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- 2025-10-23 Best Practices Apple MacOS Forensic Acquisition (23-F-005-1.1)
- 2025-10-23 Best Practices for Data Destruction Media Sterilization and Sanitization (24-F-001-1.0)
- 2025-10-23 Best Practices for Radio Frequency Propagation Surveys (25-F-003-1.0)
- 2025-10-23 Technical Notes on the Use of Timing Advance Records (25-F-002-1.0)
- 2025-06-30 Best Practices for Digital Evidence Collection (18-F-002-2.0)
- 2025-06-29 Focused Collection and Examination of Digital Evidence (14-F-003-2.0)
- 2025-06-29 Recommendations for Historical Cell Site Analysis (17-F-001-4.0)
- 2025-03-03 Considerations for Body Worn Camera (23-V-002-1.0)
- 2025-02-27 Legal and Scientific Support Related to the Admissibility of Image Examinations (23-I-001-1.0)
- 2024-11-22 Model Standard Operation Procedures (12-F-001-3.0)
- 2024-11-20 Guidelines for Forensic Image Analysis (16-I-002-2.0)
- 2023-10-13 SWGDE Test Method for Bluetooth Module Extraction and Analysis (20-F-003-1.2)
- 2023-03-31 SWGDE Training Guidelines for Video Analysis, Image Analysis and Photography (15-M-001-1.2)