[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 80 (Wednesday, April 26, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 20507]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-10240]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Federal Bureau of Investigation


DNA Advisory Board Meeting

    Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 
notice is hereby given that the DNA Advisory Board (DAB) will meet on 
May 12, 1995, from 11:00 am until 5:00 pm, at the General Services 
Administration Regional Office Building, Room 1909, Seventh and D 
Streets Southwest, Washington, D. C. 20407. Entrance to the meeting is 
through the 9th and D Street entrance. All attendees will be admitted 
only after displaying personal identification which bears a photograph 
of the attendee.
    The DAB's objectives and scope are: To develop, and if appropriate, 
periodically revise, recommended standards for quality assurance to the 
Director of the FBI, including standards for testing the proficiency of 
forensic laboratories, and forensic analysts, in conducting analyses of 
DNA; To recommend standards to the Director of the FBI which specify 
criteria for quality assurance and proficiency tests to be applied to 
the various types of DNA analyses used by forensic laboratories; and, 
To make recommendations to the Director of the FBI for a system for 
grading proficiency testing performance to determine whether a 
laboratory is performing acceptably.
    The topics discussed at this meeting include a review of Federal 
ethics and conflict of interest laws and the role of DAB members as 
special government employees, the review administrative procedures and 
to establish by-laws and rules of order for the conduct of DAB 
meetings, and to review the history of forensic DNA testing and the 
development of quality assurance standards now in place.

    The meeting is open to the public on a first-come, first seated 
basis. Anyone wishing to address the DAB must notify the Designated 
Federal Employee (DFE) in writing at least twenty-four hours before the 
DAB meets. The notification must include the requestor's name, 
organizational affiliation, a short statement describing the topic to 
be addressed, and the amount of time requested. Oral statements to the 
DAB will be limited to five minutes and limited to subject matter 
directly related to the DAB's agenda, unless otherwise permitted by the 
Chairman.

    Any member of the public may file a written statement for the 
record concerning the DAB and its work before or after the meeting. 
Written statements for the record will be furnished to each DAB member 
for their consideration and will be included in the official minutes of 
a DAB meeting. Written statements must be type written on 8 xerographic 
weight paper, one side only, and bound only by a paper clip (not 
stapled). All pages must be numbered. Statements should include the 
Name, Organizational Affiliation, Address, and Telephone number of the 
author(s). Written statements for the record will be included in 
minutes of the meeting immediately following the receipt of the written 
statement, unless the statement is received within three weeks of the 
meeting. Under this circumstance, the written statement will be 
included with the minutes of the following meeting. Written statements 
for the record should be submitted to the DFE.

    Inquiries may be addressed to the DFE, Mr. Milton E. Ahlerich, 
Assistant Director, Laboratory Division, Tenth Street Northwest, 
Washington, DC 20535, (202) 324-4410.

    Dated: April 20, 1995.

Milton E. Ahlerich.

Assistant Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation.

[FR Doc. 95-10240 Filed 4-25-95; 8:45 am]

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