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DRAFTS FOR COMMENT

Standards for Examining Friction Ridge Impressions and Resulting Conclusions

Version 1.0

View	Version	Effective Start	Effective End	Posted	Archived	Notes
	1.0	N/A (draft)	N/A	9/10/10	N/A	Proposed to replace the current Methodology and Standards for Conclusions documents

Standard Terminology of Friction Ridge Examination

Version 2.2

View	Version	Effective Start	Effective End	Posted	Archived	Notes
	2.2	N/A (draft)	N/A	9/10/10	N/A	A Revised Draft for Comment due to substantive changes from the previous Draft document
	2.1	N/A (draft)	N/A	3/10/10	9/10/10	A Draft for Comment of the previous Glossary document

Standard for the Application of Blind Verification

Version 1.0

View	Version	Effective Start	Effective End	Posted	Archived	Notes
	1.0	N/A (draft)	N/A	9/10/10	N/A	New Draft Standard

LATENT AND TENPRINT

Glossary

Version 2.0

View	Version	Effective Start	Effective End	Posted	Archived	Notes
	2.0 (current)	5/8/09	N/A	7/28/09	N/A	Updates and simplification led to this version from the 1.0 comment period
	1.0 Draft for Comment	9/12/08	7/28/09	≈ 11/30/08	7/28/09	Condensed to only include unique definitions to the friction ridge discipline or terms used by the friction ridge discipline in a non-traditional way
	1	9/9/03	≈ 11/30/08	≈ 9/9/03	≈ 11/30/09	Previous versions consolidated into one document
	Supplement Draft for Comment	N/A - included in Version 1 on 9/9/03	≈ 9/9/03	Unknown	≈ 9/9/03	This document was only published as a Draft for Comment and was never finalized as a separate glossary supplement.
	Anatomy 1.1	9/16/02	≈ 9/9/03	9/16/02	≈ 9/9/03
	Automation 1.1	8/22/02	≈ 9/9/03	≈ 8/22/02	≈ 9/9/03
	Classification 1.11	8/21/02	≈ 9/9/03	≈ 8/21/02	≈ 9/9/03
	Classification 1.1	8/21/02	8/21/02	≈ 8/21/02	≈ 8/21/02
	Processing 1.0	8/21/02	≈ 9/9/03	≈ 8/21/02	≈ 9/9/03
	Identification 1.1	8/20/02	≈ 9/9/03	≈ 8/20/02	≈ 9/9/03

Model Policy for Friction Ridge Examiner Conduct

Version 1.0

View	Version	Effective Start	Effective End	Posted	Archived	Notes
	1.0 (current)	12/23/08	N/A	≈ 12/23/08	N/A	Current version
	1.0	8/09/01	≈ 12/23/08	≈ 8/09/01	≈ 12/23/08	Previous version: "Guidelines for Professional Conduct"

Standard for Friction Ridge Automation Training

Version 1.0

View	Version	Effective Start	Effective End	Posted	Archived	Notes
	1.0 (current)	5/8/09	N/A	7/27/09	N/A	Current version
	1.0 DRAFT	N/A	N/A	≈ 9/12/08	7/27/09	Previous DRAFT version of the combined Latent / Tenprint document
	1.0 DRAFT	N/A	N/A	≈ 6/11/08	7/27/09	Previous DRAFT version for Tenprint examiners
	1.1	8/23/02	5/8/09	≈ 8/23/02	7/27/09	Previous version

Standard for Friction Ridge Comparison Proficiency Testing Program (Latent/Tenprint)

Version 1.0

View	Version	Effective Start	Effective End	Posted	Archived	Notes
	1.0 (current)	5/8/09	N/A	7/27/09	N/A	Current version that combines Latent & Tenprint
	1.0 DRAFT	N/A	N/A	≈ 9/12/08	7/27/09	Previous DRAFT version of the document
	1.0	9/11/03	5/8/09	≈ 9/11/03	7/27/09	Previous version of the document
	1.0 DRAFT	N/A	N/A	≈ 2002	9/11/03	Previous DRAFT version

Standard for Friction Ridge Digital Imaging (Latent/Tenprint)

Version 1.1

View	Version	Effective Start	Effective End	Posted	Archived	Notes
	1.1 (current)	9/14/09	N/A	≈ 12/21/09	N/A	Current version
	1.0	12/23/08	9/14/09	≈ 12/23/08	12/21/09	Previous version
	1.0 DRAFT	N/A	N/A	≈ 9/12/08	≈ 12/23/08	Previous DRAFT version of the document
	1.0	8/8/01	12/23/08	≈ 8/8/01	≈ 12/23/08	Previous version of the document

Standard for the Validation and Performance Review of Friction Ridge Impression Development and Examination Techniques (Validation of Research and Technology)

