Source: Kenneth E. Melson, JD, AAFS CFSO Liaison Recently released CFSO Budget Updates/Briefs are now available for review. Click here to review the CFSO FY22 Budget Brief. Click here to review the CFSO FY23 Budget Brief.
Source: Kenneth E. Melson, JD, AAFS CFSO Liaison The long-term goal of any program is to ensure that a federal grant/program is authorized and appropriated. If authorized, then the program/grant will have a better chance of being put into the annual President’s budget submission to Congress each year. An authorization will establish, continue, or modify […]
Source: C. Ken Williams, MS, JD, AAFS Vice President Congress has passed a Continuing Resolution (CR) to fund the government through February 18, 2022. It is unclear at this moment if the FY22 budget will eventually pass, or if there will be a year-long continuing resolution. Either way, the House and Senate have both published […]
Source: C. Ken Williams, MS, JD, AAFS Vice President The focus of the Consortium of Forensic Science Organization (CFSO) is specifically on Forensic Science. Significant legislation sometimes moves in Congress, such as H.R. 3684, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, that are not specifically a forensic science focus. There are perhaps things in this bill […]
Source: Kenneth E. Melson, JD, AAFS CFSO Liaison The Consortium of Forensic Science Organizations (CFSO) worked with the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to conduct a webinar on the navigation of the new JustGrant System and errors the membership were encountering. Click HERE to view the presentation on the BJA website. Click HERE to view […]
Source: Kenneth E. Melson, JD, AAFS CFSO Liaison The Consortium of Forensic Science Organizations (CFSO) has released an update for the FY21 budget. Click HERE for the full report.
Source: Kenneth E. Melson, JD, AAFS CFSO Liaison The 2020 November issue of the Consortium of Forensic Science Organizations (CFSO) newsletter is now available. Click HERE for the full edition.
Source: Kenneth E. Melson, JD, AAFS CFSO Liaison The 2020 August issue of the Consortium of Forensic Science Organizations (CFSO) newsletter is now available. Click HERE for the full edition.
Source: Kenneth E. Melson, JD, AAFS CFSO Liaison In the previous posting of the CFSO Flash Brief for July 2020, there was a transposition of budget categories on page 3. The correct budget figures for NIST’s OSAC are FY20: $3,150,000 and House bill: $3,150,000. The figures for NIST’s Forensic Technical Evaluations category are FY20: $1,000,000 […]
Source: Kenneth E. Melson, JD, AAFS CFSO Liaison The 2020 July issue of the Consortium of Forensic Science Organizations (CFSO) newsletter is now available. Click HERE for the full edition.
Source: C. Ken Williams, MS, JD, AAFS Treasurer It gives me great pleasure to officially announce the creation of the AAFS COVID-19 Resource Page! The creativity (and patience) of our wonderful Academy staff was put to the test over the past few weeks as information was gathered for what is hoped to become a valuable […]
Source: C. Ken Williams, MS, JD, AAFS Treasurer An email blast was sent to the entire AAFS Membership on 3/31/20 requesting member input on the needs of the nation’s crime labs, Medical Examiner/Coroner offices (ME/C) and medicolegal death investigators as we navigate the COVID-19 crisis as a community. The Coronavirus 3 bill, S.3548 CARES (Coronavirus […]
Source: Kenneth E. Melson, JD, AAFS CFSO Liaison The 2020 April issue of the Consortium of Forensic Science Organizations (CFSO) newsletter is now available. Click HERE for the full edition.
Source: Kenneth E. Melson, JD, AAFS CFSO Liaison The 2020 March issue of the Consortium of Forensic Science Organizations (CFSO) newsletter is now available. Click HERE for the full edition.
Source: Kenneth E. Melson, JD, AAFS CFSO Liaison During the recent AAFS annual meeting, the CFSO presented its 2020 update to meeting attendees. Click HERE to view full presentation.
Source: Kenneth E. Melson, JD, AAFS CFSO Liaison The 2020 February issue of the Consortium of Forensic Science Organizations (CFSO) newsletter is now available. Click HERE for the full edition.
Source: Kenneth E. Melson, JD, AAFS CFSO Liaison The Department of Justice through the National Institute of Justice has just released the Needs Assessment of Forensic Laboratories and Medical Examiner/Coroner Offices Report to Congress: https://www.justice.gov/olp/page/file/1228306/download. The Consortium of Forensic Science Organizations, of which the AAFS is a member, requested Congress to fund this Report in the […]
Source: Kenneth E. Melson, JD, CFSO Liaison In response to the July 18, 2018, Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Promoting Justice for Victims of Crime: Examining the Federal Investment in DNA Analysis, the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors (ASCLD) launched a nation-wide sexual assault kit survey of all DNA laboratories in the United States […]
Source: Jeri D. Ropero-Miller, PhD, AAFS President-Elect On October 28 and 29, an AAFS delegation composed of Jeri Ropero-Miller (President-Elect), Ken Melson (AAFS CFSO representative), Lucy Davis (ASB Chair, OSAC FSSB member), and Teresa Ambrosius (ASB Secretariat) attended a Consortium of Forensic Science Organizations (CFSO) all-hands meeting outside of Washington, DC. Other meeting attendees included CFSO […]
Source: Kenneth E. Melson, JD, AAFS CFSO Liaison The 2019 September and October issues of the Consortium of Forensic Science Organizations (CFSO) newsletter are now available. Click the following links for full editions. CFSO News – September 2019 CFSO News – October 2019