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NDIS Procedures Board
The NDIS Procedures Board is responsible for the development and modification of policy regarding the use of NDIS. This Board is composed of representatives from federal, state and local laboratories. State or local laboratories that contribute DNA profiles to NDIS must comply with NDIS procedures, which are posted on the CJIS-WAN CODIS website. The NDIS procedures provide details regarding the acceptance of DNA profiles at the national level.
CODIS State Administrators
Each local laboratory is required to have a designated person act as the CODIS Administrator. This person is responsible for the laboratory's CODIS data and serves as the primary point of contact for CODIS issues in that laboratory.
Each state has a designated CODIS State Administrator, who serves as the CODIS point of contact for the state and is responsible for coordinating and communicating with all the CODIS administrators in the local laboratories regarding CODIS issues. CODIS State Administrators also serve as gatekeepers for uploading the data from that state into NDIS. CODIS State Administrators meet twice annually at a meeting sponsored by the FBI to discuss CODIS topics such as:
- Legal developments and procedures
- CODIS software upgrades and modifications
- Exchange of information and CODIS experiences
Additional Online Courses
- What Every First Responding Officer Should Know About DNA Evidence
- Collecting DNA Evidence at Property Crime Scenes
- DNA – A Prosecutor’s Practice Notebook
- Crime Scene and DNA Basics
- Laboratory Safety Programs
- DNA Amplification
- Population Genetics and Statistics
- Non-STR DNA Markers: SNPs, Y-STRs, LCN and mtDNA
- Firearms Examiner Training
- Forensic DNA Education for Law Enforcement Decisionmakers
- What Every Investigator and Evidence Technician Should Know About DNA Evidence
- Principles of Forensic DNA for Officers of the Court
- Law 101: Legal Guide for the Forensic Expert
- Laboratory Orientation and Testing of Body Fluids and Tissues
- DNA Extraction and Quantitation
- STR Data Analysis and Interpretation
- Communication Skills, Report Writing, and Courtroom Testimony
- Español for Law Enforcement
- Amplified DNA Product Separation for Forensic Analysts