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OSAC

The Organization of Scientific Area Committees is part of an initiative by NIST and theDepartment of Justice to strengthen forensic science in the US. The organization is acollaborative body of more than 500 forensic science practicioners and other experts.NIST established OSAC to support the development and promulgation of forensicscience consensus documentary standards and guidelines, and to ensure that a sufficientscientific basis exists for each discipline. Seewww.nist.gov/forensics/osac/index.cfm

Committee

Interdisciplinary

Date Added to Lexicon

06/12/2023

Standard Source (Designation Number Title of Standard. Publisher, Place, Year.)

ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011 Update:2015 Data Format for the Interchange of Fingerprint, Facial & Other Biometric Information. ANSI/National Institute of Standards and Technology, 2011. Source link