Version 1.0

View	Version	Effective Start	Effective End	Posted	Archived	Notes
	1.0	8/18/10	N/A	10/11/10	N/A	Current version
	1.0	N/A - DRAFT	N/A	3/10/10	N/A	Draft for Comment
	1.0	8/8/01	8/18/10	≈ 7/27/09	10/11/10	Only the document format was updated. ("Validation of Research and Technology")
	1.0	8/8/01	≈ 7/27/09	≈ 8/8/01	≈ 7/27/09	Previous version ("Validation of Research and Technology")

Standards for Conclusions

Version 1.0

View	Version	Effective Start	Effective End	Posted	Archived	Notes
	1.0 (current)	9/11/03	N/A	≈ 9/11/03	N/A	Current version
	DRAFT	N/A	N/A	≈ 2002	≈ 9/11/03	Previous DRAFT version of the document

Standards for Minimum Qualifications and Training to Competency for Friction Ridge Examiners (Latent/Tenprint)

Version 1.0

View	Version	Effective Start	Effective End	Posted	Archived	Notes
	1.0 (Current Approved)	2/12/10	N/A	3/10/10	N/A	This is the approved document with the integration of community comments.
	1.0 (Revised DRAFT)	N/A (Draft for comment)	N/A	≈ 9/18/09	3/10/10	This is the Revised DRAFT approved on 9/18/09 of the next version of the document with the integration of community comments.
	1.0 (DRAFT)	N/A (Draft for comment)	N/A	≈ 5/8/09	9/18/09	This was a previous DRAFT version of the document that combines latent print and tenprint into a single document for Friction Ridge examiners.
	1.0 (DRAFT)	N/A (Draft for comment)	N/A	≈ 9/12/08	5/8/09	This was a previous DRAFT version of the document with the title "DRAFT Minimum Qualifications and Training to Competency Standards for Latent Print Examiners", that combined the qualifications and competency documents before it was combined with the tenprint documents.
	1.0 (DRAFT)	N/A (Draft for comment)	N/A	≈ 9/12/08	5/8/09	This was a previous DRAFT version of the document (before it was combined with the latent print document) with the title "DRAFT Minimum Qualifications Standard for Tenprint Examiner Trainees"
	1.0 (DRAFT)	N/A (Draft for comment)	N/A	≈ 9/12/08	5/8/09	This was a previous DRAFT version of the document with the title "DRAFT Standard for Training to Competency for Tenprint Examiners"(before it was combined with the qualifications document or the latent print document)
	2.1	8/22/02	2/12/10	≈ 8/22/02	3/10/10	"Minimum Qualifications for Latent Print Trainees"
	2.1	8/22/02	2/12/10	≈ 8/22/02	3/10/10	"Training to Competency for Latent Print Examiners"

LATENT ONLY

Friction Ridge Examination Methodology for Latent Print Examiners

Version 1.01

View	Version	Effective Start	Effective End	Posted	Archived	Notes
	1.01 (current)	7/28/09	N/A	≈ 7/28/09	N/A	Updates to document format only. Under 5 yr review.
	1	8/22/02	≈ 7/28/09	≈ 8/22/02	Unknown	N/A

Quality Assurance Guidelines for Latent Print Examiners

Version 3.0

View	Version	Effective Start	Effective End	Posted	Archived	Notes
	3.0 (current)	9/28/06	N/A	≈ 9/28/06	N/A	Current version
	2.11	08/22/02	09/28/06	≈ 8/22/02	≈ 9/28/06	Previous version with correction of some minor text wrapping and spacing issues
	2.1	08/22/02	09/28/06	≈ 8/22/02	≈ 9/28/06	Previous version

Standard for Documentation of Analysis, Comparison, Evaluation and Verification (ACE-V) (Latent)

Version 1.0

View	Version	Effective Start	Effective End	Posted	Archived	Notes
	1.0 (current)	2/12/10	N/A	3/10/10	N/A	Current version
	1.1 Revised DRAFT	9/18/09	N/A	10/21/09	N/A	Revised DRAFT for Comment - mostly formatting details, added version number
	DRAFT	9/18/09	N/A	10/15/09	10/21/09	DRAFT version
	1.0	5/8/09	2/12/10	7/27/09	3/10/10	"Standard for the Documentation of ACE-V"

Standard for Simultaneous Impression Examination

Version 1.0

View	Version	Effective Start	Effective End	Posted	Archived	Notes
	1.0 (current)	12/5/08	N/A	≈ 12/5/08	N/A	Current version
	1.1 DRAFT	N/A	N/A	≈ 6/23/08	≈ 12/5/08	Previous DRAFT version of the document
	1.0 DRAFT	N/A	N/A	≈ 9/21/07	≈ 6/23/08	Previous DRAFT version of the document

TENPRINT ONLY