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Message from the Chair

By Laurel Farrell, FSSB Chair

Spring often brings renewed enthusiasm 

and passion for activities you believe in. 

There is a renewed desire to accomplish 

items on your “to-do” list and take on new 

projects. The Organization of Scientific 

Area Committees (OSAC) for Forensic 

Science continues to thrive due to the 

passion of its members and affiliates for 

the mission and aims of the organization.

A concerted effort continues to draft OSAC 

Proposed Standards that align with the 

main topics identified in OSAC’s Organizational Priorities document.

These standards support the technical foundation for the forensic 

services provided daily in the United States. The OSAC Work Products

Tracker is now also available to the public. This tracker provides 

current information on the significant number of standards currently 

in development and moving through the Registry approval process.

The OSAC is mature enough now that standards are also coming up 

for renewal in the respective standards developing organizations 

(SDOs). The standards development process is designed to allow for 

continual improvement in wording based on use of the standard and 

the continued evolution in preferred terminology. Please take time 

to review the articles in this newsletter on the history of the OSAC 

Registry of Standards and growing list of standards that it now 

contains!

This newsletter also showcases efforts that have been made by OSAC subcommittees and the 

professional forensic science organizations represented on the Forensic Science Standards Board (FSSB)

to educate the forensic science community on the intent of standard requirements and on 

implementation tips and techniques. The lessons learned by these early adopters save everyone else in 

MAY 2021 

 

 

 

In this Issue

Message from the 

Chair

OSAC News

OSAC Registry 

Updates

Registry 

Implementation 

Corner

OSAC in Action

OSAC in the News

OSAC & Other 

Forensic Science

Events

Professional 

Organization Spotlight

NIST Research 

Activities

Laurel Farrell, FSSB Chair
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the community time and effort and provide input on the tools that may be necessary for wider 

implementation. 

The FSSB and the OSAC Program Office are hosting a series of outreach meetings with stakeholders to 

identify challenges to implementation and to brainstorm on ideas to reduce or remove hurdles. The first 

stakeholder meeting was held with representatives from standards developing organizations, 

proficiency test providers, certification bodies and accreditation bodies in January 2021. The FSSB and 

OSAC Program Office came away with several action items after this meeting. The FSSB is looking 

forward to the second meeting in this series that is scheduled to be held on May 27 with leaders of 

crime laboratories and other forensic science service providers. The continued feedback received will be 

used to revise and refine the OSAC Registry Implementation Plan and as input into the long-term 

strategic plan that is being developed.

Use, or implementation, of the standards is growing. Just as with standards development, this too will 

begin to grow at an exponential rate in the near future. If your organization has not yet taken its first 

step to implementation, the articles in this newsletter may give you an idea of how to take that first 

step. If you need assistance, please contact the OSAC Program Office.

Implementation is the ultimate compliment to those that have put in the years of hard work to get a 

standard published.

Respectfully,

FSSB Chair

OSAC News

 

The Life of Standards Implementation from Infancy to Maturity 

By Mark Stolorow*

OSAC was born as Forensic Science Guidance Groups in the NIST/USDOJ Memorandum of 

Understanding signed in March 2013. OSAC drew its first breath when the proposed organization chart 

was presented at the inaugural meeting of the National Commission on Forensic Science on February 4, 

2014. By October 2014, the Forensic Science Standards Board (FSSB), resource committees, scientific 

area committees (SACs) and subcommittees were in place and taking their first baby steps. OSAC said its 

first words on January 27, 2016 at the All-Hands Meeting at the National Conference Center in Leesburg, 

Virginia. There, then NIST Director, Willie May, announced the listing of the first standard on the OSAC

Registry. 
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OSAC's first All-Hands Meeting, January 2016 in Leesburg, VA. From left, John Paul “JP” Jones II and audience selfie 

at the plenary session; Mark Stolorow, then Director for OSAC Affairs, and JP Jones, then Associate Director for OSAC 

Affairs, getting ready to kick-off the inaugural meeting; OSAC members summarizing highlights from the plenary 

presentations; then NIST Director, Willie May, announcing the addition of the first standard to the OSAC Registry.

