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OSAC News
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.
2019
- OSAC Adds 25th Standard to the Registry, December 19, 2019.
- OSAC's Friction Ridge Subcommittee Develops Friction Ridge Examination Process Map, December 10, 2019.
- Interdisciplinary Training Standard Added to the OSAC Registry, December 2, 2019.
- Texas Forensic Science Commission Recommends Crime Laboratories Adopt OSAC Registry Standards, November 22, 2019.
- Two DNA Standards Considered for OSAC Registry, November 12, 2019.
- OSAC Newsletter, October 2019 & Annual Report Now Available, October 29, 2019.
- Houston Forensic Science Center is an Early Implementer of Standards on the OSAC Registry, October 10, 2019.
- OSAC Celebrates National Forensic Science Week, September 23, 2019.
- OSAC 2.0: Updating Structure and Streamlining Processes, September 17, 2019.
- OSAC Adds Two Disaster Victim Identification Standards to the Registry, September 6, 2019.
- OSAC Standards Bulletin, September 2019 Now Available, September 5, 2019.
- OSAC In Action at the International Association for Identification Conference, August 28, 2019.
- OSAC Standards Bulletin, August 2019 Now Available, August 6, 2019.
- OSAC Newsletter, July 2019 (Summer Edition) Now Available, July 2, 2019.
- OSAC Standards Bulletin, July 2019 Now Available, July 1, 2019.
- OSAC Adds Two New Standards to Registry and Opens Comment Period on Two Disaster Victim Identification Standards, June 18, 2019.
- The FSSB is Pleased to Announce the Sharon B. Nakich Award, June 11, 2019.
- OSAC Standards Bulletin, June 2019 Now Available, June 4, 2019.
- OSAC Standards Bulletin, May 2019 Now Available, May 14, 2019.
- Open Comment Period Opens for ASTM Standard: E2917-19, May 2, 2019.
- OSAC Public Update Meeting & Open Discussions, April 15, 2019.
- OSAC Standards Bulletin, April 2019 Now Available, April 10, 2019.
- OSAC Standards Bulletin, March 2019 Now Available, March 7, 2019.
- OSAC Standards Bulletin, February 2019 Now Available, February 14, 2019.
For older news items, visit the OSAC News Archive.
Created February 7, 2014, Updated January 10, 2025