1. Title could be Lab Name Presenter Laboratory CE User’s Group (Gaithersburg, MD) November 28, 2012 Lab symbol (if you have one)

2. What was requested in August 3 invitation on Yahoo Group posting 1.Status of your lab in 2010 (when we last met) and today (Nov 2012) including number of staff (photos of staff members would be nice), kits and instruments currently in use, kits and instruments being validated 2.Case acceptance policies 3.Your current backlog including a description of how you determine this value 4.Successful solutions for how you have been able to cut costs 5.Anything else you would like to discuss with the group

3. Background Information on Laboratory Location: (feel free to include photos) Number of Employees: (feel free to include photos) Types of cases commonly worked:

4. Your Lab Materials & Methods STR Kit(s) in Use/Planned: –e.g., Identifiler now used; Identifiler Plus being validated CE Instrument(s) in Use/Planned: Typing Software in Use/Planned:

5. Case Acceptance Policies

6. Sample/Case Backlog How backlog is defined in our lab: Backlog (2010): Backlog (2011): Backlog (current):

7. Successful Solutions for Cutting Costs

8. Biggest Challenges Your Lab Currently Faces

9. Ways in which the NIST Applied Genetics Group helps your lab currently or could help your lab in the future

10. Anything else you would like to discuss with the group