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Accreditation & Certification
Inter-Agency Working Group

The Accreditation & Certification Working group focuses on issues relating to forensic science accreditation and certification. Examples of the work the IWG AC may undertake include, but are not limited to:

 

Accreditation:

    • Identify accreditation bodies for forensic science laboratories.
    • Identify recognition bodies for laboratory accreditation organizations.
    • Identify non-accredited laboratories, forensic science units and crime scene units.
    • Identify existing accreditation standards.
    • Recommend processes for conducting a gap analysis for accreditation standards, improving existing standards, and developing new standards where needed.
    • Recommend a process to assist forensic science laboratories to become accredited.
    • Determine costs to meet accreditation requirements.

 

Certification:

    • Identify certification organizations for forensic scientists.
    • Identify recognition bodies for certification organizations.
    • Identify existing certification standards.
    • Evaluate existing standards’ abilities to meet needs.
    • Recommend processes for conducting a gap analysis for certification standards, improving existing standards, and developing new standards where needed.
    • Recommend a process to assist forensic scientists to achieve certification.
    • Determine costs to meet certification requirements.

Full Charter

 

Leadership:

Co-Chairs:

    • Patricia Manzolillo, United States Postal Service
    • Chris Taylor, Department of Defense

Executive Secretary:

    • Danielle Archambault, United States Secret Service

Membership:

    • Sally Bruce, National Institute of Standards & Technology
    • John Byrd, Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command/Cental Identification Laboratory
    • Karen Cox, Immigration and Customs Enforcement
    • Cecelia Crouse, Palm Beach County Sherriff's Office
    • Julia Dolan, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
    • David Fowler, Maryland State office of the Chief Medical Examiner
    • John Fudenberg, Office of the Clark County Coroner/Medical Examiner
    • Dean Gialamas, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
    • Melanie Glass, Customs and Border Protection
    • Mitchell Hollars, Federal Bureau of Investigation
    • Ted Hunt, Jackson County Courthouse
    • Vici Inlow, United States Secret Service
    • Eric Jensen, Federal Bureau of Investigation
    • Teresa Long, Maryland State Police
    • Ron Lundstrom, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
    • Owen McDonnell, Caddo Sheriff's Department
    • Richard Meyers, Drug Enforcement Administration
    • Christine Millette, Defense Computer Forensic Lab
    • Beth Mishalanie, Environmental Protection Agency
    • Mark Nelson, National Institute of Justice
    • Scott Oulton, Drug Enforcement Administration
    • Dawn Ramos, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA)
    • Henry Richard Reeve, Denver District Attorney's Office
    • Piper Schwenke, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
    • Erich Smith, Federal Bureau of Investigation
    • Alan Spanbauer, National Institute of Justice
    • Monty St. John, Defense Computer Forensic Lab
    • Lynda Strong, United States Secret Service
    • Calvin Walker, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration