 | comment adjudication
• ANSI/ASB Standard 116, Standard for Training in Forensic DNA Quantification Methods. 2020. 1st Ed. First Edition | added to the Registry August 3, 2021 | comment adjudication 
• OSAC 2020-S-0004, Standard for Interpreting, Comparing and Reporting DNA Test Results Associated with Failed Controls and Contamination Events | added to the Registry June 1, 2021 | comment adjudication
• OSAC 2020-N-0007, Best Practice Recommendations for the Management and Use of Quality Assurance DNA Elimination Databases in Forensic DNA Analysis | added to the Registry April 6, 2021 | comment adjudication
• OSAC 2021-S-0021,  Forensic Autosomal STR DNA Statistical Analyses – General Protocol, Protocol Verification, and Case Record Requirements | added to the Registry January 5, 2023 | comment adjudication
• OSAC 2021-S-0028, Standard for Use of Serological Testing Methods Associated with Forensic Investigations | added to the Registry November 1, 2022 | comment adjudication
• OSAC 2021-S-0029, Standard for Familial DNA Searching | added to the Registry January 5, 2023 | comment adjudication

Bloodstain Pattern Analysis

• ANSI/ASB Standard 032, Standards for a Bloodstain Patten Analyst's Training Program. 2020. 1st Ed. | added to the Registry January 5, 2023 | comment adjudication
• ASB Technical Report 033, Terms and Definitions in Bloodstain Pattern Analysis. 2017. 1st Ed. | added to the Registry June 3, 2020 | comment adjudication 

Crime Scene Investigation & Reconstruction

• OSAC 2021-N-0015, Guiding Principles for Scene Investigation and Reconstruction | added to the Registry September 7, 2021 | comment adjudication
• OSAC 2021-N-0016, Standard for Initial Response at Scenes by Law Enforcement | added to the Registry September 7, 2021 | comment adjudication
• OSAC 2021-N-0019, Standard Practice for the Documentation and Processing of Shooting Scenes | added to the Registry November 1, 2022 | comment adjudication

Digital Evidence

• SWGDE 18-Nov-1.0 Minimum Requirements for Testing Tools used in Digital and Multimedia Forensics | added to the Registry June 6, 2023 | comment adjudication
• SWGDE 22-F-002-1.0 Best Practices for Chromebook Acquisition and Analysis | added to the Registry June 6, 2023 | comment adjudication

Dogs & Sensors

• ANSI/ASB Standard 024, Standard for Training and Certification of Canine Detection of Humans: Location Check Using Pre‐scented Canines. 2021. 1st. Ed. | added to the Registry October 3, 2023 | comment adjudication
• ANSI/ASB Standard 026, Standard for Training and Certification of Canine Detection of Humans: An Aged Trail Using Pre-scented Canines. 2021. 1st. Ed. | added to the Registry October 3, 2023 | comment adjudication
• ANSI/ASB Standard 027, Standard for Training and Certification of Canine Detection of Humans: Patrol Canine Team. 2021. 1st. Ed. | added to the Registry October 3, 2023 | comment adjudication
• ASB Technical Report 025, Crime Scene/Death Investigation - Dogs and Sensors - Terms and Definitions, First Edition, 2017 | added to the Registry October 1, 2019 | comment adjudication 
• ANSI/ASB Standard 092, Standard for Training and Certification of Canine Detection of Explosives, First Edition, 2021 | added to the Registry December 6, 2022 | comment adjudication

Facial Identification

• OSAC 2022-S-0001, Standard Guide for Image Comparison Opinions | added to the Registry June 6, 2023 | comment adjudication
• OSAC 2020-S-0002, Physical Stability of Facial Features of Adults | added to the Registry June 1, 2021 | comment adjudication
• OSAC 2022-S-0007, Standard Guide for Facial Comparison: Overview and Methodology Guidelines | added to the Registry December 6, 2022 | comment adjudication

Fire & Explosion Investigation

• NFPA 921:2021, Guide for Fire and Explosion Investigation | added to the Registry September 6, 2022 | comment adjudication
• NFPA 1033:2022, Standard for Professional Qualifications for Fire Investigators | added to the Registry September 6, 2022 | comment adjudication

