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SUNSHINE ACT NOTICE

AGENCY: United States Election Assistance Commission

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ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting for the Technical Guidelines
Development Committee

DATE & TIME: Thursday, September 29, 2005, 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. (MDT)

PLACE: National Institute of Standards and Technology

> 325 Broadway
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> Boulder, Colorado 80305-3328

STATUS: This meeting will be open to the public. There is no fee to
attend, but, due to security requirements, advance registration is
required. Registration information will be available at
[http://vote.nist.gov](http://vote.nist.gov/).

SUMMARY: The Technical Guidelines Development Committee (the
"Development Committee") has scheduled a plenary meeting for September
29, 2005. The Development Committee was established 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 Development Committee held four previous meetings on July 9, 2004;
January 18 and 19, 2005; March 9, 2005; and April 20 and 21, 2005. The
proceedings of these meetings are available for public review at
[http://vote.nist.gov/PublicHearingsandMeetings.html]{.underline}. On
May 9, 2005, the Development Committee delivered initial recommendations
for voluntary voting system guidelines to the Election Assistance
Commission (EAC). The purpose of this fifth meeting of the Development
Committee will be to review and approve a work plan for future voluntary
voting system guidelines recommendations to the EAC. The work plan
responds to tasks defined in resolutions passed at Technical Guideline
Development Committee meetings.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Technical Guidelines Development Committee (the "Development
Committee") has scheduled a plenary meeting for September 29, 2005. The
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 Technical Guidelines Development Committee held its
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 information and public input on
relevant issues. The information gathered by the working groups was
analyzed at the second meeting of the Development Committee January 18
and 19, 2005. Resolutions were adopted by the Development Committee at
the January plenary session. The resolutions defined technical work
tasks for NIST that would assist the Development Committee in developing
recommendations for voluntary voting system guidelines. At the March 9,
2005 meeting, NIST scientists presented preliminary reports on technical
work tasks defined by resolutions adopted at the January plenary meeting
and one additional resolution was adopted by the Development Committee.
The Development Committee approved with edits initial recommendations
for voluntary voting system guidelines at the April 20 and 21, 2005
meeting. The document, Voluntary Voting System Guidelines Version 1:
Initial Report was submitted by the Development Committee to the EAC as
required by HAVA on May 9, 2005. The EAC is currently accepting public
comment on proposed voluntary voting system guidelines thru September
30, 2005. Proposed guidelines and public comment procedures are
available at: [http://www.eac.gov](http://www.eac.gov/).

CONTACT INFORMATION: Allan Eustis, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 8900,
Gaithersburg, MD. 20899-8900, phone 301-975-5099. Written comments
concerning the Development Committee's operations should be addressed to
the contact person indicated above, or to
[voting@nist.gov](mailto:Voting@nist.gov).

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