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TGDC
Plenary Meeting, December 4 & 5, 2006
SUNSHINE ACT NOTICE
Plenary Meeting Technical Guidelines Development Committee
AGENCIES:
United
States Election Assistance Commission &
National Institute of Standards & Technology
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ACTION:
Notice
of Public Meeting for the Technical Guidelines Development Committee
DATE
& TIME:
Monday,
December 4, 2006, 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM EST
Tuesday, December 5, 2006, 8:30 AM to 2:00 PM EST
PLACE:
National
Institute of Standards and Technology
100 Bureau Drive, Building 101, Green Auditorium
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-8900.
STATUS:
This
meeting will be open to the public. There is no fee to attend,
but, due to security requirements, advance registration is required.
Registration information is available at: http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/confpage/061204.htm
until November 27, 2006.
SUMMARY:
The
Technical Guidelines Development Committee (the "Development
Committee") has scheduled a plenary meeting for December
4th & 5th, 2006. The 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 Development Committee held previous meetings
on July 9, 2004; January 18 and 19, 2005; March 9, 2005; April
20 and 21, 2005; September 29, 2005 and March 29, 2006. The purpose
of the seventh meeting of the Development Committee will be to
review and approve draft documents that will form the bases for
recommendations for future voluntary voting system guidelines
to the EAC. The draft documents respond to tasks defined in resolutions
passed at previous Technical Guideline Development Committee meetings.
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:
The
Technical Guidelines Development Committee (the "Development
Committee") has scheduled a plenary meeting for December
4th & 5th, 2006. The 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. The
Technical Guidelines Development 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 information and public
input on relevant issues. The information gathered by the working
groups was analyzed at the second meeting of the Development Committee
January 18 & 19, 2005. Resolutions were debated and adopted
by the TGDC at the January plenary session. The resolutions defined
technical work tasks for NIST that will assist the TGDC in developing
recommendations for voluntary voting system guidelines. At the
March 9, 2005 meeting, NIST scientists presented preliminary reports
on technical work tasks defined in resolutions adopted at the
January plenary meeting and adopted one additional resolution.
The Development Committee approved initial recommendations for
voluntary voting system guidelines at the April 20th & 21st,
2005 meeting. The Development Committee began consideration of
future recommendations for voluntary voting system guidelines
at the September 29, 2005 meeting. At the March 29th, 2006 meeting,
the Development Committee approved draft technical guidance documents
that will form the bases for recommendations for future voluntary
voting system guidelines and passed an additional resolution.
The Committee will review additional technical guidance documents
for recommendations for future voluntary voting system guidelines
at the December 4th & 5th, 2006 meeting.
CONTACT
INFORMATION:
If
a member of the public would like to submit written comments concerning
the Committee's affairs at any time before or after the meeting,
the comments should be e-mailed to voting@nist.gov
or sent to NIST, attn: Allan Eustis, Mail Stop 8970, 100 Bureau
Drive, Gaithersburg, Md. 20899-8970 .
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