[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 6, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17436-17437]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-6990]


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ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION


Sunshine Act Notice

AGENCY: United States Election Assistance Commission.

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

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DATE and TIME: Wednesday April 20, 2005, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Thursday, 
April 21, 2005, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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 will be available at http://vote.nist.gov by March 31, 2005.

SUMMARY: The Technical Guidelines Development Committee (the 
``Development Committee'') has scheduled a plenary meeting for April 
20-21, 2005. The Committee was established 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 previous meetings on July 9, 
2004; January 18 and 19, 2005; and March 9, 2005. The purpose of the 
fourth meeting of the Development Committee will be to review and 
approve a draft of the recommendations for voluntary voting system 
guidelines. The draft document will 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 April 20-21, 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 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 will review a draft document of 
initial recommendations for voluntary voting system guidelines at the 
April 20 & 21, 2005 meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Allan Eustis 301-975-5099. If a member 
of the public would like to submit

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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].

Ray Martinez III,
Commissioner, U.S. Election Assistance Commission.
[FR Doc. 05-6990 Filed 4-4-05; 3:59 pm]
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