New Workshop

Forensic Relationship Testing Workshop

FQS will be offerrng a “Forensic Relationship Testing Workshop.” This statistics workshop coves relationship/paternity testing, calculations, mixture interpretation, unusual case studies, Hardy Weinberg, linkage equilibrium and MORE!

Please click on the workshops and training page for more information and the registration form.

FQS-I Has Moved

Forensic Quality Services - International (FQS-I) now has its own website, which provides important information related to laboratory accreditation. Visit FQS-I at www.thefqsi.org.

Consortium of Forensic Science Organizations Press Release

The CFSO has issued a press release calling for a roundtable to develop a national strategy for advancing forensic sciences in the United States. Read the entire announcment at http://www.thecfso.org/news/.

Report on Forensic Services

The Committee on Identifying the Needs of the Forensic Science Community released its report “Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward” at a public briefing held on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 at the National Academy of Sciences Building in Washington, D.C.(http://www.national-academies.org/).

The report is available at http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12589 and is linked below. Disable browser pop-up blockers to view the linked document.

FQS position statement regarding the NAS report.

As most of you know this report will have impact on the forensic community and FQS believes in providing you all the information possible and will update you as we progress through new challenges.  The report is welcomed and we hope to use it at as a tool toward future improvements and providing the highest degree of quality toward the forensic community.

Please contact us with any questions or concerns.