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### 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.

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