The Environmental Monitoring and Data Quality Workgroup (EDQW announced the release of the QSM Version 5.1 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs).

The Department of Defense Environmental Monitoring and Data Quality Workgroup (EDQW) has released an updated Detection and Quantitation Fact Sheet.

The link to SCDHEC’s memorandum is http://scdhec.gov/Environment/docs/Methods_Update_Rule_2017.pdf.

I will once again be hosting a session at NEMC based on laboratory informatics. NEMC 2018 will be held August 6-10th in New Orleans (www.nemc.us). If you are interested in speaking, please submit an abstract on NEMC’s website before Jan 29th, 2018 or you may contact me directly at rbenz@khemia.com.

The 2018 Forum on Environmental Accreditation will be held at the Hyatt Regency in Albuquerque, NM, January 22-25, 2018. Some of the highlights for the week include:
• Meetings of TNI Committees to further TNI efforts on environmental laboratory accreditation, proficiency testing, and accreditation of field sampling and measurement organizations;
• An exhibit program showcasing the latest innovations in environmental monitoring;
• Discussion of the new consensus standards in development for detection and quantitation, instrument calibration, proficiency testing and field activities;
• An Assessment Forum;
• A general session with updates about TNI programs;
• An open meeting of US Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Laboratory Advisory Board; and
• A training course on assessing radiochemistry laboratories.
http://www.nelac-institute.org/forum/2018-winter/