Kris Cano, Forensic Laboratory ManagerVice Chair

Scottsdale Police Department Crime Laboratory

NIST OSAC - Quality Infrastructure Committee

THE QIC – Who are we and what do we do?

We provide input, impact, and interaction……

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rsChair – Karen Reczek, NIST

Vice Chair – Kris Cano, Scottsdale Police Department Executive Secretary – Jason Bond, Indiana State Police

ASCLD Members (Laboratory Directors):Timothy Kupferschmid, NY OCME

*Bruce Houlihan, Orange County Sheriff-CoronerArlene Hall, Illinois State Police

Matthew Gamette, Idaho State PoliceKris Cano, Scottsdale Police

Karin Athanas, A2LAFran Scrotter, ANSI

Keith Greenaway, ANSI-ASQPam Bordner, ASCLD/LAB

Deborah Friedman, Broward Co. Sheriff’s OfficeBarbara Andree, ATF

Sally Aiken, MD, Spokane CountyAlice Isenberg, PhD, FBI

Each SAC and all subcommittees have been assigned a member of the QIC to serve as a liaison. This liaison will be the point of contact to provide guidance on the standard development process or other quality related issues. This will also ensure consistent communication with the SACs.

QIC Liaisons

5 QIC Liaisons

• Biology/DNA – Alice Isenberg• Chemistry/Instrumental Analysis – Deborah

Friedman• Physics/Pattern Interpretation – Karin Athanas• Crime Scene/Death Investigation – Sally Aiken• Digital/Multimedia – Kris Cano

2 Task Groups

Developed to tackle needs identified by the SACs, Subcommittees, Resource Committees, and the FSSB

Update and maintain a catalog of standards, including those identified by the SACs, and develop a process to address new standards, overlapping standards, and standards not addressed by the SAC.

Catalog Maintenance – Chair – Karen Reczek

Pending - Dependent on responses from the subcommittees.

Guidance and FAQ Task Group – Chair, Arlene Hall

Organize questions into a spreadsheet, maintain responses, and develop a list of questions from the subcommittees and SACs to distribute as a guidance document.

Completed – Waiting approval from FSSB for OSAC distribution

Impact Assessment – Chair, Tim Kupferschmid

Develop a checklist with factors that could potentially impact a laboratory and determine criteria for developing an impact statement for a standard.

Completed – Checklist has been developed; however, no standards have been vetted.

Medical Examiner Accreditation – Chair, Sally Aiken

Compare accreditation checklists for NAME, IAC&ME and determine the suitability of applying laboratory accreditation standards.

Completed – shared with death investigation subcommittee and FSSB

Terminology - Chair, Matthew Gamette

Develop a universal definition list by compiling existing terms in standards, such as ISO/IEC 17025 and ISO 9000.

Pending – draft document is circulating within the QIC.

Standards Processes and Procedures – Chair, Barbara Andree

Provide checklists and procedures for the Registry approval process and for standards development.

Pending – 4 checklists have been developed that are pending FSSB approval.

3 What’s next?

More guidance documents, and testing the system…..

The QIC will be testing the system using ISO documents once the checklists are available!

SPEAK FOR ITSELFISO Documents

Kris Cano(480) 312-5107kcano@scottsdaleaz.gov

Questions?

Resource Committees - We are here to help