Technical Guidelines Development Committee (TGDC)
Public Data Gathering Hearings
September 20, 21, 22, 2004
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Panel Testimony: Oral & Written (if submitted)


  Monday September 20, 2004:

TGDC Subcommittee on Computer Security and Transparency

Chair: Ron Rivest, MIT

 

 
  Panel 1: Voting System Security and
Transparency: The Big Picture

- Eric Fischer, Congressional Research Service

(Oral Testimony) (Written Testimony)

- Craig Burkhardt, General Counsel for Technology, Department of Commerce

(Oral Testimony)
 
  Panel 2: Requirements for Evaluation of
Voting System Security

- Roy Saltman, Consultant Election Policy and Technology

(Oral Testimony) (Written Testimony)

- Michael Shamos, Carnegie Mellon University

(Oral Testimony) (Written Testimony)

- Douglas Jones, University of Iowa

(Oral Testimony) (Written Testimony Part 1, Part 2)

 

 
  Panel 3: Vendor Perspectives on
Requirements for Voting System Security

- Herb Deutsch, ES &S Election Systems and Software

(Oral Testimony) (Written Testimony)

- David Chaum, Chaum LLC

(Oral Testimony)

- Jim Adler, VoteHere Inc.

(Oral Testimony) (Written Testimony)

 

  Panel 4: Requirements for Audit Trails

- Aviel Rubin, Johns Hopkins University

(Oral Testimony)

- Paul Craft, Florida Department of State

(Oral Testimony)

- Dan Wallach, Rice University

(Oral Testimony) (Written Testimony)

 

 
  Public Testimony

- Fernando Morales

(Oral Testimony) (Written Testimony Part 1, Part 2, Part 3)

- Charles Gaston

(Oral Testimony) (Written Testimony)

- Fred Berghoefer

(Oral Testimony)

 

 
 

Tuesday September 21, 2004:

TGDC Subcommittee on Core Requirements and Testing

Chair: Dan Schutzer, CitiGroup

 

 
 

Panel 1: Requirements for a Voting System

- Merle King, Executive Director of the KSU Center for Election Systems

(Oral Testimony) (Written Testimony)

- Wendy Noren, Boone County Missouri Clerk

(Oral Testimony) (Written Testimony)

- Annie Connole, Manager Voting systems, Arlington County, Virginia

(Oral Testimony) (Written Testimony)

 

 
 

Panel 2: Testing Methodology for a Voting System

- Joy Relton, American Foundation for the Blind

(Oral Testimony) (Written Testimony)

- Tom Caddy, Infogard Laboratories

(Oral Testimony)

- Susan Campbell, Montgomery County, Maryland, Office of Elections

(Oral Testimony)

- Paul Craft, Florida Department of State

(Oral Testimony)

 

 
  Panel 3: Review of Applicable Existing Standards

- Stephen Berger, IEEE Voting System Standards

(Oral Testimony)

- Terrie Diaz, SAIC Corporation

(Oral Testimony)

- Mike Hogan, Information Technology Laboratory, NIST

(Oral Testimony)

 

 
  Wednesday September 22, 2004:

TGDC Subcommittee on Human Factors and Privacy

Chair: Whitney Quesenbery, Usability Professionals Association

 

 
 

Panel 1: Design and Usability as part of the Voting Experience

- Kimball Brace, Election Data Service

(Oral Testimony)

- Bill Killam, User Centered Design Inc.

(Oral Testimony)

- Ginny Redish, Redish and Associates

(Oral Testimony) (Written Testimony)

- Lance Gough, Chicago Board of Elections

(Oral Testimony) (Written Testimony)

 

 
  Panel 2: Accommodating Diversity and
Privacy in the Polling Process

- Larry Gonzales, National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials

(Oral Testimony)

- Dori Tunstall, Design for Democracy

(Oral Testimony)

- Lillie Coney, Electronic Privacy Information Center

(Oral Testimony)

- Greg Vanderheiden, Trace Center

(Oral Testimony)

- Burton Squires, Election Judge, Poll Worker Montgomery County, Maryland

(Oral Testimony) (Written Testimony)

 

 
  Panel 3: Ensuring Access to Voting

- Ann Taylor, National Federation for the Blind

(Oral Testimony)

- Diane Golden, Missouri Assistive Technology Council

(Oral Testimony) (Written Testimony)

- Robert Resuali, AutoMark Technical Systems

(Oral Testimony) (Written Testimony Part 1, Part 2)

- Linda Dickenson, Election Judge, Trainer Montgomery County, Maryland

(Oral Testimony)

 

 
  Panel 4: Usability Testing of Voting
Systems

- Susan King Roth, Virginia Commonwealth University

(Oral Testimony) (Written Testimony)

- Sharon Laskowski, Information Technology Laboratory, NIST

(Oral Testimony) (Written Testimony)

- Fred Conrad, University of Michigan

(Oral Testimony) (Written Testimony)

- Ian Piper, Diebold Election Systems

(Oral Testimony)

 

  Public Testimony

- James Dickson, American Assoc. of People with Disabilities

(Oral Testimony)
 
   
   
  Technical Guidelines Development
Committee: Members

Arden Bement (Chair)
Acting Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF)
Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Gaithersburg, MD

Donetta Davidson
Colorado Secretary of State
Representing Standards Board ( EAC )
Denver, CO

Alice Miller
Director of Elections-District of Columbia
Representing Standards Board ( EAC )
Washington, DC

Sharon Turner Buie
Director of Elections-Kansas City
Representing Board of Advisors ( EAC )
Kansas City, MO

Helen Purcell
Maricopa County Recorder
Representing Board of Advisors ( EAC )
Phoenix, AZ

Dr. James (“J.R.”) R. Harding
Architectural and Transportation Barrier Compliance Board
Tallahassee, FL

James Elekes
Architectural and Transportation Barrier Compliance Board
North Plainfield, NJ

Ann Caldas
Director Procedures and Standards Admin.
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
New York, NY

H. Stephen Berger
TEM Consulting, LP-
Chair, IEEE SEC 38 (Voting Syst. Stds.)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Georgetown, TX

Brittain Williams
Retired professor- Kennesaw State National Association of State Election Directors (NASED)
Tucker, GA

Paul Craft
Florida Department of State, Voting Systems National Association of State Election Directors
Tallahassee, FL

Ronald Rivest
Professor, MIT-Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Cambridge, MA

Dr. Daniel Schutzer
Vice President & Director of External Standards and Advanced Technology,
e-Citi, CitiGroup
Stamford, CT

Patrick Gannon
President and CEO,
OASIS
Billerica, MA

Whitney Quesenbery
President-Usability Professionals' Association
High Bridge, NJ

       

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