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ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION
1225 New York Ave. NW - Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20005
SUNSHINE ACT NOTICE
AGENCY: United States Election Assistance Commission
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ACTION:
Notice of Public Teleconference Meetings for the Working Subcommittees
of the Technical Guidelines Development Committee
DATES
& TIMES:
Tuesday,
August 7, 2007 at 10:30 AM ET
Thursday, August 9, 2007 at 11 AM ET
Friday, August 10, 2007 at 11 AM ET
Tuesday, August 14, 2007 at 10:30 AM ET
STATUS:
Audio recordings of working subcommittee teleconferences are
available upon conclusion of each meeting at: http://vote.nist.gov/subcomm_mtgs.htm.
Agendas for each teleconference will be posted approximately one
week in advance of each meeting at the above website.
SUMMARY:
The Technical Guidelines Development Committee (the "Development
Committee") was established to act in the public interest to assist
the Executive Director of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission
(EAC) in the development of voluntary voting system guidelines.
The Committee held their first plenary meeting on July 9, 2004.
At this meeting, the Development Committee agreed to a resolution
forming three working groups: (1) Human Factors & Privacy;
(2) Security & Transparency; and (3) Core Requirements &
Testing to gather and analyze information on relevant issues.
These working subcommittees propose resolutions to the TGDC on
best practices, specifications and standards. Specifically, NIST
staff and Committee members will meet via the above scheduled
teleconferences to review and discuss progress on tasks defined
in resolutions passed at Development Committee plenary meetings.
The resolutions define technical work tasks for NIST that will
assist the Committee in developing recommendations for voluntary
voting system guidelines. The Committee met in its ninth plenary
session on May 21-22, 2007. Documents and transcriptions of Committee
proceedings are available at: http://vote.nist.gov/PublicHearingsandMeetings.html
PURPOSE:
At the direction of the Committee and with technical support from
NIST staff, the three working subcommittees gather and analyze
information relevant to requirement recommendations for the next
iteration of the voluntary voting system guidelines. The Human
Factors and Privacy Subcommittee considers usability, accessibility,
and privacy functions of voting systems and the environment of
the polling place. The Security and Transparency Subcommittee
considers the security of computers, computer networks and computer
data storage used in voting systems. The Core Requirements and
Testing Subcommittee considers precise and testable specifications
for voting systems. The Subcommittees’ recommendations are
then presented to the Development Committee as a whole at public
plenary sessions.
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION: The
Technical Guidelines Development Committee (the "Development Committee")
was established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 15361, to act in the
public interest to assist the Executive Director of the Election
Assistance Commission in the development of the voluntary voting
system guidelines.
CONTACT
INFORMATION: Allan Eustis 301-975-5099. If a member of the
public would like to submit written comments concerning the Committee's
affairs at any time before or after subcommittee teleconference
meetings, written comments should be addressed to the contact
person indicated above, or to voting@nist.gov.
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