Re: NIST Voting Standards symposium 12/10-11, Maryland

[Evan Daniel Ravitz <evan@xxxxxxxx>]

Doug, don't rely on th Google News alert! I set up 2 several weeks ago
and have received absolutely NOTHING. So let's do our own searches as
this evolves... Evan

On Fri, 7 Nov 2003, Doug Grinbergs wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> I share this NIST/HAVA voting symposium news, calling your attention to these items:
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> - participants include:
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> 	* e-voting experts Dill, Jones, and Mercuri
> 	* Colorado Secretary of State Donetta Davidson
>
> - NIST Information Technology Laboratory is in Gaithersburg, MD;
> Boulder not mentioned, perhaps no Boulder connection (if this
> meeting was at the Boulder labs, we'd be all set (;-) )
>
> - the conference happens to be just days before Boulder County's
> scheduled award of contract
>
> We should watch closely for media reports about this event; a Google
> News search for "NIST voting standards" returns no hits (I set up an
> email alert to be notified when something appears). I emailed
> symposium info to the local papers and KGNU.
>
> ---
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> <http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/releases/voting_symposium.htm>
>
> Commerce's NIST Launches Voting Standards Initiative at December Symposium
> Symposium to Bring Together Stakeholders in Building Trust, Confidence in Voting Systems
>
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
> Oct. 24, 2003
>
> NIST and Help America Vote Act of 2002
> <http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/factsheet/voting_symposium.htm>
>
> Philip Bulman
> (301) 975-5661
>
> As part of its responsibilities under the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA), the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will hold a symposium on building trust and confidence in voting systems at the agency's Gaithersburg, Md., headquarters on Dec. 10-11, 2003. The two-day event will bring together a host of people with an interest in election technology, including federal, state and local election officials; university researchers; independent testing laboratories; election law experts; hardware and software vendors; and others concerned about or involved with the latest developments in voting systems.
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> Enacted by Congress in October 2002, the HAVA legislation gave NIST a key role in helping realize nationwide improvements in voting systems by January 2006.
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> NIST plans to use the December symposium as a springboard for its collaboration with the election community prior to the implementation of the HAVA. The meeting agenda will include four panel discussions on key issues for improving voting systems:
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> * specification, testability and qualification;
> * security and openness;
> * usability and accessibility; and
> * next steps/consensus issues.
>
> World-renowned experts in the voting standards arena are scheduled to take part in the symposium panels. Confirmed participants include:
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> * Jim Adler, founder, president and CEO of VoteHere, a manufacturer of electronic voting systems;
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> * Donetta Davidson, Colorado Secretary of State and treasurer, National Association of Secretaries of State;
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> * David Dill, professor of computer science at Stanford University, and initiator of the VerifiedVoting.org Web site;
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> * Doug Jones, authority on computer voting, voting history expert, former chairman of the Iowa Board of Examiners for Voting Machines and Electronic Voting Systems, and associate professor of computer science at the University of Iowa;
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> * Rebecca Mercuri, electronic voting systems expert, assistant professor of computer science at Bryn Mawr College and research fellow at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government;
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> * Avi Rubin, associate professor of computer science and technical director of the Information Security Institute at Johns Hopkins University; and
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> * Tom Wilkey, National Association of State Elections Directors, and former director, New York State Board of Elections.
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> NIST's Information Technology Laboratory, which is hosting the symposium and will coordinate NIST's HAVA activities, has considerable expertise in the technical areas that will be the focus of the event. Additionally, NIST researchers frequently work with colleagues in industry, academic institutions and other government agencies to develop standards for emerging and rapidly changing information technologies.
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> For more information on the Building Trust and Confidence in Voting Systems symposium, including an online registration form, go to http://vote.nist.gov.
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> As a non-regulatory agency in the U.S. Department of Commerce's Technology Administration, NIST develops and promotes measurement, standards and technology to enhance productivity, facilitate trade and improve the quality of life. For more information, visit www.nist.gov.
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> Citizens for Verifiable Voting (Boulder County): <http://bcv.booyaka.com/>
>