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NIST and the Help America Vote Act (HAVA)
The 2002 Help America
Vote Act has given NIST
a key
role in helping to realize nationwide improvements in voting
systems. To assist the Election Assistance Commission with
the development of voluntary voting system guidelines, HAVA established
the Technical Guidelines Development Committee (TGDC) and directs
NIST to chair the TGDC. NIST research activities include:
- security of computers, computer
networks, and computer data storage used in voting systems;
- methods to detect and prevent
fraud;
- protection of voter privacy;
and
- the role of human factors in
the design and application of voting systems, including assistive
technologies for individuals with disabilities (including blindness)
and varying levels of literacy
- the recommendation of testing
laboratories to the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC).
The EAC, not NIST, certifies voting systems for use in elections.
More details
of NIST's role in HAVA are available here.
High-Interest
Events and Items
- NIST
VVSG Test Development
- Next
Version Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG)
- VVSG
Recommendations Companion Document and Video Tutorials
- June
12, 2008, Letter from NIST to EAC Regarding Ciber, Inc.
(html)
- Federal
Register Notice: Voting Equipment Evaluations Phase II
(Extension) (html)
- Federal
Register Notice: Voting Equipment Evaluations Phase II
(html)
- FRN
Public Notice of TGDC Draft Recommendations of Voluntary Voting
System Guidelines & Request for Comments (html)
- “National
Institute of Standards and Technology’s Role in Voluntary
Voting System Guidelines and Testing”, Testimony of Mr.
Mark Skall to the Election Assistance Commission, October
4, 2007. (html)
- September
14, 2007, Letter from NIST to EAC Regarding Wyle Laboratories
(html)
- August
17, 2007, TGDC Plenary Meeting
- Official
2004, 2005, 2006, & 2007 Resolutions of the TGDC (formats:
.doc and .pdf)
- NIST
Proposes Laboratories to be Accredited by the U.S. Election
Assistance Commission
- Q&As
Regarding Draft Report on Voting System Vulnerability
- Resolution
to Continue Authorization of the TGDC (html)
- Federal
Register Notice: Laboratory Accreditation Program
(html)
Documents
and Material -
Presentations, minutes, papers, etc.
A wealth
of material documenting the progress of the Technical
Guidelines Development Committee (TGDC)
as well as positions and comments from organizations and individuals
is available to the public. See the "Documents
& Meetings" page for a complete listing.
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