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

DATE & TIME: Wednesday, April 20^th^ and Thursday, April 21^st^, 2005,
9:00 am to 5:00 pm.

PLACE: National Institute of Standards and Technology

100 Bureau Drive, Building 101

Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-8900

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 is available at:
<https://rproxy.nist.gov/CRS/conf_ext.cfm?conf_id=1466>

Please make sure you provide special needs in the space allotted on the
registration form. Also, on the form, leave the amount due at 0\$.
(Note: Advance registration closes April 14, 2005) This meeting will
also be web cast. The URL for the web cast will be available at the
[http://vote.nist.gov](http://vote.nist.gov/) web site approximately one
week before the meeting.

SUMMARY: The Technical Guidelines Development Committee (the
"Development Committee") has scheduled a plenary meeting for April
20^th^ and 21st, 2005. The 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 previous meetings on July
9^th^, 2004; January 18 and 19, 2005; and March 9^th^, 2005. The purpose
of the fourth meeting of the Development Committee will be to review and
approve a draft of the recommendations for voluntary voting system
standards. The draft document will respond to tasks defined in
resolutions passed at previous Technical Guideline Development Committee
meetings.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Technical Guidelines Development
Committee (the "Development Committee") has scheduled a plenary meeting
for April 20^th^ and 21st, 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 their 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 & 19, 2005. Resolutions were debated
and adopted by the TGDC at the January plenary session. The resolutions
defined technical work tasks for NIST that will assist the TGDC in
developing recommendations for voluntary voting system guidelines. At
the March 9, 2005 meeting, NIST scientists presented preliminary reports
on technical work tasks defined in resolutions adopted at the January
plenary meeting and adopted one additional resolution. The Development
Committee will review a draft document of initial recommendations for
voluntary voting system guidelines at the April 20^th^ & 21^st,^ 2005
meeting.

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CONTACT INFORMATION: Allan Eustis 301-975-5099. If a member of the
public

would like to submit written comments concerning the Committee's affairs
at any time

before or after the meeting, written comments should be addressed to the
contact

person indicated above, or to [voting@nist.gov](mailto:Voting@nist.gov).