Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science

Forensic Science Standards Board Meeting

November 15, 2023, 12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. ET

Virtual Meeting – MS Teams - Click here to join the meeting

Call in: 443-339-4347, ID: 276 527 648#

12:30 p.m. CALL MEETING TO ORDER - ROLL CALL Andy Smith

12:35 p.m. Standards and Documents in Process [Action/Vote/Information] John Jones

1. SDO Published and OSAC Proposed Standards

a. Registry Recirculations: # Recirculation Discussions - BALLOTS DUE: 11/17/2023

- None

b. Registry Petitions: 4 Petition Discussions - BALLOTS DUE: 11/17/2023

- ASB 099-20 (2022), Standard for Footwear/Tire Examination PT Program Kanaris/Swofford

- 2021-N-0018, Standard for On-Scene Collection & Preservation of Physical Evidence Pettolina/Kessler

- 2022-N-0039, Collecting/Preserving Entomological Evidence, Terrestrial Environ. Tomberlin/Kessler

- 2022-S-0024, BPRs for Evaluative Forensic DNA Testimony Kalafut/Sobieralski

c. Registry Review: 7 New Introductions - PETITIONS DUE: 12/6/2023

- SWGDE 2022-09-22 (22-F-003-1.0, Best Practices for Remote Collection of Sims

Digital Evidence from a Networked Computing Environment {Intro}

- ASTM E3295-23, Standard Guide for Using Micro X-Ray Fluorescence (μ-XRF) in Taylor

Forensic Polymer Examinations {Intro}

- ASB 142-22, BPR for the Resolution of Conflicts in Friction Ridge Examination {Intro} Swofford

- 2022-S-0031, Standard Guide for Forensic Digital Video Examination Workflow Sims

- 2023-N-0027, Standard Guide for Forensic Trace Evidence Recovery {Intro} Taylor

- 2022-S-0036, Standard Method for the Chemical Testing of Copper and Lead from Kessler

Suspected Projectile Impacts {Intro}

- 2023-N-0002, Standard for Scene Documentation Procedures {Intro} Kessler

2. Cross Cutting Documents: [Attachment]

3. Standards Open for Comment at SDOs: OSAC Website

1:45 p.m. Old Business [Information] Andy Smith

4. Ballot Update [Attachment] D. Sirk

1:50 p.m. New Business [Information] Andy Smith

5. Feedback from Friction Ridge Stakeholders at IAI J. Jones

2:00 p.m. SAC Updates [Action/Information] SAC Chairs

6. SAC FY24 Annual Goals/Deliverables [Attachment] A. Smith

7. Chemistry: Trace Evidence C. Taylor

a. Motion [Attachment] [Vote]

8. Digital/Multimedia L. Sims

9. Chemistry: Seized Drugs/Toxicology M. LeBeau

10. Biology C. Sobieralski

11. Medicine E. Conlon

12. Physics/Pattern Interpretation H. Swofford

13. Scene Examination M. Kessler
Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science

Forensic Science Standards Board Meeting

November 15, 2023, 12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. ET

Virtual Meeting – MS Teams - Click here to join the meeting

Call in: 443-339-4347, ID: 276 527 648#

2:15 p.m. Task Group Activities [Information] Sara Walker

14. Task Group Updates [Information] TG Chairs

a. Human Factors P. Skene

b. Implementer Cohort S. Kerrigan/C. Taylor

c. Legal L. Garcia

d. Long Term Strategic Plan – Action Items [Attachment] M. Najarro

e. Nominations S. Kerrigan

f. Outreach and Communications J. Ropero-Miller

g. Proficiency Testing C. Taylor

h. Quality S. Walker

i. Root Cause Analysis - Actions/Solutions TBD, M. LeBeau

j. Statistics W. Guthrie

k. Terminology S. Walker

l. FSSB Member’s Task Group Assignments [Attachment] S. Walker

2:25 p.m. Action Item Recap A. Getz

2:30 p.m. ADJOURN

Absences:

Guests or Substitutes:

FSSB Orientation Recording can be found here:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1mmk_hwBhIqKVhvkpwfGNNUFobD8LsFJ6