NIJ releases FY 2016 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program
Applications Due: May 23, 2016
This year's grant has clarified the difference between a LIMS and a DNA Module. STACS-CW is not a LIMS, but a DNA Module; and while many agencies have purchased STACS-CW using NIJ grants, many have not as they have mistakenly assumed STACS-CW is a LIMS.
Under Section A: Permissible Use of Funds, Item 11:
"a. Existing Laboratory Information Systems Contracts may be established to purchase and install DNA modules to existing Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), extra licenses for the DNA unit users to an existing LIMS system, or software upgrades for an existing LIMS or DNA module. NOTE: See the definitions of LIMS and module"
"Module - A sample/case tracking component separate from the laboratory's LIMS that functions only for the purposes of the forensic biology/DNA unit.
NOTE: The module may be a product of the same, or a different, vendor as the laboratory's current LIMS."
Under this definition, STACS-CW is a DNA Module.
Call today to schedule a demonstration of the latest version of STACS-CW, which tracks all of your NIJ required Performance Measures data, and a whole lot more.
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In the News: North America
Legal history was made using probabilistic genotyping
10,133 kits were tested, resulting in 3,664 CODIS hits
In Ohio, SAKs must be submitted by next week under a law that took effect last year
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In the News - International
Hundreds of DNA and fingerprint records that could have been held for national security reasons in England and Wales have been deleted, a report reveals
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Just because it's DNA doesn't mean it's good science
Katie's Law: Ten years later
Officially, 28 states currently have some version of Katie's Law
Reversing the legacy of junk science in the courtroom
Judges and juries sometimes send people to jail based on bogus science
Read about the UK case that started it all in forensic DNA
An interview with Detective Chief Superintendent David Baker
How this forensic DNA tool can help conserve endangered species in the UK
The Natural History Museum of Denmark and Molecular Ecology biotech Spygen (France) brought together forensic science techniques to detect traces of Great Crested Newt DNA in UK ponds |
