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Organizational Abbreviations


AFIS

Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems

ASCLD

American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors

ASCLD-LAB

American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors—Laboratory Accreditation Board

ASHG

American Society of Human Genetics


CACLD

California Association of Crime Laboratory Directors

CAP

College of American Pathologists


DHHS

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

DOJ

U.S. Department of Justice


FBI

Federal Bureau of Investigation


NCIC

National Crime Information Center

NIH

National Institutes of Health

NIJ

National Institute of Justice

NIST

National Institute of Standards and Technology


TWGDAM

Technical Working Group on DNA Analysis Methods

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