The infant was walking and talking and has never looked back! In April 2021 OSAC added the 50th

standard to the Registry. Reflecting on where OSAC started and where we have come today gives us an 

opportunity to celebrate the wonderful collaboration and cooperation of more than a thousand 

members and affiliates who have contributed so much time and energy to these achievements. While 

OSAC has undergone continuous improvement in its metamorphosis over time, we still have far to go in 

standards development and in helping the forensic science community to embrace the implementation 

of standards.

Recognizing the value of high-quality forensic science standards and instituting them in the criminal 

justice system is foremost among the purposes of the 2018 OSAC Registry Implementation Plan. This

plan outlines various pathways for implementation, some of which include: 

• Implementing standards broadly across the nation’s forensic science laboratories.

• Championing standards implementation by innovative leaders in all our criminal justice 

stakeholder communities.

• Advocating for standards development and implementation in policy position statements by the 

boards of directors of all the major professional forensic science organizations.

• Educating judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys and innocence project attorneys on the 

virtues of expert testimony describing the value of applying standards to the analysis of forensic 

science evidence.

• Incorporating incentives into forensic science research funding decisions that recognize and 

encourage agencies to implement standards.

• Incorporating education about the use and value of standards into the forensic science curricula 

of colleges and universities.
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The implementation of standards has begun to come full circle. We have now witnessed court rulings 

citing standards on the OSAC Registry. Among the earliest of those rulings is the memorandum issued by 

the judge in a seized drugs case in Imperial County, California, barring the admission of drug evidence 

for failure to conduct sufficient confirmatory chemical analysis, contrary to standards on the OSAC 

Registry (see People of the State of California v Randy Chacon, et al, Case No. JCF36904, Imperial Co. Cal. 

Superior Court, Statement and Decision of Order RE: Motion to Set Aside, Dismiss, Grand Jury 

Indictment [Pen. Code §995]).

As the criminal justice system recognition of standards on the OSAC Registry broadens, forensic science 

experts will increasingly encounter examination and cross-examination directed specifically at the 

application of standards to the analysis of evidence introduced into criminal courts. The value of 

introducing nationally recognized high-quality forensic science standards to assist the trier of fact in 

adjudicating criminal cases is also likely to increase as stakeholders become educated about the growing 

OSAC Registry of Standards.

*Mark Stolorow was the NIST Special Programs Office Director for OSAC Affairs, 2014-2019. Following his retirement in 2019, 

he has served the OSAC Program Office as a consulting contractor facilitating implementation of standards on the OSAC 

Registry.

OSAC Stakeholder Outreach Meetings 

To further broaden collaboration opportunities, OSAC is establishing a series of virtual meetings with 

key stakeholder groups in the forensic science community to share ideas and find common goals to work 

towards.

OSAC held its first Stakeholder Outreach Meeting on 

January 27, 2021 with standards developing 

organizations (SDOs), certification bodies, proficiency 

testing providers, and accreditation bodies. Read the 

Summary Report on the OSAC Events webpage for a

review of the sessions and the key takeaways from this 

meeting. 

OSAC’s next Stakeholder Outreach Meeting will be held 

May 27, 2021 with crime laboratory directors and other 

key decision-makers from local, state, and federal crime 

laboratories. We’re looking forward to engaging in a 

conversation with these stakeholders to hear their 

thoughts and the current challenges they see related to 

forensic testing, standardization, and quality 

management.

Read the summary report from OSAC's first 

Stakeholder Outreach Meeting for a review of the 

sessions and key takeaways from the meeting.
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OSAC Registry Updates

Registry Additions: Q2 FY2021 

The Forensic Science Standards Board (FSSB) approved three standards for the 

OSAC Registry in Q2 FY 2021. Initially drafted by OSAC’s Wildlife Forensic Biology 

and Forensic Toxicology Subcommittees, these standards were added to the 

OSAC Registry on March 2, 2021. 

• ANSI/ASB Standard 019, Wildlife Forensics General Standards, First 

Edition, 2019. This standard covers good laboratory practices, evidence 

handling, and training as well as considerations of taxonomy and 

reference collections that are specific to wildlife forensic science.

• ANSI/ASB Standard 029, Report Writing in Wildlife Forensics: Morphology and Genetics, First 

Edition, 2019. This standard describes the information to be provided in formal written reports 

of wildlife forensic examinations for use in legal proceedings. Requirements for both genetic and 

morphological examination reports are covered.

