IAI Current Affairs

We will place items of interest to IAI members here periodically.

IAI Presidential Letters

• View IAI Presidential Letters and Updates here

Motion to exclude Evidence — PCAST Appeal

• Defendants renew their motions to exclude toolmark analysis in light of the September 20, 2016 release of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology's ("PCAST") report entitled "Forensic Science in Criminal Courts: Ensuring Scientific Validity of Feature Comparison Methods." Read here.

Consortium of Forensic Science Organizations (CFSO) statements presented to the National Commission on Forensic Science March 22, 2016

• NCFS Statement on Expanded Reviews
• NCFS Statement on NIST Standards
• CFSO Senate Letter
• CFSO House of Representatives Letter