At their annual symposium in 2022, the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors (ASCLD) awarded the 2022 ASCLD Member of the Year award to Henry Maynard of the Defense Forensic Science Center. Henry Maynard was … Read More
ASCLD Invitation to National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Director’s Listening Session
In May of 2022 Dr. Nancy La Vigne became the Director of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), the research, development, and evaluation arm of the U.S. Department of Justice within the Office of Justice … Read More
ASCLD Comments on Draft of NIST DNA Mixture Interpretation Review
The American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors has provided public comments on the Draft of DNA Mixture Interpretation: A NIST Scientific Foundation Review (NISTIR 8351-DRAFT). Initial comments were published August 14, 2021 with Supplemental comments … Read More
ASCLD Glossary of Acronyms
The ASCLD Board of Directors asked the Executive Director to prepare a glossary of forensic organizations to help managers navigate the alphabet soup of acronyms that sometimes appear in correspondence and webpages. The ASCLD Glossary … Read More
2020 Foresight Maximus Awards Announced
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 4-10-2020 ASCLD Recognizes Laboratories for Superior Operations The American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors (ASCLD) announced fourteen forensic laboratories as recipients of the Foresight Maximus Award, a distinction recognizing the top performing … Read More