• ANSI/ASB Standard 053, Standard for Report Content in Forensic Toxicology, First Edition, 2020.

This standard delineates the requirements for reporting results from forensic toxicology 

analyses. Specifically, it is intended for the subdisciplines of human performance toxicology 

(e.g., driving- under-the-influence of alcohol or drugs and drug-facilitated crimes), postmortem 

forensic toxicology, non-regulated employment drug testing, court-ordered toxicology (e.g., 

probation and parole, drug courts, child services), and general forensic toxicology (e.g., nonlethal poisonings or intoxications). 

Visit the OSAC Registry webpage to access these standards and see the other published and OSAC 

Proposed Standards available to the forensic science community.

Registry Implementation Corner

Wisconsin State Crime Laboratories Move “Forward” with Implemented OSAC 

Standards 

Courtesy of Eva M.L. King, Division of Forensic Sciences, Wisconsin State Crime Laboratories

The Path 

Wisconsin State Crime Laboratories (WSCL) Volume 1, Issue 4, January 

29, 2015 internal communication to all WSCL Staff provided the Quality 

Assurance update on the Fall 2014 Association of Forensic Quality 

Assurance Managers (AFQAM) 13th Annual Training Conference held at

Vancouver, British Columbia. There, then Director of OSAC Affairs Mark 

D. Stolorow, presented on the federal level’s Forensic Science 

Realignment to strengthen the nation’s use of forensic science. He spoke 

of pending legislation at that time and the new NIST role of 

administering the OSAC. Director Stolorow also informed of the OSAC 

Credit: Wisconsin State 

Crime Laboratories
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structure and respective OSAC roles that included the Forensic Science Standards Board’s role in 

managing the OSAC Registry of Approved Standards and Guidelines, approving standards, setting rules,

and establishing priorities for the OSAC.

The Journey

Looking back on the almost seven years since that WSCL internal communication, the WSCL moved from 

OSAC introduction to encouraging staff to participate in OSAC activities, all the while continually 

receiving updates through OSAC publications, OSAC presentations at professional organizational 

meetings, and meetings between OSAC and WSCL. During this period with clear mission, vision and a 

keen focus on the 2009 National Research Council’s paper, Strengthening Forensic Science in the United 

States: A Path Forward, a reorganization of the WSCL occurred allowing scientific independence from 

law enforcement leadership transforming the WSCL into a single Division of Forensic Sciences (DFS) 

under the direct Leadership of Division Administrator (Labs Director) Nicole L. Roehm. Division 

Administrator Roehm encouraged participation in national forensic science standards development and 

working groups. Under Director Roehm’s leadership Deputy Division Administrator Jennifer D. Naugle 

became a member of national committees for forensic science policy and national advocacy. Director 

Roehm instituted the WSCL’s Quality Assurance Bureau (QAB) that resulted in a Quality Statement that 

is very intentional about the commitment to OSAC Standards.

WSCL Quality Statement

To achieve and maintain accreditation under the international standard “General Requirements for the 

Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories” (ISO/IEC 17025), a forensic science accrediting 

body's supplemental requirements, and all other statutory, regulatory standards required to provide 

forensic services, and to use and support technically sound standards and guidelines of the Organization 

of Scientific Area Committees (OSAC) registry as applicable.

Wisconsin Moves “Forward”

Communications continue at the WSCL with a wider network by continually incorporating the

scientifically based standards of the ISO/IEC 17025:2017, the WSCL’s accrediting body’s Accreditation 

Requirements, and the FBI Quality Assurance Standards and now also by becoming an implementer of 

OSAC standards. With credit to DFS Leadership and all WSCL Staff, the WSCL has declared their 

implementation of the following standards on the 

OSAC Registry and has been awarded an OSAC 

Implementer Certificate:

• ANSI/ASB Standard 022, Standard for 

Forensic DNA Analysis Training Programs, 

First Edition, 2019 (added to OSAC 

Registry on September 1, 2020).

• ANSI/ASB Standard 020, Standard for 

Validation Studies of DNA Mixtures, and 

Development and Verification of a 

Laboratory’s Mixture Interpretation 

Protocol, First Edition, 2018 (added to 

OSAC Registry on May 12, 2020).

