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Virginia Forensic Science director says new central lab on schedule; move delayed by furniture backlog
Summary
Director Linda Jackson told the Forensic Science Board the new central laboratory has temporary occupancy and is on budget; the move was pushed from mid-January to late February/early March due to delayed furniture deliveries. DFS also reported staffing levels, equipment purchases, outsourcing volumes and plans for operator retraining.
Linda Jackson, director of the Department of Forensic Science, said the agency has received a temporary certificate of occupancy for its new central laboratory and that the capital project is "on schedule and it is within budget." She told the Forensic Science Board at its telemeeting that staff can now enter the building and that teams are planning a five-week, phased move to avoid disrupting instrument operation.
Jackson said the move has been delayed from a mid-January start to late February or early March because Virginia Correctional Enterprises, which is supplying system furniture, has been unable to deliver on the original timeline. "We are now receiving things that we thought that we were going to be receiving in November," she said, and DFS is procuring moving…
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