We are two weeks out from the symposium and things are falling into place nicely. This is going to be great! You still have time to register and join your peers in Reno. I am looking forward to seeing everyone. Unfortunately, we had to drop the golf outing from the Symposium. I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause folks. Watch for it to return in Austin! The Board of Directors will have their April meeting on the Saturday and Sunday before the symposium begins. As usual, you are invited to attend or you can contact me at Laura.Sudkamp@ky.gov and we can send you a link to our meetings.
The American Board of Criminalistics (ABC) needs your help! Have you been considering the benefits of ABC certification? If so, please consider taking the field test for the Foundational Knowledge Exam (FKE). There is no application or sitting fee to sit for this field test. If you successfully complete the examination and wish to be certified, you only need to pay the application fee, a savings of $250! The ABC needs field testing of new certification exams to help evaluate the exams. If your agency wishes to host an exam, that can be arranged. Please contact the ABC Registrar at abcregistrar@criminalistics.com for more information.
There is one remaining Emerging Issues webinar from the Training and Education Committee. “Pandemic Impacts in the Workplace: Employee Wellness, Returning to the Office, & Remote Testimony” will be online tomorrow, the 12th, from 1:00 to 2:00. This webinar will discuss the impact that the pandemic has had on the physical and emotional wellbeing of employees in the laboratory setting as well as personnel issues that workplaces may experience following the pandemic. The presenters will also discuss ways to best care for employees as we try to return to a post-pandemic world and will explore the utilization and expansion of remote testimony in court proceedings. Here is the link to register: https://forensiccoe.org/ascld_pandemic_impacts_wellness_office_testimony/
Congratulations to the Atlanta Police Department Crime Laboratory for their successful ANAB assessment! And thank you to the volunteers with ASCLD’s Accreditation Initiative (AAI) for providing assistance to the Atlanta Police Department laboratory as they prepared for accreditation. The AAI mentors are laboratory directors, quality assurance managers, and technical subject matter experts that have been trained and certified as Assessors by an accrediting body and have served as an Assessor. The AAI mentors worked in an advisory capacity with the lab. https://www.ascld.org/ascldaccreditationtoolkit/
I hope everyone has a great week!
Laura
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ASCLD monthly board meeting
in Reno on April 23-24th, right before the 2022 ASCLD Symposium!
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Weekly News and Resources
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Join us for the ASCLD Symposium 2022
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Still Haven’t Registered for the ASCLD Symposium in Reno? There is still Time!
We are only a few weeks away from the ASCLD Symposium in Reno and we have a full schedule! Make sure you are not missing out and register today!
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There's a ton to see and do in Reno!
Check out the local hot spots list put together by our own Washoe County Lab for ideas of things to explore while in Nevada.
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ASCLD 2022 Symposium Social Media
Please use #ASCLD2022 or #ASCLDSYMPOSIUM
on your social media- let your friends and colleagues know you are heading to Reno!!!
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ASCLD Feature: Meet a BOD Candidate!
We have several candidates for our ASCLD BOD- we would like to introduce our membership to them as we get closer to ASCLD 2022. We would also like to introduce you to Sheri Lemons. Sheri is the Lab Director for the West Virginia State Police Forensic Laboratory. Click HERE for Sheri's ASCLD BOD questionnaire!
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The ASCLD 2022 Executive Education Digest (EED) has been published!
What is it? The EED is a resource for laboratory leaders and ASCLD members and allows for a comprehensive look at all that has been worked on before the business meeting at the ASCLD Symposium. All ASCLD members may access the 2022 Executive Education Digest Here.
Log into the Member Site, click on the ASCLD Manager’s Toolkit page and then scroll down to the ASCLD Resource Library. Enjoy!
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Thank you to our 2022 Gold Sponsors:
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Please send all CLM submissions to our new electronic form!
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Please continue to tag your photos on social media with the hashtag #ASCLDfun
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Opt Out.
ASCLD sells your email information to vendors for marketing and promotional material purposes. You may ‘opt-out’ of receiving vendor information not directly related to ASCLD by emailing executivedirector@ascld.org. If you do not opt out then your acceptance of this Agreement will constitute your affirmative consent to receiving marketing and promotional material from ASCLD.
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Crime Lab Minute Sponsors
For More Information, Click the LOGO below:
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There are many standards open for comment on the ASB website. Be sure to check them out and provide your valuable input!
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Crime Laboratory Salary Survey Request from Indianapolis-Marion Co.
In an effort to demonstrate the competitive salaries within the forensic science community, Indianapolis-Marion Co Forensic Services are requesting assistance in completing a salary survey (Link to Survey HERE)
Please reach out to Richard Amberger for any questions or if you have previous salary survey responses. rwamberger@indy.gov.
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Safety Topics for your Lab
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Health and Safety in the Laboratory series by Jane Northup PhD, RI State Crime Laboratory
Click on links below for articles
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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:
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Forensic Technical Assessor
- Forensic ISO/IEC 17025 Internal Auditor
- Risk-based Thinking for Forensic Service Providers
We are also excited to introduce our courses: Laboratories 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.
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The National Association of Forensic Laboratory Counsel (NAFLC)
will hold its 2022 Annual Training and Meeting at the Southwestern Institute for Forensic Sciences (SWIFS) in Dallas, TX from May 18 through 20, 2022. Non-members are encouraged to attend, but you MUST be an attorney advising a public forensic laboratory that primarily provides services to government or law enforcement agencies to be admitted to this training. Additional information, including the agenda, registration form, and hotel reservation link, may be found on NAFLC's website: https://www.naflc.org/meeting-and-events.
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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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The American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors
65 Glen Road, Suite 123
Garner, NC 27529
Phone: 919.773.2044
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