FBI Science and Technology Branch

The Science and Technology Branch (STB) is a service within the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The STB is responsible for providing forensic science services and information sharing support capabilities to the FBI and the larger law enforcement community.

Leadership
Headed by an FBI Executive Assistant Director, the STB is responsible to the FBI Director through the Deputy Director. As a unit of the FBI (which is a division of the United States Department of Justice), the NSB is ultimately responsible to the Attorney General of the United States.

The current STB Executive Assistant Director is Steven M. Martinez, who was appointed by FBI Director Robert Muller on May 9, 2012.

Organization
The STB was formed by the unification of the FBI's various scientific investigation and support units.
 * FBI Criminal Justice Information Services Division
 * FBI Laboratory Division
 * FBI Operational Technology Division
 * FBI Special Technologies and Applications Office