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Making a Difference

"The assessment team did a wonderful job. They were very professional and helpful. I would have them back in our laboratory at any time and thank them for their assistance."
(Assessments Program)

~LeAnne Suchanek
DNA Technical Leader
Southwest Louisiana Criminalistics Laboratory

FBI Standards and Resource Links

FBI Publications

Use these convenient links to keep up with FBI guidelines and standards in your laboratory:

Guide for the Laboratory Manager and Auditor during a DNA Laboratory Health and Safety Inspection

Guidelines for Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) Nucleotide Sequence Interpretation

Training Guidelines
Scientific Working Group on DNA Analysis Methods (SWGDAM)

Short Tandem Repeat (STR) Interpretation Guidelines
Scientific Working Group on DNA Analysis Methods (SWGDAM)

Revised Validation Guidelines
Scientific Working Group on DNA Analysis Methods (SWGDAM)

Report on the Current Activities of the Scientific Working Group on DNA Analysis Methods Y-STR Subcommittee
Scientific Working Group on DNA Analysis Methods (SWGDAM)

DNA from a Computer Keyboard
Scientific Working Group on DNA Analysis Methods (SWGDAM)

FBI QAS Standards

http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/lab/codis/summary-of-new-qas-revisions-effective-9-1-2011

Additional Web Sites

STRBase:   http://www.cstl.nist.gov/div831/strbase/

Smith-Ailing Lane:   http://www.dnaresource.com/