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	December 14, 2011

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FEATURE ARTICLE

Protecting Workers Pays Off

By Vince McLeod, CIH

With the new OSHA administration and potential new legislation, taking the risk of non-compliance could prove very costly and a bad business decision.

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INDUSTRY CALENDAR

January 14-17, 2012
EPIC 2012
New Orleans, LA

February 3-5, 2012
3rd International Conference on Current Trends in Forensic Sciences, Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

February 14-16, 2012
Association for Crime Scene Reconstruction 2012 Conference
Monterey, CA

February 20-25, 2012
AAFS
Atlanta, GA

February 21-22, 2012
3D Documentation Conference
Orlando, FL

February 22-24, 2012
PEAF Training Conference
Kissimmee, FL

March 6-7, 2012
Kansas Division of the IAI Spring Conference 2012
Junction City, KS

March 14-16, 2012
Wisconsin Association for Identification Annual Conference
Green Bay, WI

March 20-22, 2012
North Carolina Division of the IAI Annual Conference
Wilmington, NC

March 27-29, 2012
Chesapeake Bay Division of the IAI Spring Educational Conference
Cambridge, MD

March 28-30, 2012
1st International Forensic Technology Fair
Warsaw, Poland

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INDUSTRY NEWS

Backpacks, Not the Bombs Inside, Key to Finding DNA

Catching terrorists who detonate bombs may be easier by testing the containers that hide the bombs rather than the actual explosives, according to pioneering research led by Michigan State University.

Biometric Data Standard Adds DNA, Footmarks, and Enhanced Fingerprint Descriptions

NIST published a revised biometric standard that vastly expands the type and amount of information that forensic scientists can share across their international networks to identify victims or solve crimes.

New School Puts Modern Forensics at Afghan Police Fingertips

The Afghan Criminal Techniques Academy and Laboratory will train Afghan law enforcement officers in the forensic disciplines, which to this point have not been widely practiced in the Afghan justice system.

The FBI and DNA: Part 2

Part 2 of an interview with Douglas Hares, a Ph.D. scientist at the FBI Laboratory who is the custodian of the National DNA Index System, which is supported by the CODIS software.