Whether referred to as “the Sherry Black bill” or SB.156, a new bill is regulating investigative genetic genealogy and which information law enforcement can access. As predicted by the Center for Genetics and Society, CGS, at the start of 2021, 100 million people had taken at-home DNA tests. Utah’s SB.156 outlines how law enforcement can …
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Will Your Genealogy Data Become Searchable by Law Enforcement?
Whether referred to as “the Sherry Black bill” or SB.156, a new bill is regulating investigative genetic genealogy and which information law enforcement can access. As predicted by the Center for Genetics and Society, CGS, at the start of 2021, 100 million people had taken at-home DNA tests. Utah’s SB.156 outlines how law enforcement can …
Senate Committee Vote on Biden’s National Archivist Nominee Colleen Shogan Postponed
A Senate committee meeting to vote to advance President Joe Biden’s pick to run the National Archives and Records Administration was postponed Wednesday shortly before its start, again delaying action on Colleen Shogan. The committee rescheduled the vote for March 15 on Thursday morning. Shogan’s nomination has been held up in the Senate Homeland Security …