President's Message Dear ASCLD Colleagues,   We are fortunate to have several amazing keynote presentations at our upcoming symposium. Former NFL and college football coach and host of The Highest Level podcast, Evan Burk, will share with us how championship team cultures are built and the principles behind transforming a team. I just finished listening to the episode Creating a Winning Game Plan with Evan and Jamey Rootes, former President of the Houston Texans. It was great and I am looking forward to the presentation. Also joining us is the 23rd United States Secretary of the Air Force and author of Aim High, Deborah Lee James, who will speak about psychological safety in the workplace and her experience being responsible for the affairs of this branch of our Armed Forces.  Just as we are mindful about maintaining the health and safety of our places of work, the Symposium Planning Committee is equally as mindful about doing so at our Symposium. We have been keeping up with health and safety protocols at the Westin. Here are the policies and procedures they are following presently: https://whattoexpect.marriott.com/boswi Members of our planning committee are monitoring https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vaccinated-guidance.html several times a day. We are spreading out the seating as best as we can and will have masks and sanitization stations available. We will also be trying out something new at registration which will allow for more social distancing. Locations of two testing facilities are posted on the Symposium website, and a Know Before you Go document will be posted and emailed to registrants in the next few days if it has not been done already. Please note that masks are required on the MBTA (public transit) and in ride shares here in Boston, so be sure to have one on hand.   Have a terrific week!   Be well, Erin   Erin P. Forry ASCLD President

2021 ASCLD SYMPOSIUM August 22-26, 2021 | Together Toward Tomorrow | Boston, MA

The ASCLD 2021 Symposium will be held at the Westin Copley in Boston’s historic Back Bay August 22-26, 2021. Continue to watch the 2021 ASCLD Symposium website here. for important updates. If you have any questions, please contact our Symposium Chair, Laura Sudkamp, laura.sudkamp@ky.gov.

ASCLD monthly board meeting 3rd Friday of every month Next meeting August 21-22 at the ASCLD Symposium ASCLD Annual Business Meeting is August the 26th at the Symposium

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President Erin Forry and the ASCLD Board of Directors are pleased to announce the completion of the 2021 Executive Education Digest. All ASCLD members may access the document at www.ascld.org Log into the Member Site, click on the ASCLD Manager’s Toolkit page and then scroll down to the ASCLD Resource Library.

Missed an ASCLD training event or looking for training that fits into your busy schedule? Join us here: https://www.ascld.org/on-demand-training/

Please continue to tag your lab photos on social media with the hashtag #ASCLDfun

Please send all CLM submissions to our new electronic form! https://www.ascld.org/clm-submission/

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New Reads (and Podcasts) for You

The following is a list of suggested books, podcasts, and other media that have inspired ASCLD members in their leadership Journey: Dare to Lead podcast with Brene Brown Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult As Told By Nomads podcast with Tayo Rockson

Legislative Corner

ASCLD Partnerships

DNA Mixture Interpretations: A Q&A With NIST’s John Butler Read article HERE

The Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science (OSAC) will launch a new Forensic Nursing Subcommittee that will draft standards for collecting physical evidence from victims of sexual assault. The goal of the new standards will be to improve the quality of care for victims and help ensure that evidence is properly collected and preserved until a crime lab can analyze it. See announcement HERE For more information, see the NIST news release: https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2021/07/forensic-science-organization-draft-standards-sexual-assault-examinations

There are many standards open for comment on the ASB website. Be sure to check them out and provide your valuable input! http://www.asbstandardsboard.org/notice-of-standard-development-and-coordination/

Funding Opportunities

For the most up to date Funding Opportunities visit: https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/current

Training

ANAB Trainings With the ability to reach wider audiences, we are expanding offerings of current courses in Spanish.  The following courses will be available live online in Spanish:  Forensic Technical Assessor  Forensic ISO/IEC 17025 Internal Auditor  Risk-based Thinking for Forensic Service Providers   We are also excited to introduce our courses:oratories and Inspection: Basic Statistics for Laboratories and Inspection Bodies. This course will introduce basic statistical techniques for collecting, organizing, analyzing, interpreting, and presenting data. Participants will strengthen their knowledge base of statistical techniques and their application to ISO/IEC 17020 and ISO/IEC 17025, and build confidence in the validity and reliability of their results. More.. Verification and Validation for Laboratories and Inspection Bodies. This course provides an introduction to the validation and verification of analytical methods and the common elements of a validation or verification plan. In addition, a general approach to performing a validation or verification will be reviewed along with ISO/IEC 17025 requirements for validation and verification of methods. More…   Webinars: We continue our monthly Webinars and stay tuned for information about upcoming Feature Sessions.

Donate to ASCLD

Donations to ASCLD can now be made online! This is a great way to honor the memory of a forensic colleague, to commemorate a life event for that person who has everything, or to otherwise assist in supporting the tireless efforts of the ASCLD organization in the pursuit of excellence in forensic science management. The donation page can be accessed by clicking HERE or by visiting the ASCLD website and clicking on "Donate to ASCLD" under the "Member Site" tab (this donation page is accessible even to non-members). Please consider donating and do share this information with anyone you think might be interested.

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