Fire Debris & Explosives

• ANSI/ASTM E1388-17 Standard Practice for Static Headspace Sampling of Vapors from Fire Debris Samples | added to the Registry December 1, 2020 | comment adjudication
• ANSI/ASTM E1412-19 Standard Practice for Separation of Ignitable Liquid Residues from Fire Debris Samples by Passive Headspace Concentration with Activated Charcoal | added to the Registry December 1, 2020 | comment adjudication 
• ANSI/ASTM E1413-19 Standard Practice for Separation of Ignitable Liquid Residues from Fire Debris Samples by Dynamic Headspace Concentration onto an Adsorbent Tube | added to the Registry December 1, 2020 | comment adjudication
• ANSI/ASTM E3189-19 Standard Practice for Separation of Ignitable Liquid Residues from Fire Debris Samples by Static Headspace Concentration onto an Adsorbent Tube | added to the Registry December 1, 2020 | comment adjudication
• ANSI/ASTM E3197-20 Standard Terminology Relating to Examination of Fire Debris | added to the Registry April 6, 2021 | comment adjudication
• ANSI/ASTM E3245-20e1 Standard Guide for the Systematic Approach to the Extraction, Analysis, and Classification of Ignitable Liquids and Ignitable Liquid Residues in Fire Debris Samples | added to the Registry May 4, 2021 | comment adjudication
• OSAC 2022-S-0023, Standard Guide for the Forensic Analysis of Explosives by Polarized Light Microscopy | added to the Registry July 5, 2023 | comment adjudication

Firearms & Toolmarks

• ANSI/ASB 062, Standard for Topography Comparison Software for Toolmark Analysis. 2021. 1st Ed. | added to the Registry August 2, 2022 | comment adjudication
• ANSI/ASB 063, Implementation of 3D Technologies in Forensic Firearm and Toolmark Comparison Laboratories. 2021, 1st Ed. | added to the Registry August 2, 2022 | comment adjudication
• ANSI/ASB Best Practice Recommendation 068, Safe Handling of Firearms and Ammunition. 2020, 1st Ed. | added to the Registry April 6, 2021 | comment adjudication
• ANSI/ASB Standard 093, Standard Test Method for the Forensic Examination and Testing of Firearms. 2020, 1st Ed. | added to the Registry November 2, 2021 | comment adjudication
• ANSI/ASB Standard 096, Standard Method for the Examination and Documentation of Ammunition and Ammunition Components. 2022. 1st. Ed. | added to the Registry October 3, 2023 | comment adjudication
• ANSI/ASB Best Practice Recommendation 107, Best Practice Recommendation for Measuring Trigger Pull of a Firearm and Estimating Its Uncertainty, 2022, 1st Ed. | added to the Registry September 5, 2023 | comment adjudication

Footwear & Tire

• ANSI/ASB Best Practice Recommendation 021, Best Practices for the Preparation of Test Impressions from Footwear and Tires. 2019, 1st Ed. | added to the Registry May 4, 2021 | comment adjudication
• ANSI/ASB Best Practice Recommendation 049, Best Practice Recommendation for Lifting of Footwear and Tire Impressions. 2020, 1st Ed. | added to the Registry September 7, 2021 | comment adjudication 
• ANSI/ASB Best Practice Recommendation 050, Best Practice Recommendation for Photographic Documentation of Footwear and Tire Impression Evidence. 2021. 1^st Ed. (Errata 1, 2022) | added to the Registry September 5, 2023 | comment adjudication
• ANSI/ASB Standard 051, Scope of Work for a Footwear/Tire Examiner. 2020. 1st. Ed. (Errata 1, 2022) | added to the Registry October 3, 2023 | comment adjudication
• ANSI/ASB Best Practice Recommendation 052, Best Practice Recommendation for the Detection and Collection of Footwear and Tire Impression Evidence. 2022. 1st Ed. | added to the Registry July 5, 2023 | comment adjudication
• ANSI/ASB Standard 095, Standard for Minimum Qualifications and Training for a Footwear/Tire FSSP. 2020. 1st Ed. (Errata 1, 2022) | added to the Registry October 3, 2023 | comment adjudication

Forensic Document Examination

• ANSI/ASB Standard 044, Standard for Examination of Documents for Indentations. 2019. 1st Ed. | added to the Registry September 5, 2023 | comment adjudication

Friction Ridge

• OSAC 2021-N-0020, Best Practice Recommendations for Limited Examinations | added to the Registry April 5, 2022 | comment adjudication
• OSAC 2022-S-0012, Standard for Proficiency Testing in Friction Ridge Examination | added to the Registry June 7, 2022 | comment adjudication

