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Subject: Re: [election-services] Fw: [Fwd: VVSG v.1.1 documents]
If this is like past VVSG comments, they'll have a on-line section by section commenting tool but will also allow narrative submissions. FYI: We've submitted narrative and section-by-section comments for our NSF ACCURATE center twice in the past: http://josephhall.org/papers/2005_vvsg_comment.pdf http://josephhall.org/papers/accurate_vvsg2_comment_final.pdf best, Joe On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 6:55 AM, David RR Webber (XML) <david@drrw.info> wrote: > John, > Great idea. I guess for format - just note Page # and paragraph - and then > put comment below each item? > > Thanks, DW > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [election-services] Fw: [Fwd: VVSG v.1.1 documents] > From: John Borras <johnaborras@yahoo.co.uk> > Date: Tue, June 02, 2009 4:38 am > To: EML TC <election-services@lists.oasis-open.org> > > Colleagues > > For information and review please. Can I suggest we put in a single > response from the TC so if you would let me have your comments, say by the > end of June, I'll co-ordinate them and send in our response. > > Regards > John > > M. +44 (0)7976 157745 > Skype: gov3john > > ----- Forwarded Message ---- > From: P.Gannon <pgannon@gmail.com> > To: "Borras, John" <johnaborras@yahoo.co.uk> > Sent: Tuesday, 2 June, 2009 2:39:21 > Subject: [Fwd: VVSG v.1.1 documents] > > John, > > You may want to forward this notice and attached documents to the OASIS E&VS > TC for the 120 public comment period on the US Voluntary Voting System > Guidelines (VVSG) version 1.1. > > Best regards, > > -- Patrick Gannon pgannon@gmail.com +1 978 458 7478 (office) +1 408 242 > 1018 (mobile) > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: VVSG v.1.1 documents > Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 15:15:09 -0400 > From: ddavidson@eac.gov > To: patrick.gallagher@nist.gov, rragsdale@broomfield.org, > hpurcell@risc.maricopa.gov, llamone@elections.state.md.us, rgardner@nfb.org, > baquis@access-board.gov, pjenkins@us.ibm.com, baquis@access-board.gov, > daw@cs.berkeley.edu, kaner@kaner.com, britw@bellsouth.net, > PMiller@secstate.wa.gov, pgannon@gmail.com, whitneyq@wqusability.com, > rivest@mit.edu, schutzerd@citigroup.com > > > June 1, 2009 > > > Technical Guidelines Development Committee Members, > > > I wanted to write and notify you of the Election Assistance Commission’s > (EAC) official submission of Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG) > version 1.1 for review and comment by the Standards Board and Board of > Advisors per section 222 of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA). The attached > document represents the EAC’s purposed revision to the 2005 VVSG (v1.0.). > The submission of the EAC’s purposed amendments to the VVSG to the Executive > Board of the Standards Board and to the EAC’s Board of Advisors marks the > opening of the official public comment period for VVSG v. 1.1. This comment > period will run for 120 days and will conclude on September 28th, 2009. At > the conclusion of the 120-day public comment period, the EAC and NIST will > review the comments received on VVSG v.1.1, and will issue the revised > guidelines in late 2009. > > Why the revision is needed > The guidelines are being revised to improve the quality and efficiency of > testing performed under the EAC testing and certification program by > including new software development and testing protocols and practices. This > includes the development of uniform test suites by the National Institute of > Standards and Technology (NIST). This revision will also clarify several > ambiguities in the standard, providing test labs and voting system > manufacturers with a clearer sense of performance and test requirements for > EAC certification. > > The proposed revisions are largely informed by the work done by you the > TGDC, when you issued your recommendations for the next iteration of the > VVSG, and the thousands of public comments on the recommendations that the > EAC received. The EAC also held seven roundtable discussions with groups of > stakeholders to gather additional information on the recommendations. > > By revising the guidelines now, the EAC expects to improve the test process > over the short term while allowing additional time to develop more complex > revisions to be included in the second complete iteration of the guidelines, > the VVSG version 2.0 (TGDC Recommendations, August 31st, 2007). > > Areas to be revised > The EAC and NIST selected the revisions based on their ability to yield > immediate and marked improvements to the test process and be implemented > with relative ease. Moreover, the revisions do not require any hardware > changes or significant software changes to existing systems, and can be > adopted without extended research. > > The proposed revisions are to usability and accessibility, security, and > core areas such as software workmanship. Following is a complete list of the > areas to be revised: > > Hardware and software performance benchmarks and test method > Software workmanship > Test plan and test report > TDP and voting equipment user documentation > Non-EMC environmental hardware > Human factors requirements > System security documentation requirements > Election records > Voter verified paper audit trails (VVPAT) > Cryptography > External interface requirement > EAC requests for interpretation (RFI) decisions > General edits > > I want to encourage you to please review and comment on the purposed > revisions. As I mentioned above, many of the revisions come as a result of > your effort in creating the TGDC recommendations for the Next Iteration and > your comments will prove invaluable as the EAC works to complete this work > prior to the end of 2009. If you have any questions please do not hesitate > to contact me at any time. Thank you. > > > Donetta L. Davidson > Commissioner > United States Election Assistance Commission > 1225 New York Avenue, NW > Suite 1100 > Washington, DC 20005 > (202) 566-3100 > (202) 566-1392 (fax) > ddavidson@eac.gov > > (202)566-2365 > > ________________________________ > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this mail list, you must leave the OASIS TC that > generates this mail. Follow this link to all your TCs in OASIS at: > https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/portal/my_workgroups.php > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To > unsubscribe from this mail list, you must leave the OASIS TC that generates > this mail. Follow this link to all your TCs in OASIS at: > https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/portal/my_workgroups.php -- Joseph Lorenzo Hall ACCURATE Postdoctoral Research Associate UC Berkeley School of Information Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy http://josephhall.org/
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