Jul 02 2008
Technical Guidelines Development Committee (TGDC)
The Technical Guidelines Development Committee (TGDC) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology received a federal mandate to develop a national program for accrediting voting system testing laboratories.
This sounds wonderful, of course, except that the standards are a) minimal and b) voluntary. The committee’s latest set of standards appeared last August, around the time of the committee’s last plenary meeting.
One could wish that the representatives for the group’s Standards Board didn’t include John A. Gale, Nebraska secretary of state, the state that brought us Chuck Hagel to the US Senate. Hagel ran for office shortly after he resigned as CEO and director of the company now called Election Systems & Software.; his company made the vote-counting machines used during the 1996 Nebraska election that brought him to office. I mention this because it’d be nice if Secretary Gale had ever looked into vote tallies that continue to bring Hagel victories even in communities that historically never voted Republican. ES&S machines continue to be the standard in Nebraska elections.
Sometimes examining committee membership lists can tell you more than you really wanted to know.
- ACM electronic voting expert named to US Election Assistance Commission board
- SAMHSA TO APPROVE ORAL FLUID / SALIVA DRUG TESTING
- Plumbing, Sanitaryware and Water Quality Products Manufactuer and Supplier–Integrity Technical Products Co., Ltd
- Guidelines for Web Design with SEO Advantage
- Signature Building Systems Appoints new Vice President for Business Development
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.
Not A Member? Register for Free!