• ANSI/ASB Standard 040, Standard for 

Forensic DNA Interpretation and OSAC Implementer Certificate awarded to Wisconsin State Crime 

Laboratories.
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Comparison Protocols, First Edition, 2019 (added to OSAC Registry on May 12, 2020).

• ASTM E2916-19e1 Standard Terminology for Digital and Multimedia Evidence Examination 

(added to OSAC Registry on July 7, 2020).

The WSCL continues “forward” with an eye and contribution to the OSAC Registry of high-quality, 

technically sound proposed and published standards for forensic science and commitment to declaring 

implementation of OSAC Standards as applicable.

Texas Forensic Science Commission’s Continued Commitment to OSAC and 

Registry Implementation 

In March, the Texas Forensic Science Commission 

(TXFSC) contacted members from the Texas 

Association of Crime Laboratory Directors (TACLD)

to inform and hear their feedback on a new 

initiative related to the implementation of 

standards on the OSAC Registry.

As part of this initiative, first, the TXFSC plans to

develop a section of their website dedicated to 

OSAC implementation. Each laboratory will have 

the ability to indicate which OSAC Registry 

standard(s) they have implemented (in whole or 

part). Laboratories will also be able to post their 

OSAC Registry Standards Implementer Certificates 

on their OSAC profile pages.

The first group of standards this initiative will focus on include the disciplines covered by the following 

OSAC subcommittees:

• Human Forensic Biology

• Seized Drugs

• Forensic Toxicology

• Trace Materials

• Ignitable Liquids, Explosives, & Gunshot Residue

• Footwear & Tire

• Firearms & Toolmarks

• Interdisciplinary

Second, the TXFSC is also developing resources to:

• Provide supplemental information/guidance regarding the standards to the extent the 

Commission believes such guidance would be helpful to ensure a full understanding and 

appreciation of the concepts expressed in the standard.

• Provide laboratories assistance with performing gap analysis for standards that may currently 

feel out of reach in a given discipline, or for certain sections of standards that post particular 

barrier to implementation. This material will include checklists and other tools to help 

practitioners implement standards efficiently and effectively. 

Texas State Capitol 

Credit: JP Jones
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• Provide opportunities or interaction/training with the individuals involved in drafting the 

standards and other subject matter experts. 

 

Professional Forensic Science Organizations Support of OSAC and Implementation 

Seven professional forensic science organizations, all 

represented on OSAC’s FSSB, have formally declared their 

support of OSAC and the development and 

implementation of forensic science standards. Read the 

policy and positions statements from the American 

Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS), Association of 

Firearm and Tool Mark Examiners (AFTE), Association of 

Forensic Quality Assurance Managers (AFQAM), American 

Society of Crime Laboratory Directors (ASCLD),

International Association for Identification (IAI), National 

Association of Medical Examiners (NAME), and Society of 

Forensic Toxicologists (SOFT) on OSAC’s Registry Implementation webpage. 

OSAC appreciates the continued support from these seven organizations and looks forward to working

with them to advance forensic science through standards development and implementation.

Coming Soon: Implementation Survey 

In mid-June 2021 OSAC will be releasing the first annual survey to 

laboratory directors and quality assurance managers across the 

country to assess the state of OSAC Registry standards 

implementation. OSAC is seeking to understand how laboratories 

are implementing standards and what support they need to 

improve standards implementation. The survey is intended to be a 

yearly snapshot and assessment, and this first one will cover Registry standards (those posted through 

March 2021). Participants will be encouraged to reach out to the OSAC Program Office for any 

assistance they need with current and future standards implementation. 

After the successful completion of this first survey we hope to expand it to forensic entities in addition 

to crime laboratories, including digital forensics, crime scene investigation and forensic pathology. If you 

have any questions, please email the OSAC Program Office (forensics@nist.gov).
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OSAC in Action

Participate in OSAC’s Forensic Toxicology Subcommittee Questionnaire on Blood 

Alcohol Analysis 

OSAC’s Forensic Toxicology Subcommittee is seeking 

information regarding methodology(ies) and current

practices used by forensic laboratories for the 

quantitative analysis of blood alcohol (ethanol).

If your laboratory performs this analysis, the 

subcommittee invites you to participate in this 

questionnaire (only one entry per laboratory, please). 

