OSAC News

2026

• NIST & OSAC at AAFS 2026, January 29, 2026

2025

• OSAC Redefines Structure, Authorities, and Processes for Greater Impact, December 2, 2025.
• OSAC's Wildlife Forensic Biology Subcommittee Develops Process Map, September 19, 2025.
• NIST & OSAC at AAFS 2025, January 10, 2025. 

2024

• NIST & OSAC at IAI 2024, August 5, 2024.
• OSAC Registry Implementation Open Enrollment Returns for 2024, April 1, 2024.
• Measuring the Impact of Implementation: 2023, April 1, 2024.
• OSAC at AAFS 2024, February 19 - 23, 2024.
• NIST News Spotlight: Forensics Videos and App for Collecting Trace Evidence, January 8, 2024.

2023

• OSAC Releases a Refreshed Lexicon for the Forensic Sciences, November 7, 2023.
• OSAC Expands Outreach to Non-Traditional Forensic Science Service Providers, July 28, 2023.
• NIST & OSAC at IAI 2023, July 27, 2023.
• Call for Nominations: 2023 Sharon B. Nakich Award, July 26, 2023.
• Tracking Implementation of Standards on the OSAC Registry - Open Enrollment Initiative, July 18, 2023.
• OSAC's Fire & Explosion Investigation Subcommittee Develops Process Map, March 15, 2023.
• OSAC at AAFS 2023, February 13-18, 2023.

2022

• OSAC's Seized Drugs Subcommittee Develops Process Map, November 30, 2022.
• New Forensic Toxicology Standard for the Testing of Blood in Impaired Driving Investigations Added to the OSAC Registry, September 29, 2022.
• Two New Forensic Firearm Examination Standards Added to the OSAC Registry of Approved Standards, August 8, 2022.
• Call for Nominations: 2022 Sharon B. Nakich Award, August 4, 2022.
• OSAC's Footwear & Tire Subcommittee Develops Process Map, June 9, 2022.
• OSAC's Human Forensic Biology Subcommittee Develops DNA Analysis Process Map, May 5, 2022.
• OSAC at AAFS 2022, February 21-25, 2022.

2021

• Trace Evidence Collection App Available Now, December 16, 2021.
• OSAC Celebrates National Forensic Science Week 2021, September 30, 2021.
• OSAC's Fire & Explosion Investigation Subcommittee Publish Strategic Plan for Improving Fire and Explosion Investigation, August 24, 2021.
• Call for Applicants: Forensic Nursing Subcommittee, July 20, 2021.
• OSAC and the Registry: In Full Bloom, May 27, 2021.
• OSAC at AAFS 2021, February 15-19, 2021.
• OSAC's Firearms & Toolmarks Subcommittee Develops Firearms Process Map, January 19, 2021.

2020

• Changes to OSAC's Structure and Processes, October 1, 2020.
• Two New Forensic DNA Standards Added to the OSAC Registry, May 12, 2020.
• Forensic Soil Evidence Collection Training Video Now Available, January 16, 2020.

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