[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 173 (Thursday, September 8, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53352-53353]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-17944]


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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: Thursday, September 29, 2005, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

PLACE: National Institute of Standards and Technology, 325 Broadway, 
Boulder, Colorado 80305-3328.

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.

SUMMARY: The Technical Guidelines Development Committee (the 
``Development Committee'' has scheduled a plenary meeting for September 
29, 2005. The Development 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 four previous meetings on 
July 9, 2004; January 18 and 19, 2005; March 9, 2005; and April 20 and 
21, 2005. The proceedings of these meetings are available for public 
review at http//vote.nist.gov/PublicHearingsandMeetings.html. On May 9, 
2005, the Development Committee delivered initial recommendations for 
voluntary voting system guidelines to the Election Assistance 
Commission (EAC). The purpose of this fifth meeting of the Development 
Committee will be to review and approve a work plan for future 
voluntary voting system guidelines recommendations to the EAC. The work 
plan responds to tasks defined in resolutions passed at Technical 
Guideline Development Committee meetings.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Technical Guidelines Development 
Committee (the ``Development Committee'') has scheduled a plenary 
meeting for September 29, 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 its 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 and 19, 2005. Resolutions were 
adopted by the Development Committee at the January plenary session. 
The resolutions defined technical work tasks for NIST that would assist 
the Development Committee in developing recommendations for voluntary 
voting system guidelines. At the March 9, 2005

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meeting, NIST scientists presented preliminary reports on technical 
work tasks defined by resolutions adopted at the January plenary 
meeting and one additional resolution was adopted by the Development 
Committee. The Development Committee approved with edits initial 
recommendations for voluntary voting system guidelines at the April 20 
and 21, 2005 meeting. The document, Voluntary Voting System Guidelines 
Version 1: Initial Report was submitted by the Development Committee to 
the EAC as required by HAVA on May 9, 2005. The EAC is currently 
accepting public comment on proposed voluntary voting system guidelines 
through September 30, 2005. Proposed guidelines and public comment 
procedures are available at http://www.eac.gov.

CONTACT INFORMATION: Allan Eustis, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 8900, 
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8900, phone 301-975-5099. Written comments 
concerning the Development Committee's operations should be addressed 
to the contact person indicated above, or to [email protected].

Thomas R. Wilkey,
Executive Director, U.S. Election Assistance Commission.
[FR Doc. 05-17944 Filed 9-6-05; 2:50 pm]
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