[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 33 (Friday, February 18, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 8350]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-3306]


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ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION


Sunshine Act Notice; Meeting

AGENCY: United States Election Assistance Commission.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting for the Technical Guidelines 
Development Committee.

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Date & Time: Wednesday, March 9, 2005, 8:30 am to 5:30 pm.

Place: National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau 
Drive, Building 101, 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: https://rproxy.nist.gov/CRS/conf_ext.cfm?conf_id=1392. Please make sure you 
provide special needs in the space allotted on the registration form. 
Also, on the form, leave the amount due at 0$.

    Note: Advance registration closes March 2, 2005.

SUMMARY: The Technical Guidelines Development Committee (the 
``Development Committee'') has scheduled a plenary meeting for March 9, 
2005. 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 Development Committee held its first meeting on July 
9th, 2004 and its second meeting on January 18 and 19, 2005. The 
purpose of the third meeting of the Committee will be to review and 
approve progress on technical work tasks defined in resolutions adopted 
at the January plenary meeting and to consider further resolutions if 
proposed. The Committee's adopted resolutions are available for public 
review at: http://www.vote.nist.gov/Official%20w-o%20signature.doc.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Technical Guidelines Development 
Committee held their first plenary meeting for 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. Thirty-one resolutions were 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. The guidelines 
are due to the Election Assistance Commission in April 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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 the meeting, written 
comments should be addressed to the contact person indicated above, or 
to [email protected].

Gracia M. Hillman,
Chair, U.S. Election Assistance Commission.
[FR Doc. 05-3306 Filed 2-16-05; 11:59 am]
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