[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 71 (Tuesday, April 14, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19971-19972]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-08567]
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ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION
Voting System Test Laboratory Program Manual, 2.0, for the U.S.
Election Assistance Commission's Voting System Testing and
Certification Program
AGENCY: United States Election Assistance Commission (EAC).
ACTION: Notice; publication of Voting System Test Laboratory Program
Manual, Version 2.0, for 30 day public comment period on EAC Web site.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) is publishing a
procedural manual for its Voting System Testing and Certification
Program. This manual sets the administrative procedures for voting
system test laboratories in the EAC testing and certification program.
Participation in the program is strictly voluntary. The program is
mandated by the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) at 42 US.C. 15371.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
HAVA requires that the EAC certify and decertify voting systems.
Section
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231(a)(1) of HAVA (42 U.S.C. 15371) specifically requires the EAC to
``. . . provide for the testing, certification, decertification and
recertification of voting system hardware and software by accredited
laboratories.'' To meet this obligation, the EAC has created a
voluntary program to test voting systems to Federal voting system
standards. The Voting System Test Laboratory Program Manual, published
below, will set the procedures for laboratories in this program.
EAC is required to submit the Testing and Certification Manual for
approval in accordance with Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
requirements. The Testing and Certification Division has updated
sections of the manual to reflect proposed changes in certification
procedures.
Comments
This notice is published in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, to request comments regarding the burden of responding to
the information collection activities of the proposed manual; please
refer to the EAC's Web site, www.eac.gov, for further information about
the submission of comments regarding burden.
DATES: Submit written or electronic comments on this draft procedural
manual on or before 5:00 p.m. EDT on May 14, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments via email to [email protected];
via mail to Jessica Myers, Certification Program Specialist, 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 proposed manual may be found on the EAC's Web site http://www.eac.gov/open/comment.aspx.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Hancock, Director, Voting System
Certification, Washington, DC, (202) 566-3100, Fax: (202) 566-1392.
Bryan Whitener,
Director of Communications and Clearinghouse, U.S. Election Assistance
Commission.
[FR Doc. 2015-08567 Filed 4-13-15; 8:45 am]
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