Evidence Management Steering Committee Report: Opportunities to Strengthen Evidence Management Processes

Published

September 26, 2025

Author(s)

NIST/NIJ Evidence Management Steering Committee

Abstract

In 2018 in conjunction with the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) assembled a group of multidisciplinary experts, the Evidence Management Steering Committee, to develop a plan to (1) provide recommendations for the retention, preservation, integrity, and disposition of evidence and property and (2) encourage the adoption of practice improvements, through education and engagement, by the broad community of U.S. justice system stakeholders involved in evidence management. The committee oversaw four major activities: an evidence management survey (NIST SP 1500-33B);a review of existing research on evidence management (NIST SP 1500-33C); a stakeholder workshop; and preparation of this document. Additionally, the dataset that serves as the basis of the committee's findings in the aforementioned reports has been published at https://doi.org/10.18434/mds2-3834.

Citation

Special Publication (NIST SP) - 1500-33A

Report Number

1500-33A

NIST Pub Series

Special Publication (NIST SP)

Pub Type

NIST Pubs

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https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.1500-33A

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Keywords

Evidence, evidence management, forensic, forensic evidence, forensic science.

Citation

Steering Committee, N. (2025), Evidence Management Steering Committee Report: Opportunities to Strengthen Evidence Management Processes, Special Publication (NIST SP), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.1500-33A, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=960115 (Accessed October 12, 2025)