[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 54 (Monday, March 21, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15981-15982]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-06025]


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ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION


Sunshine Act Meetings

AGENCY: U.S. Election Assistance Commission.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting agenda.

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SUMMARY: U.S. Election Assistance Commission Meeting to Vote on

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Adoption of Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG) Lifecycle Policy 
1.0.

DATES: Tuesday, April 5, 2022, 1 p.m.-2 p.m. Eastern.

ADDRESSES: Virtual via Zoom.
    The official meeting is open to the public and will be livestreamed 
on the U.S. Election Assistance Commission YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpN6i0g2rlF4ITWhwvBwwZw.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristen Muthig, Telephone: (202) 897-
9285, Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Purpose: In accordance with the Government in the Sunshine Act 
(Sunshine Act), Public Law 94-409, as amended (5 U.S.C. 552b), the U.S. 
Election Assistance Commission (EAC) will conduct an official meeting 
on the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG) Lifecycle Policy 1.0.
    Agenda: The U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) will hear a 
presentation about the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG) 
Lifecycle Policy 1.0 from EAC Testing and Certification Program 
Director Jon Panek and will consider the VVSG Lifecycle Policy 1.0 for 
adoption. The meeting will also include an update on VVSG 2.0 
implementation.
    The full agenda will be posted in advance on the EAC website: 
https://www.eac.gov.
    Background: The Federal Election Commission published the first two 
sets of federal standards in 1990 and 2002. The EAC then adopted 
Version 1.0 of the VVSG on December 13, 2005 and on March 31, 2015, the 
EAC Commissioners unanimously approved VVSG 1.1. On February 10, 2021, 
the EAC Commissioners unanimously approved the most recent iteration, 
VVSG 2.0.
    Since the approval of VVSG 2.0, the EAC has worked on next steps 
and materials so these standards and requirements can be implemented, 
and new voting systems can be manufactured and tested to those 
standards. Part of those materials is the VVSG Lifecycle Policy 1.0.
    The intent of the VVSG Lifecycle Policy 1.0 is to help facilitate 
migration to new VVSG standards by providing guidance on the types of 
version changes, Voting System Test Laboratory (VSTL) accreditation, 
deprecation of obsolete major standards, and establishing a periodic 
review timeline for new standards going forward. The policy defines 
changes that may be made to systems certified to deprecated standards 
and describes the process for updating the standards as defined in the 
Help America Vote Act (HAVA).
    A public comment period on the Lifecycle Policy was available from 
November 9 to December 7, 2021. The EAC also gathered feedback from its 
advisory boards in 2021.
    Status: This meeting will be open to the public.

Amanda Joiner,
Acting General Counsel, U.S. Election Assistance Commission.
[FR Doc. 2022-06025 Filed 3-17-22; 4:15 pm]
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