What's new at SOMDI

• Academy Standards Board (ASB) document open for public comment - Tue 05, Nov 2019
• The Academy Standards Board (ASB) has posted a recommendation for publication on Organizational and Foundational Standard for Medicolegal Death Investigation. We encourage you to take the time to review the document and comment during the public ...
  
• Ways to stay informed about forensic evidence - Forensic Resources - Mon 12, Aug 2019
• Some attorneys have asked how they can keep up with the latest developments in forensic evidence. Along with subscribing to newsletters from this site, below is a list of websites and electronic newsletters that can help keep attorneys informed ab...
  
• OJP/HHS Federal Medicolegal Death Investigation Working Group (MDI-WG) Resource Page - Tue 09, Jul 2019
• The Medicolegal Death Investigation (MDI) Working Group is a federal interagency working group that identifies both short and long term goals to develop and implement programmatic activities that support the MDI system, and in turn, support Federa...
  
• DHS May Classify Fentanyl as 'Weapon of Mass Destruction' - Mon 15, Apr 2019
• The Department of Homeland Security is considering designating the painkiller drug fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction "when certain criteria are met," according to an internal memo.
  
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• New Solicitation: Strengthening the Medical Examiner-Coroner System Program - Fri 12, Apr 2019
• With this solicitation, NIJ seeks proposals to strengthen the medical examiner/coroner (ME/C) system in the United States. NIJ’s ME/C program is a competitive program designed to support the enhancement of Medicolegal-Death-Investigation services,...