The aggregated summary data obtained

may be published/presented for the benefit of the 

community, but individual laboratory data will remain 

confidential.

Please contact Becky Wagner at

becky.wagner@dfs.virginia.gov if you have any 

questions.

Now Available: OSAC Work Products Tracker 

To better inform the forensic science 

community of OSAC’s latest standards and 

Registry activities, we have made available a 

list of standards, organized by each OSAC 

subcommittee, that are moving through the 

development and Registry processes. This list 

will be updated each month with the release 

of the OSAC Standards Bulletin. Visit the OSAC 

website to see more than 100 forensic science 

standards that are in the pipeline! 

Does your lab perform blood alcohol analysis? If so, 

OSAC's Forensic Toxicology Subcommittee wants to 

hear from you! 

Credit: Pixabay

Visit the OSAC website to see a list of the forensic science standards that 

are being developed and considered for the Registry.
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OSAC at AAFS 

Almost 4,000 registrants from all over the world joined 

in for the 2021 AAFS Scientific Meeting held February 

15-19. There were plenty of standards-related 

presentations and OSAC participation at the first AAFS 

virtual event. Read more about the standards 

workshops, case break session, standards consortium 

session, and other presentations here. 

 

Webinar Series on New Standards and Best Practices for DNA 

On January 20, 2021, OSAC, the AAFS Academy Standards 

Board (ASB) and Promega held the fourth webinar in a 

series aimed at providing information on new standards 

and best practice recommendations for forensic biology 

and DNA testing laboratories. Part four of this series 

highlighted ANSI/ASB Standard 018, Standard for Validation 

of Probabilistic Genotyping Systems, First Edition, 2020 and 

described how this document was developed, it’s key 

requirements, and implementation strategies. 

This standard, initially drafted by OSAC’s Human Forensic 

Biology Subcommittee (formerly the Biological Data 

Interpretation & Reporting Subcommittee), was published 

by ASB in July 2020 and added to the OSAC Registry on May 4, 2021.

If you missed any of the webinars in this series, or would like to watch them again, you can view them 

on-demand on the Promega website. 

• Part 1: Development and Publication of New Standards and Best Practices – The Process.

• Part 2: Mixture Interpretation Validation, and Protocol Development and Verification.

• Part 3: Training Standards Overview.

• Part 4: ANSI/ASB Standard 018, Standard for Validation of Probabilistic Genotyping Systems, 

First Edition, 2020.

View the four-part webinar series to learn about the 

latest standards and best practice recommendations for 

DNA. 

Credit: Pixabay

Credit: AAFS
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OSAC in the News

March/April ASTM Standardization News

OSAC’s Ignitable Liquids, Explosives, & Gunshot Residue Subcommittee is mentioned on page 12 for its 

work in support of the E30 standard that will compile terms and definitions related to the analysis of 

explosives. 

An interlaboratory study evaluating the interpretation of forensic glass evidence using refractive index 

measurements and elemental composition

This journal article in Forensic Chemistry mentions OSAC’s efforts in developing a standardized verbal 

scale for trace evidence interpretation. 

Mt. Everest—we are going to lose many: a survey of fingerprint examiners’ attitudes towards 

probabilistic reporting

The draft OSAC Proposed Standard for Friction Ridge Examination Conclusions, developed by OSAC’s 

Friction Ridge Subcommittee, is mentioned in this Law, Probability and Risk journal article.

Houston Forensic Science Center April 2021 Newsletter

On page two, HFSC noted how they are exceeding accreditation requirements through several 

mechanisms including adopting all applicable standards on the OSAC Registry.

OSAC & Other Forensic Science Events

May 2021

17-20 OSAC Dogs & Sensors Subcommittee Virtual Meeting

25 CSAFE webinar – Algorithms in Forensic Science: 

 Challenges, Considerations, and a Path Forward

27 OSAC Stakeholder Outreach Meeting with Crime 

 Laboratory Directors

June 2021

1-3 OSAC Trace Materials Subcommittee Virtual Meeting

2-3 OSAC FSSB Quarterly Meeting (virtual)

22-24 OSAC Speaker Recognition Subcommittee Virtual 

 Meeting

24 OSAC Crime Scene Investigation & Reconstruction 

Subcommittee Virtual Meeting

27-7/1 OSAC Seized Drugs Subcommittee Virtual Meeting

August 2021

1-7 Annual IAI Forensic Educational Conference

22-26 ASCLD Annual Symposium

26 OSAC Crime Scene Investigation & Reconstruction Subcommittee Virtual Meeting

30-9/2 OSAC Ignitable Liquids, Explosives, & Gunshot Residue Subcommittee Virtual Meeting 

Mark your calendar for these upcoming 

OSAC and other forensic science events. 