Gunshot Residue Analysis

• ANSI/ASTM E1588-20 Standard Practice for Gunshot Residue Analysis by Scanning Electron Microscopy/Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectrometry | added to the Registry September 7, 2021 | comment adjudication
• OSAC 2021-N-0009, Standard Practice for the Collection and Preservation of Organic Gunshot Residue | added to the Registry December 7, 2021 | comment adjudication

Medicolegal Death Investigation

• ANSI/ASB Best Practice Recommendation 009, Best Practice Recommendations for the Examination of Human Remains by Forensic Pathologists in the Disaster Victim Identification Context. 2019, 1st Ed. | added to the Registry September 7, 2021 | comment adjudication
• OSAC 2022-N-0026, Medicolegal Death Investigation: Terms and Definitions | added to the Registry September 6, 2022 | comment adjudication

Odontology

• ADA 1077-2020 Human Age Assessment by Dental Analysis | added to the Registry November 2, 2021 | comment adjudication
• OSAC 2021-N-0030, Terminology for a Suspected Pattern of Dental Origin | added to the Registry April 5, 2022 | comment adjudication

Seized Drugs

• ANSI/ASTM E1968-19 Standard Practice for Microcrystal Testing in Forensic Analysis for Cocaine | added to the Registry July 6, 2021 | comment adjudication

• ANSI/ASTM E1969-19 Standard Practice for Microcrystal Testing in Forensic Analysis for Methamphetamine and Amphetamine | added to the Registry July 6, 2021 | comment adjudication

• ANSI/ASTM E2125-19 Standard Practice for Microcrystal Testing in Forensic Analysis for Phencyclidine and its Analogues | added to the Registry July 6, 2021 | comment adjudication

• ANSI/ASTM E2329-17 Standard Practice for Identification of Seized Drugs | added to the Registry August 7, 2018 | comment adjudication | supplemental comments

• ANSI/ASTM E2548-16 Standard Guide for Sampling Seized Drugs for Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis | added to the Registry June 1, 2021 | comment adjudication | supplemental comments | subcommittee response

• ANSI/ASTM E2882-19 Standard Guide for Analysis of Clandestine Drug Laboratory Evidence | added to the Registry July 6, 2021 | comment adjudication

• ANSI/ASTM E3255-21 Standard Practice for Quality Assurance of Forensic Science Service Providers Performing Forensic Chemical Analysis | added to the Registry November 2, 2021 | comment adjudication | subcommittee response

• OSAC 2022-S-0013, Standard Guide for Testimony in Seized Drugs Analysis  | added to the Registry December 6, 2022 | comment adjudication

Toxicology

• ANSI/ASB Standard 017, Standard Practices for Measurement Traceability in Forensic Toxicology. 2018, 1st Ed. | added to the Registry June 18, 2019 | comment adjudication
• ANSI/ASB Standard 036, Standard Practices for Method Validation in Forensic Toxicology. 2019. 1st Ed. | added to the Registry July 7, 2020 | comment adjudication
• ANSI/ASB Best Practice Recommendation 037, Guidelines for Opinions and Testimony in Forensic Toxicology. 2019. 1st Ed. | added to the Registry November 5, 2019 | comment adjudication
• ANSI/ASB Standard 053, Standard for Report Content in Forensic Toxicology. 2020. 1st Ed. | added to the Registry March 2, 2021 | comment adjudication | HFTG supplemental comments | LTG supplemental comments 
• ANSI/ASB Standard 054, Standard for a Quality Control Program in Forensic Toxicology Laboratories. 2021. 1st Ed. | added to the Registry September 6, 2022 | comment adjudication
• ANSI/ASB Standard 119, Standard for the Analytical Scope and Sensitivity of Forensic Toxicological Testing of Blood in Medicolegal Death Investigations. 2021 | 1st Ed. | added to the Registry September 6, 2022 | comment adjudication
• ANSI/ASB Standard 120, Standard for the Analytical Scope and Sensitivity of Forensic Toxicological Testing of Blood in Impaired Driving Investigations. 2021, 1st Ed. | added to the Registry September 6, 2022 | comment adjudication
• ANSI/ASB Standard 152, Standard for the Minimum Content Requirements of Forensic Toxicology Procedures. 2021, 1st Ed. | added to the Registry September 6, 2022 | comment adjudication
• OSAC 2020-S-0003, Guidelines for Performing Alcohol Calculations in Forensic Toxicology | added to the Registry May 3, 2022 | comment adjudication
  • The Forensic Toxicology Subcommittee requested this OSAC Proposed Standard be removed from the Registry (effective October 2023) due to the pending publication of ASB BPR 122.
• OSAC 2021-N-0026, Standard for Education and Training of Forensic Toxicology Personnel | comment adjudication
  • NOTE: This OSAC Proposed Standard was not added to the Registry and was sent to ASB for further development and publication.

