2024-2025 Federal Advocacy Efforts

DOJ Sanctuary Jurisdiction Directive

• Sanctuary Jurisdiction Grant Memo 2_5_2025

OMB Memos on Federal Grant Freeze

• Initial OMB Memo 1_27_2025
• OMB Q_A Document 1_27_2025
• Federal Court Stay Order 1_28_2025
• OMB Rescind Memo 1_29_2025
• Restraining Order 1_31_25_McConnell
• Temporary Restraining Order 2_3_2025_Alikhan

SAKI Grants

• July 2024 Letter to OJP Director on SAKI Solicitation Issues
• December 2024 Response from OJP Director on SAKI Solicitation Issues

Federal Research Interests

• November 2022 Research Presentation to NIJ Director

Coverdell Grant Qualifications

• March 14th 2022 Letter to Attorney General

Standards Development Organization Funding

CFSO supports authorization and appropriation for forensic science standards development at forensic science standards development organizations.

Feb 17th 2023 FSSB Letter to NIST

January 5th 2022 Memo

DOC Secretary Letter September 2022 regarding SDO grant funding

Bureau of Justice Statistics Census

2024 BJS Census of Publicly Funded Crime Lab Statement March 13 2024

Evidence Preservation Bill

• Letter to Senator Cornyn-November 2024

• Coverdell 2024
• CEBR 2024
• SAKI 2024
• Byrne JAG 2024

• NAS
• White House Study
• NIST
• NIJ
• BJS Census