Instructions on Public Review and Providing Comments for SWGDVI Draft Documents

• Read and review the Public Review and Comment (PRC) draft primarily for the principles it contains within the time frame listed under the document name.
• Enter comments on Google Doc form link associated with each document for review.
• You may provide general comments and/or comments to specific words and principles in the document. If your comments relate to specific words or phrases, please reference the line number(s) to which your comment applies, such as: Line 88: the word “shall” should be replaced with “may.”
• SWGDVI defines the following terms as such and utilizes them in documents accordingly:
  • Standards are a minimum level of acceptable performance.
  • Guidelines (or Principles) are a suggested level of performance, but not a standard.
  • Best practices are the most rigorous level of performance and are based on current knowledge without resource limitations.
• SWGDVI’s Comment Acceptance Policy: All comments received are evaluated and made available, in their entirety, to the SWGDVI committee and board as they relate to the particular document. A comment summary report for each document is made available to the public at swgdvi.org. Please note that all personal identifying information (such as name and address) submitted by the commenter will NOT be included in any comment summary report and will NOT be made available to the public, except as required by law.

If you have further questions, please send email .

Outcome of the Review and Comment Process

• All comments will be reviewed and addressed.
• Explanations will be provided for suggestions which are not incorporated in revisions of the document.
• After revisions are made, the document will be voted on by the full board. If published, it will be published on the finalized document section of the website.

Thank you in advance for your participation in this important process!

Documents Open for Public Review and Comment

PRC #4: Ethical Considerations in Disaster Victim Identification
Open Public Review: 9/15/2014
Close Public Review: 11/15/2014
Developed by SWGDVI's Ethics Committee
Document Available Here: Link
Voting Form Here: Link


PRC #5: Postmortem Impression Submission Strategy for Comprehensive Searches of Essential Automated Fingerprint
Identification System Databases
Open Public Review: 9/15/2014
Close Public Review: 11/15/2014
Developed by SWGDVI's Friction Ridge Committee
Document Available Here: Link
Voting Form Here: Link