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Deborah Cole, New Jersey Office of Forensic Science
Michael Crowe, New York City Police Department Police Laboratory
Anna Deakin, Defense Forensic Science Center (including USACIL)
David Gouldthorpe, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
Eric Grunwald, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
Sneh Gulati, Florida International University (Statistics Task Group representative)
Jennifer Hatch, Texas Department of Public Safety
Melissa Hehir, Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Stephanie Lambert, San Diego Police Department
Brittney Rollison, American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (Quality Task Group member)
Sarah Shuda, The Center for Forensic Science Research and Education
Edward Sisco, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Casper Venter, West Virginia University
Standards
Published by a Standards Developing Organization (SDO) and on the OSAC Registry
ASTM E1968-19 Standard Practice for Microcrystal Testing in Forensic Analysis for Cocaine (added to the OSAC Registry July 6, 2021).
ASTM E1969-19 Standard Practice for Microcrystal Testing in the Forensic Analysis of Methamphetamine and Amphetamine (added to the OSAC Registry July 6, 2021).
ASTM E2125-19 Standard Practice for Microcrystal Testing in the Forensic Analysis of Phencyclidine and its Analogues (added to the OSAC Registry July 6, 2021).
ASTM E2329-17 Standard Practice for Identification of Seized Drugs (added to the OSAC Registry August 7, 2018).
ASTM E2548-16 Standard Guide for Sampling Seized Drugs for Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis (added to the OSAC Registry June 1, 2021).
the 2011 version is available in the registry archive).
ASTM E2882-19 Standard Guide for Analysis of Clandestine Drugs (added to the OSAC Registry July 6, 2021).
ASTM E3255-21 Standard Practice for Quality Assurance of Forensic Science Service Providers Performing Chemical Analysis (added to the OSAC Registry November 2, 2021).
visit the osac registry webpage to access the astm standards above.
Discipline-Specific Bibliographies and Bibliographic References
These documents may contain information to help forensic scientists, judges, lawyers, researchers, and other readers better understand the nature, scope, and foundations of the individual disciplines as currently practiced. The identification of these documents does not represent an endorsement by OSAC or NIST. Only standards that are posted on the OSAC Registry and Technical Guidance documents, are endorsed by OSAC. The referenced documents may be subject to copyright. Note: Subcommittee position statements or responses to data collections by the subcommittee do not necessarily represent the position of OSAC or NIST.
