[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 223 (Monday, November 20, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 67117]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-9310]


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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: Monday, December 4, 2006, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. EST. 
Tuesday, December 5, 2006, 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. 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 will be available at http://www.vote.nist.gov by November 4, 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 Department 
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: 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].

Thomas R. Wilkey,
Executive Director, U.S. Election Assistance Commission.
[FR Doc. 06-9310 Filed 11-16-06; 11:51 am]
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