Posts In Category Accreditation
So, The CFSO is Circling the Drain…-UPDATED
on September 18, 2011 by Amy Driver in AAFS, Accreditation, ASCLD, CFSO, Forensic Reform, Legislation, NAS Report, Comments (1)
UPDATED, 10/03/2011- Someone from FQS contacted me to inform me that FQS has pulled out of the CFSO. The CFSO’s website has now been updated. Things aren’t going so well […]
Checking in on ASCLD’s Victims, Part II: Fallout from Gary Veeder
on August 21, 2011 by Amy Driver in Accreditation, ASCLD, Comments (0)
The story of Gary Veeder is one that illustrates in sharp detail the wide-spread harm that has been caused by the ASCLDs, some of their sloppy, self-centered lab directors, and […]
Checking In On ASCLD’s Victims, Part I: Greg Taylor
on July 17, 2011 by Amy Driver in Accreditation, ASCLD, NC SBI, Comments (0)
Sorry I’ve been gone for a bit. Work happens.
There have been some developments with some of the victims of the ASCLDs. Let’s see how they’re doing.
Ken Melson’s Hatred of Oversight, In His Own Words
on July 1, 2011 by Amy Driver in Accreditation, ASCLD, CFSO, CJFSRA, Forensic Reform, Ken Melson, Legislation, Transparency, White House Subcommittee on Forensic Science, Comments (0)
On February 24, 2011, just two days after the funeral of Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) Agent Jaime Zapata in Texas had interrupted his schedule, Ken Melson was back in […]
White House Subcommittee on Forensic Science: Interesting Stats in the Roster
on May 31, 2011 by Amy Driver in Accreditation, ASCLD, Forensic Reform, Ken Melson, White House Subcommittee on Forensic Science, Comments (0)
I keep meaning to get to this subject, but there are a lot of other things going on and a lot of other things I want (and need) to write […]
The Unraveling, Turbocharged: Crime Lab Report, Part 2
on April 26, 2011 by Amy Driver in Accreditation, ASCLD, CJFSRA, Forensic Reform, Ken Melson, N&O, NC SBI, Comments (0)
Last time I talked about the Crazy Hypocrisy of Crime Lab Report’s latest ramblings. Today I’m going to go through the Lies & Misrepresentations they tried to use to justify […]
The Unraveling, Turbocharged: Crime Lab Report, Part I
on April 22, 2011 by Amy Driver in Accreditation, ASCLD, CFSO, Forensic Reform, Ken Melson, N&O, NC SBI, Comments (0)
I’ve been really busy trying to get some other big things done for the site, but, as so many of you have brought to my attention, the ASCLDs have really […]
The Unraveling, Part 4, Revisited: Message Received, and a Lesson for Us All
on March 15, 2011 by Amy Driver in Accreditation, ASCLD, Charlatans, Forensic Reform, N&O, NC SBI, White House Subcommittee on Forensic Science, Comments (0)
On February 18, 2011, ASCLD/LAB’s Board of Directors published their counterintuitive, hypocritical Position Statement defending (but not by name) the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (NC SBI) for its […]
The Unraveling, Part 5: The White House Subcommittee on Forensic Science: Caveat Emptor- UPDATED
on March 3, 2011 by Amy Driver in Accreditation, ASCLD, CFSO, Forensic Reform, Ken Melson, White House Subcommittee on Forensic Science, Comments (0)
Updated- I got the date of Ken Melson’s presentation at UCLA wrong. This update corrects that. Before I get into the rest of the roster of Ken Melson’s White House […]
The Unraveling, Part 4: ASCLD/LAB Keeps Digging
on February 28, 2011 by Amy Driver in Accreditation, ASCLD, Forensic Reform, Ken Melson, NC SBI, Comments (0)
On February 18, 2011, ASCLD/LAB’s Board of Directors released a three page detailed position statement in full support of the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation’s (NC SBI) report writing […]
