[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 5 (Monday, January 9, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1212-1213]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-00285]


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ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION


Sunshine Act Meetings

AGENCY: U.S. Election Assistance Commission.

ACTION: Sunshine Act notice; notice of public meeting agenda.

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SUMMARY: Public Meeting: U.S. Election Assistance Commission Technical 
Guidelines Development Committee Annual Meeting.

DATES: Thursday, January 26, 2023, 1:00-4:30 p.m. ET.

ADDRESSES: The virtual 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 the virtual annual 
meeting of the EAC Technical Guidelines Development Committee (TGDC) to 
discuss regular business of the board.
    Agenda: The EAC and TGDC members will hold a virtual meeting to 
discuss program updates for EAC Testing and Certification and the 
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Voting Program. 
The meeting will also include the status of the Voluntary Electronic 
Pollbook Pilot Program, the annual review of proposed changes to the 
Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG), as well as public feedback 
from the October 2022 Path to

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End-to-End (E2E) Protocols for Voting Systems workshop and next steps.
    The full agenda will be posted in advance on the EAC website: 
https://www.eac.gov.

Background

    Section 221 of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 
20971(b)) requires that the EAC to adopt voluntary voting system 
guidelines, and to provide for the testing, certification, 
decertification, and recertification of voting system hardware and 
software.
    The TGDC was established in accordance with the requirements of 
Section 221 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107-252, 
codified at 52 U.S.C. 20961), to act in the public interest to assist 
the Executive Director of the EAC in the development of voluntary 
voting system guidelines.

Status

    This meeting will be open to the public.

Camden Kelliher,
Associate Counsel, U.S. Election Assistance Commission.
[FR Doc. 2023-00285 Filed 1-5-23; 4:15 pm]
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