25854 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 87 / Tuesday, May 6, 2014 / Notices 

ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Election 

Assistance Commission’s Voting 

System Testing and Certification 

Program Manual, Version 1.0 

AGENCY: U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission (EAC). 

ACTION: Notice; comment request. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

U.S. Election Assistance Commission 

(EAC) invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on EAC’s 

request to renew an existing information 

collection, EAC’s Voting System Testing 

and Certification Program Manual, 

Version 1.0. Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed 

information collection, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

information collection on respondents. 

Comments submitted in response to this 

notice will be summarized and included 

in the request for approval of this 

information collection by the Office of 

Management and Budget; they also will 

become a matter of public record. This 

notice requests comments solely on the 

four criteria above. Note: This notice 

solicits comments on the currently-used 

Manual, Version 1.0 only. Due to lack of 

a quorum, EAC will postpone making 

changes to Version 1.0 of the Manual 

until such a time as a quorum is reestablished. See Supplementary 

Information, below. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before 11:59 p.m. EDT 

on June 5, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Comments and 

recommendations on the proposed 

information collection must be 

submitted in writing: (1) Electronically 

to jmyers@eac.gov; via mail to Mr. Brian 

Hancock, Director of Voting System 

Testing and Certification, U.S. Election 

Assistance Commission, 1335 East West 

Highway, Suite 4300, Silver Spring, MD 

20910; or via fax to (202) 566–1392. An 

electronic copy of the manual, version 

1.0, may be found on EAC’s Web site at 

www.eac.gov/open/comment.aspx. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information on this 

proposed information collection, please 

contact Mr. Brian Hancock, Director, 

Voting System Testing and Certification, 

Washington, DC, (202) 566–3100, Fax: 

(202) 566–1392. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

In this notice, EAC seeks comments 

on the paperwork burdens contained in 

the current version of the Voting System 

Testing and Certification Program 

Manual, Version 1.0 OMB Control 

Number 3265–0004 only. Version 1.0 is 

the original version of the Manual 

without changes or updates. 

Current Information Collection 

Request, Version 1.0 

Title: Voting System Testing and 

Certification Program, Version 1.0. 

OMB Number: 3265–0004. 

Type of Review: Renewal. 

Needs and Uses: Section 231(a) of the 

Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA), 

42 U.S.C. 15371(a), requires EAC to 

‘‘provide for the testing, certification, 

decertification, and recertification of 

voting system hardware and software by 

accredited laboratories.’’ To fulfill this 

mandate, EAC has developed and 

implemented the Voting System Testing 

and Certification Program Manual, 

Version 1.0. This version is currently in 

use under OMB Control Number 3265– 

0004. EAC had hoped to finalize a 

revised Manual prior to the expiration 

of the current manual’s control number. 

However, due to lack of a quorum, EAC 

will continue using the existing manual, 

version 1.0, necessitating this action. 

Although participation in the program 

in voluntary, adherence to the program’s 

procedural requirements is mandatory 

for participants. 

Affected Public: Voting system 

manufacturers. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 8. 

Total Annual Responses: 8. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 200 hours. 

Alice Miller, 

Acting Executive Director, U.S. Election 

Assistance Commission. 

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ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Election 

Assistance Commission’s Voting 

System Test Laboratory Program 

Manual, Version 1.0 

AGENCY: U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission (EAC). 

ACTION: Notice; comment request. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

U.S. Election Assistance Commission 

(EAC) invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on EAC’s 

request to renew an existing information 

collection, EAC’s Voting System Test 

Laboratory Program Manual, Version 

1.0. Comments are invited on: (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed 

information collection, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

information collection on respondents. 

Comments submitted in response to this 

notice will be summarized and included 

in the request for approval of this 

information collection by the Office of 

Management and Budget; they also will 

become a matter of public record. This 

notice requests comments solely on the 

four criteria above. Note: This notice 

solicits comments on the currently-used 

Manual, Version 1.0 only. Due to lack of 

a quorum, EAC will postpone making 

changes to Version 1.0 of the Manual 

until such a time as a quorum is reestablished. See Supplementary 

Information, below. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before 11:59 p.m. EDT 

on June 5, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Comments and 

recommendations on the proposed 

information collection must be 

submitted in writing: (1) Electronically 

to jmyers@eac.gov; via mail to Mr. Brian 

Hancock, Director of Voting System 

Testing and Certification, U.S. Election 

Assistance Commission, 1335 East West 

Highway, Suite 4300, Silver Spring, MD 

20910; or via fax to (202) 566–1392. An 

electronic copy of the manual, version 


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