United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2001-10-15 monographic deposited born digital 33 p. GA 1.13:GAO-02-52 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-52 P0b002ee18037137a f:d0252 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-52 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-52 GAO-02-52 Congressional oversight Elections Standards and standardization Quality assurance Quality control Voting records Other Written Product A02236 Events surrounding the last presidential election raised concerns about the conduct of elections that extend to the people, processes, and technology used to administer elections. GAO has reported on the scope of congressional authority in election administration and voting assistance to military and overseas citizens. This report focuses on the status and use of federal voting equipment standards, which define minimum functional and performance requirements for voting equipment. The standards define minimum life-cycle management processes for voting equipment developers to follow, such as quality assurance. No federal agency has been assigned explicit statutory responsibility for developing voting equipment standards, however, the Federal Election Commission (FEC) assumed this role by developing voluntary standards in 1990 for computer-based systems, and Congress has supported this role with appropriations. No federal agency has been assigned responsibility for or assumed the role of testing voting equipment against the federal standards. Instead, the National Association of State Election Directors, through its Voting Systems Committee, has assumed responsibility for implementing the federal voting equipment standards by accrediting independent test authorities who test equipment against the standards. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-52/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-52.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-52/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-52.pdf GAO-02-52 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-52 Other Written Product GAO-02-52; Elections: Status and Use of Federal Voting Equipment Standards; Congressional oversight Elections Standards and standardization Quality assurance Quality control Voting records