[DFSci] New SWGDE Draft Documents for Public Comment

[Baker, Dave]

The Scientific Working Group on Digital Evidence (SWGDE) is pleased
to announce the posting of the following nine new draft documents for
public review and comment at 
https://www.swgde.org/documents/Released%20For%20Public%20Comment

* SWGDE Best Practices for Examining Magnetic Card Readers v2.0
* SWGDE Best Practices for Examining Mobile Phones Using JTAG   
* SWGDE Best Practices for the Forensic Use of Photogrammetry   
* SWGDE Guidance on ISO-IEC 17025 Section 5 as Applied to Digital 
  and Multimedia Forensics   
* SWGDE Mac OS X Tech Notes v1.3   
* SWGDE Proficiency Test Guidelines   
* SWGDE Recommendations and Guidelines for Using Video Security Systems   
* SWGDE Training Guidelines for Video Analysis, Image Analysis and 
  Photography   
* SWGDE Best Practices for Digital Audio Authentication v1.34  
* SWGDE Best Practices for Handling Damaged Mobile Devices

In accordance with SWGDE policy, draft documents will be posted for 
a minimum of 60 days for public comment.  The first page of each draft
document gives instructions on how to submit feedback to our Secretary
via an email to secretary at swgde.org 
All feedback received prior to our next meeting in September 2015 will 
be reviewed by the appropriate subcommittee at that meeting.

At the conclusion of our recent meeting, SWGDE voted to release the 
"SWGDE Best Practices for Forensic Audio v2.1" as an Approved document.  
However, as noted on the cover page of all our documents, "SWGDE 
encourages stakeholder participation in the preparation of documents. 
Suggestions for modifications are welcome and must be forwarded to the 
Secretary in writing at secretary at swgde.org "


All approved documents are available for download on the Current 
Documents page of the SWGDE website:
https://www.swgde.org/documents/Current%20Documents

We appreciate your participation as SWGDE continues its mission to 
bring together organizations actively engaged in the field of digital 
and multimedia evidence to foster communication and cooperation as 
well as ensuring quality and consistency within the forensic 
community.  Anyone interested in receiving regular updates via email 
is encouraged to sign up for the SWGDE NewsBytes newsletter here: 
https://www.swgde.org/newsletter/newsletterSignUp

Thank you,

David Hallimore
SWGDE Outreach Committee Chair
https://www.swgde.org/