This report describes the findings of the root cause analysis committee, including the identification of root causes for the event and recommendations to address the identified causal factors.
This report describes the findings of the root cause analysis committee, including the identification of root causes for the event and recommendations to address the identified causal factors.
The Identifying Information Law (IIL) requires City agencies to submit comprehensive biennial agency reports related to their collection, disclosure, and retention of identifying information and their privacy protection practices. This document is OCME's 2022 IIL biennial report.
A report on the agency's efforts during the previous quarter to implement the plan adopted pursuant to paragraph nineteen (annual plan) of Section 815(a),including details of agency's efforts to implement equal employment practices, including statistical information regarding total employment, including provisional, seasonal, per-diem and part-time employees, new hiring and promotions in a manner which facilitates understanding of an agency's efforts to provide fair and effective equal opportunity employment for minority group members, women and members of other groups who are employed by, or who seek employment with, city agencies.
The OCME submitted the FY22 Preliminary Plan to the NYC Office of Management and Budget. The plan was submitted to describe the OCME's preliminary budget for various projects.
A report on the agency's efforts during the previous quarter to implement the plan adopted pursuant to paragraph nineteen (annual plan) of Section 815(a),including details of agency's efforts to implement equal employment practices, including statistical information regarding total employment, including provisional, seasonal, per-diem and part-time employees, new hiring and promotions in a manner which facilitates understanding of an agency's efforts to provide fair and effective equal opportunity employment for minority group members, women and members of other groups who are employed by, or who seek employment with, city agencies.
On January 3, 2020, the Office of Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) Quality Assurance Director was informed of an event which occurred in the Forensic Toxicology Laboratory (Forensic Toxicology).
The FY21 Adopted/September Capital Budget and Commitment Plan is the OCME's approved capital budget plan. It includes proposed costs for equipment, upgrades, etc.
A report on the agency's efforts during the previous quarter to implement the plan adopted pursuant to paragraph nineteen (annual plan) of Section 815(a),including details of agency's efforts to implement equal employment practices, including statistical information regarding total employment, including provisional, seasonal, per-diem and part-time employees, new hiring and promotions in a manner which facilitates understanding of an agency's efforts to provide fair and effective equal opportunity employment for minority group members, women and members of other groups who are employed by, or who seek employment with, city agencies
A report on the agency's efforts during the previous quarter to implement the plan adopted pursuant to paragraph nineteen (annual plan) of Section 815(a),including details of agency's efforts to implement equal employment practices, including statistical information regarding total employment, including provisional, seasonal, per-diem and part-time employees, new hiring and promotions in a manner which facilitates understanding of an agency's efforts to provide fair and effective equal opportunity employment for minority group members, women and members of other groups who are employed by, or who seek employment with, city agencies
A report on the agency's efforts during the previous quarter to implement the plan adopted pursuant to paragraph nineteen (annual plan) of Section 815(a),including details of agency's efforts to implement equal employment practices, including statistical information regarding total employment, including provisional, seasonal, per-diem and part-time employees, new hiring and promotions in a manner which facilitates understanding of an agency's efforts to provide fair and effective equal opportunity employment for minority group members, women and members of other groups who are employed by, or who seek employment with, city agencies
The NYC OCME's 2019 Language Access Plan was created to ensure that the OCME is in compliance with Executive Order 120 and continues to comply with Local Law 30. The plan details the different ways that the OCME provides information to members of the public who are limited English-proficient.
On June 17, 2019, the Office of Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) Quality Assurance Director was informed of an event which occurred in the Department of Forensic Biology. The event involves a potential contamination which led to a DNA HIT notification and arrest.
On March 22, 2018, the Office of Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) Quality Assurance Director was informed of an error relating to the testing process of the Forensic Toxicology Laboratory.
On October 2, 2017, the Office of Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) Quality Assurance Director was informed of an event which occurred in the OCME Operations Center. The event involves a cremation request that was approved in error.
On September 19, 2017, the Office of Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) Quality Assurance Director was informed of an error which occurred in the autopsy suite. The error involves a contamination event which resulted in an erroneous DNA match notification.
On February 27, 2017, the Office of Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) Quality Assurance Director was informed of an error relating to the postmortem testing process of the Forensic Toxicology Laboratory. This error resulted in an incorrect result reported by Forensic Toxicology.
On July 14, 2015, the Office of Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) Quality Assurance Director was informed of an error which resulted in an incorrect Specimen ID number entered into the DNA HITS application, software that matches DNA profiles and notifies agencies of positive matches.
On September 25, 2015, the Office of Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) Quality Assurance Director was informed of an error which resulted in an incorrectly reported result from the OCME's Department of Forensic Biology.
On July 31, 2015, the Office of Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) Quality Assurance Director was informed of an error which resulted in an incorrectly reported result from OCME's Department of Forensic Biology.
On May 19, 2015, the Office of Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) Quality Assurance Director was informed of an error from March 3, 2015 which resulted in an incorrectly reported result from OCME's Forensic Toxicology Laboratory.
On April 7, 2015, the Office of Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) Quality Assurance Director was informed of an error from January 30, 2015 which resulted in an incorrectly reported result from OCME's Forensic Toxicology Laboratory.
On February 13, 2015, the Office of Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) Quality Assurance Director was informed of an error on November 14, 2015 which resulted in an incorrectly reported result from OCME's Forensic Toxicology Laboratory.
On February 13, 2015, the Office of Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) Quality Assurance Director was informed of an error from October 16, 2014 which resulted in an incorrectly reported result from OCME's Forensic Toxicology Laboratory.