[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 131 (Tuesday, July 10, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 37522]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-3381]



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ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION


Sunshine Act Meetings

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 AND TIMES:  Tuesday, July 10, 2007 at 10:30 a.m. ET; Thursday, 
July 12, 2007 at 11 a.m. ET; Friday, July 13, 2007 at 11 a.m. ET; 
Tuesday, July 17, 2007 at 10:30 a.m. ET; Thursday, July 19, 2007 at 11 
a.m. ET; Friday, July 20, 2007 at 11 a.m. ET; Tuesday, July 24, 2007 at 
10:30 a.m. ET; Thursday, July 26, 2007 at 11 a.m. ET; Friday, July 27, 
2007 at 11 a.m. ET; Tuesday, July 31, 2007 at 10:30 a.m. ET.

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 
approximately 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 ninth 
plenary session on May 21-22, 2007. Documents and transcriptions of 
Committee proceedings are available at: http://vote.nist.gov/PublicHearingsandMeetings.html.

Purpose: At the direction of the Committee and with technical support 
from NIST staff, the three working subcommittees gather and analyze 
information relevant to requirement recommendations for the next 
iteration of the voluntary voting system guidelines. The Human Factors 
and Privacy Subcommittee considers usability, accessibility, and 
privacy functions of voting systems and the environment of the polling 
place. The Security and Transparency Subcommittee considers the 
security of computers, computer networks and computer data storage used 
in voting systems. The Core Requirements and Testing Subcommittee 
considers precise and testable specifications for voting systems. The 
subcommittees' recommendations are then presented to the Development 
Committee as a whole at public plenary sessions.

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.

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 subcommittee 
teleconference meetings, written comments should be addressed to the 
contact person indicated above, or to [email protected].

Rosemary E. Rodriguez,
Vice-Chair, U.S. Election Assistance Commission.
[FR Doc. 07-3381 Filed 7-6-07; 3:32 pm]
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