[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 68 (Friday, April 8, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20675-20676]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-08136]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[Docket No. OLP 156]
Notice of Public Comment Period on the Presentation of the
Forensic Science Discipline Review Framework
AGENCY: Department of Justice.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the opening of the public comment period
on the presentation of the Forensic Science Discipline Review (FSDR)
framework.
DATES: Written public comment regarding the presentation should be
submitted through www.regulations.gov before May 9, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Office of Legal Policy, 950
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20530, by phone at 202-514-4601
or via email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At the 2016 American Academy of Forensic
Sciences (AAFS) Meeting, Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates announced
that the Department of Justice (DOJ) would undertake a ``quality
assurance review'' of certain forensic disciplines practiced by the
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and that the DOJ would seek
input from the National Commission on Forensic Science (NCFS) in
developing this review. Jonathan J. Wroblewski, Office of Legal Policy,
Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, presented the draft
framework for the FSDR to the NCFS on March 21, 2016. The proposed FSDR
would advance the practice of forensic science by ensuring DOJ forensic
examiners have testified as appropriate in legal proceedings. The
presentation is available online at https://www.justice.gov/ncfs/file/835636/download. Members of the public are welcomed to provide comments
on this proposed framework.
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Posting of Public Comments: To ensure proper handling of comments,
please reference ``Docket No. OLP 156'' on all electronic and written
correspondence. The Department encourages all comments on this
framework be submitted electronically through www.regulations.gov using
the electronic comment form provided on that site. Paper comments that
duplicate the electronic submission are not necessary as all comments
submitted to www.regulations.gov will be posted for public review and
are part of the official docket record.
In accordance with the Federal Records Act, please note that all
comments received are considered part of the public record, and shall
be made available for public inspection online at http://www.regulations.gov. The comments to be posted may include personally
identifiable information (such as your name, address, etc.) and
confidential business information voluntarily submitted by the
commenter.
DOJ will post all comments received on http://www.regulations.gov
without making any changes to the comments or redacting any
information, including any personally identifiable information
provided. It is the responsibility of the commenter to safeguard
personally identifiable information. You are not required to submit
personally identifying information in order to comment on this
presentation DOJ recommends that commenters not include personally
identifiable information such as Social Security Numbers, personal
addresses, telephone numbers, and email addresses that they do not want
made public in their comments as such submitted information will be
available to the public via http://www.regulations.gov. Comments
submitted through http://www.regulations.gov will not include the email
address of the commenter unless the commenter chooses to include that
information as part of his or her comment.
Dated: April 4, 2016.
Kira Antell,
Senior Counsel, Office of Legal Policy.
[FR Doc. 2016-08136 Filed 4-7-16; 8:45 am]
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