2010 - April 26
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General Announcements
Dear ASCLD Members:
The purpose of this message is to give you all a brief update on three major advocacy initiatives that President Greene and our Board of Directors are actively supporting and monitoring:
1. Chairman Pete Marone and the CFSO have made tremendous strides to influence the forensic reform legislation that is nearing introduction in Congress. This will have a major affect on all of our laboratories. Many ASCLD members around the country have assisted in this effort. Our Board of Directors is working closely with CFSO to ensure that the interests of our crime laboratories are protected and advanced.
2. ASCLD's letter writing campaign to support the ASCLD position statement on building public laboratory capacity has been an unprecedented success. We will be discussing this initiative at our symposium in September. Several of our ASCLD members throughout the country joined this campaign to make it as successful as it was. Our letters have made their way into congressional offices across the country. We continue to request letters and ask those members that have written letters to follow up with staffers to ask for a meeting or telephone conference to educate them on our issues. If you need contact emails or assistance of any kind, please contact me.
3. ASCLD and ASCLD/LAB, along with its CFSO partners has developed a Forensic Service Provider survey to measure the number of forensic service providers that exist in the United States. This number and the associated data will be compiled and used to create appropriate funding recommendations.
Finally, President Beth Greene (Florida) and President-Elect Greg Matheson (California) will be representing ASCLD in future CFSO activities. It was decided that ASCLD representation on the CFSO, at this time, should be managed by the ASCLD President. You all will be updated on our CFSO progress in the coming months.
Thank you for your attention and support of ASCLD, and don't forget to register for the symposium. It is a meeting that you will not want to miss!
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Below please find all of the forms and information you will need to register for this year's symposium in Baltimore. If you have any problems with the online registration, please contact Cindy at office@ascld.org or by phone at 919-773-2044. General Symposium and Workshop Registration Announcement and Workshop Schedule News around the globe
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