Credit: Pixabay
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Professional Organization Spotlight

The American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors 

By Ray Wickenheiser, FSSB ASCLD Representative

The American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors (ASCLD) is a nonprofit 

professional society of forensic science managers and directors dedicated to 

providing excellence in forensic science through leadership and innovation. A 

component of the ASCLD mission is a commitment to promoting, 

encouraging, and maintaining the highest standards of practice in forensic 

science. ASCLD fully supports the efforts of OSAC to develop standards and 

best practices and encourages their adoption. ASCLD member laboratories 

further support this initiative by providing staff with extensive forensic 

expertise to assist in all aspects of OSAC. As OSAC has reached a landmark 50 

standards now placed on the Registry, focus on implementation of standards 

will continue to increase. 

The ASCLD Standards and Accreditation Initiatives Committee promotes 

accreditation, standards development, and standards implementation. ASCLD is the administrator of TC272, working on developing a new overarching ISO standard specific to forensic science. ASCLD 

maintains weekly contact with membership via the weekly Crime Lab Minute newsletter, notifying 

members of opportunities to review standards as they are published by an SDO and requests input on 

proposed standards and best practices. The committee continues to make recommendations on 

standards implementation to the ASCLD Board of Directors and is developing an implementation 

resource document.

From February through June of 2020, ASCLD and the IAI distributed a survey on OSAC standards 

implementation. A total of 287 responses (110 from ASCLD members) from a variety of disciplines and 

jurisdictions provided data. ASCLD member laboratories are aware of OSAC standards, and many are 

evaluating standards and considering best avenues for implementation. Multiple barriers to 

implementation were identified, including limited resources. Sixty-eight percent of ASCLD respondents 

felt that a centralized repository that allowed the opportunity to connect with other organizations that 

have already implemented or intend to implement policies, procedures, and practices based on OSAC 

developed or approved documents, this would increase the likelihood their organization would

implement similar policies, procedures, and practices. A summary of the survey findings has been 

provided to ASCLD and the FSSB for consideration into implementation plans.

The ASCLD Annual Meeting is proceeding in Boston August 22-26, 2021. I will shamelessly plug the 

workshop on Collaborative Validation Workshop on August 23 in which both FSSB Chair Laurel Farrell 

and I will be presenting. In this workshop, we will provide a mechanism to streamline validation and 

adoption of OSAC standards in the process. As one of the first in person meetings to take place in the 

COVID-19 pandemic era, this will be a wonderful opportunity for leaders in forensic science to reengage 

in person in a safe and responsible atmosphere.

The COVID-19 pandemic has made this a very challenging year for crime labs. Despite these challenges, 

ASCLD remains focused on member awareness, support and engagement in OSAC standards and best 

practices development and implementation.

Ray Wickenheiser, FSSB 

ASCLD Representative
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NIST Research Activities

Q&A with Ed Sisco, Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal 

Finalist

Ed Sisco, a research chemist at NIST, is interested in helping forensic 

chemists do their jobs more safely and effectively. He is a finalist in the 

emerging leaders category for a Samuel J. Heyman Service to America 

Medal, which is awarded to federal employees under the age of 35 

who have made important contributions early in their professional careers. Read more about Ed and his 

work in forensic science in this Q&A. 

Safe, Efficient, Reliable: New Science in the Fight Against Killer Drugs

Read about the new tools NIST researchers are giving law enforcement and 

public health experts to combat fentanyl and other synthetic drugs. 

Methods, Software Tools, and Resources for Forensic Laboratories with 

DART-MS or other AI-MS Techniques

NIST has updated its NIST DART-MS Forensics Database 2020, an evaluated 

collection of mass spectra of seized drugs, cutting agents, and related 

compounds. This project is part of NIST’s ongoing effort to help labs detect 

and identify synthetic opioids and other drugs efficiently, realiably, and 

safely.