Trace Evidence

• ANSI/ASTM E1967-19 Standard Test Method for the Automated Determination of Refractive Index of Glass Samples Using the Oil Immersion Method and a Phase Contrast Microscope | added to the Registry July 7, 2020 | comment adjudication
• ANSI/ASTM E2330-19 Standard Test Method for Determination of Concentrations of Elements in Glass Samples Using Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) for Forensic Comparisons  | added to the Registry July 7, 2020 | comment adjudication
• ANSI/ASTM E2926-17 Standard Test Method for Forensic Comparison of Glass Using Micro X-ray Fluorescence (μ-XRF) Spectrometry  | added to the Registry July 31, 2017 | LRC comments | additional adjudication remarks | appeal | appeal decision | re-adjudication 
• ANSI/ASTM E2927-16e1 Standard Test Method for Determination of Trace Elements in Soda-Lime Glass Samples Using Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry for Forensic Comparisons  | added to the Registry June 5, 2018 | comment adjudication | LRC comments & subcommittee adjudication | STG comments & subcommittee adjudication
• ANSI/ASTM E3085-17 Standard Guide for Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy in Forensic Tape Examinations  | added to the Registry September 11, 2018 | comments & adjudication | LRC comments & adjudication | appeal | appeal decisions
• ANSI/ASTM E3233-20 Standard Practice for Forensic Tape Analysis Training Program  | added to the Registry November 3, 2020 | comment adjudication 
• ANSI/ASTM E3234-20 Standard Practice for Forensic Paint Analysis Training Program | added to the Registry November 3, 2020 | comment adjudication 
• ANSI/ASTM E3260-21 Standard Guide for Forensic Examination and Comparison of Pressure Sensitive Tapes  | added to the Registry October 5, 2021 | comment adjudication
• ANSI/ASTM E3272-21 Standard Guide for Collection of Soils and Other Geological Evidence for Criminal Forensic Applications | added to the Registry September 7, 2021 | comment adjudication
• ANSI/ASTM E3294-22 Standard Guide for Forensic Analysis of Geological Materials by Powder X-Ray Diffraction | added to the Registry December 6, 2022 | comment adjudication
• OSAC 2022-S-0015, Standard Guide for Forensic Physical Fit Examination | added to the Registry November 1, 2022 | comment adjudication
• OSAC 2022-S-0019, Standard Guide for Forensic Examination of Fibers | added to the Registry April 4, 2023 | comment adjudication

Video/Imaging Technology & Analysis

• OSAC 2021-S-0027, Standard Guide for Laboratory Photography | added to the Registry July 5, 2022 | comment adjudication
• OSAC 2022-S-0001, Standard Guide for Image Comparison Opinions | added to the Registry June 6, 2023 | comment adjudication

Wildlife Forensic Biology

• ANSI/ASB Standard 019, Wildlife Forensics General Standards. 2019, 1st Ed. | added to the Registry March 2, 2021 | comment adjudication
• ANSI/ASB Standard 029, Report Writing in Wildlife Forensics: Morphology and Genetics. 2019, 1st Ed. (added to the Registry March 2, 2021 | comment adjudication | subcommittee response
• OSAC 2021-N-0001, Wildlife Forensics Method-Collection of Known DNA Samples from Domestic Mammals | added to the Registry April 6, 2021 | comment adjudication

Interdisciplinary

• ANSI/ASTM E2917-19a Standard Practice for Forensic Science Practitioner Training, Continuing Education, and Professional Development Programs | added to the Registry November 5, 2019 | comment adjudication 

• ISO/IEC 17020:2012 Conformity Assessment—Requirements for the Operation of Various Types of Bodies Performing Inspection | added to the Registry April 18, 2017 | comment adjudication | appeal | appeal decision