Technical
Guidelines Development Committee (TGDC) AGENDA
Attendees:
Alexia Scott-Morrison, Allan Eustis, David Baquis (U.S. Access Board),
John Cugini, Nelson Hastings, Whitney Quesenbery, Philip Pearce Administrative
Updates (Allan Eustis):
Proposed Benchmark Changes: Whitney
reviewed the latest discussions that had taken place regarding the usability
benchmarks being proposed. There are issues with putting in numbers because
research is still being conducted. It was felt that there should be no
difference in the effectiveness goals whether the voter had disabilities
or not, but now additional tests are being conducted (initially in Chicago
and Denver) to broaden demographics and to include individuals with disabilities.
The requirements in the VVSG will have usability requirements for conformance
testing and reporting with a statement that they are based on current
data and that further research is still being performed. Based on the
current research, the VVSG will recommend that the benchmarks be set at
a specific number. The question to be asked of the TGDC at the plenary
meeting will be how high to set the benchmark numbers. Currently they
are set at a medium range, should they be higher? Should we be setting
them so that vendors have an aspiration goal for improvement? These are
questions for the TGDC and the EAC. [NOTE: Test performed to date has
been on systems certified to VVSG 02 and used in the 2000 or later elections.] Other:
[* Pursuant to the Help America Vote Act of 2002, the TGDC is charged with directing NIST in performing voting systems research so that the TGDC can fulfill its role of recommending technical standards for voting equipment to the EAC. This teleconference discussion serves the purposes of the HFP subcommittee of the TGDC to direct NIST staff and coordinate its voting-related research relevant to the VVSG 2007. Discussions on this telecon are preliminary and do not necessarily reflect the views of NIST or the TGDC.]
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