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 2008-09-09 monographic deposited born digital 54 p. GA 1.13:GAO-08-770 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-770 P0b002ee180398fb8 f:d08770 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-770 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-770 GAO-08-770 Documentation Elections Eligibility determinations Evaluation criteria Federal regulations Institution accreditation Laboratories Operational testing Program evaluation Program management Standards Systems analysis Systems evaluation Systems integrity Systems testing Technology Testing Voting NIST National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program Other Written Product A84074 The 2002 Help America Vote Act (HAVA) created the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) and assigned both it and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) responsibilities for accrediting laboratories that test voting systems. NIST assesses a laboratory's technical qualifications and makes recommendations to EAC, which makes a final accreditation decision. In view of the continuing concerns about voting systems and the important roles that NIST and EAC play in accrediting the laboratories that test these systems, GAO was asked to determine whether each organization has defined an effective approach for accrediting laboratories that test voting systems and whether each is following its defined approach. To accomplish this, GAO compared NIST and EAC policies, guidelines, and procedures against applicable legislation and guidance, and reviewed both agencies' efforts to implement them. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-770/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-770.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-770/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-770.pdf GAO-08-770 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-770 Other Written Product GAO-08-770; Elections: Federal Programs for Accrediting Laboratories That Test Voting Systems Need to Be Better Defined and Implemented; Documentation Elections Eligibility determinations Evaluation criteria Federal regulations Institution accreditation Laboratories Operational testing Program evaluation Program management Standards Systems analysis Systems evaluation Systems integrity Systems testing Technology Testing Voting NIST National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program Public Law 107-252