A2LA / UKAS / ANAB
Definition
National accreditation bodies: A2LA (American Association for Laboratory Accreditation) and ANAB in the US; UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Service) in the UK. They assess laboratories against ISO 17025 and issue accreditation.
Related terms
- ISO/IEC 17025
- The international standard (2017 edition) for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories, covering management requirements (impartiality, document control, complaints) and technical...
- ISO/IEC 27037
- The international standard (2012) for identification, collection, acquisition, and preservation of digital evidence. Jurisdictionally neutral and widely referenced outside the United States.
- OSAC
- Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science: established by NIST and DOJ in 2014, it develops consensus forensic standards through structured...
- SWGDE
- Scientific Working Group for Digital Evidence: a US-based body that publishes best-practice guidelines for forensic audio, video, and image examination. Its audio...
- SWGIT
- Scientific Working Group for Imaging Technologies (US); publishes multi-section guidelines on crime-scene photography, digital imaging, and specialised photographic techniques for law enforcement.
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- SWGDE and SWGIT Standards for Digital and Imaging EvidenceNational accreditation bodies: A2LA (American Association for Laboratory Accreditation) and ANAB in the US; UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Service) in the...