[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 245 (Thursday, December 21, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 76642]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-9822]


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ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION


Sunshine Act Notice

AGENCY: United States Election Assistance Commission.

ACTION:  Notice of public teleconference meetings for the working 
subcommittees of the Technical Guidelines Development Committee.

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Dates & Times: Tuesday, January 9, 2007, 10:30 a.m. EST; Thursday, 
January 11, 2007, 11 a.m. EST; Friday, January 12, 2006, 11 a.m. EST: 
Tuesday, January 23, 2007, 10:30 a.m. EST; Friday, January 26, 2007, 11 
a.m. EST; Thursday, February 1, 2007, 11 a.m. EST; Tuesday, February 6, 
2007, 10:30 a.m. EST; Friday, February 9, 2007, 11 a.m. EST; Thursday, 
February 15, 2007, 11 a.m. EST; Tuesday, February 20, 2007, 10:30 a.m. 
EST; Friday, February 23, 2007, 11 a.m. EST; Thursday, March 1, 2007, 
11 a.m. EST; Friday, March 2, 2007, 11 a.m. EST; Tuesday, March 6, 
2007, 10:30 a.m. EST; Friday, March 9, 2007, 11 a.m. EST; Thursday, 
March 15, 2007, 11 a.m. EDT; Friday, March 16, 2007, 11 a.m. EDT; 
Tuesday, March 20, 2007, 10:30 a.m. EDT.

Status: Audio recordings of working subcommittee teleconferences are 
available upon conclusion of each meeting at: http://vote.nist.gov/subcomm_mtgs.htm. Agendas for each teleconference will be posted one 
week in advance of each meeting at the above Web site.

Summary: The Technical Guidelines Development Committee (the 
``Development 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 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 and analyze information on relevant issues. These working 
subcommittees propose resolutions to the TGDC on best practices, 
specifications and standards. Specifically, NIST staff and Committee 
members will meet via the above scheduled teleconferences to review and 
discuss progress on tasks defined in resolutions passed at Development 
Committee plenary meetings. The resolutions define technical work tasks 
for NIST that will assist the Committee in developing recommendations 
for voluntary voting system guidelines. The Committee met in its 
seventh plenary session on December 4-5, 2007. Documents and 
transcriptions of Committee proceedings are available at: http://vote.nist.gov/PublicHearingsandMeetings.html.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Technical Guidelines Development 
Committee (the ``Development 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 information gathered and 
analyzed by the working subcommittees during their teleconference 
meetings will be reviewed at future Development Committee plenary 
meetings.

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 subcommittee teleconference 
meetings, 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. 06-9822 Filed 12-19-06; 10:43 am]
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