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The Technical Guidelines Development Committee (TGDC) of the
National Institute of Standards and Technology The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is an agency of the United States Department of Commerce whose mission is to promote American innovation and industrial competitiveness. NIST's activities are organized into physical s ...
supports the
Election Assistance Commission The Election Assistance Commission (EAC) is an independent agency of the United States government created by the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA). The Commission serves as a national clearinghouse and resource of information regarding elect ...
in the United States by providing recommendations on voluntary standards and guidelines related to
voting Voting is a method by which a group, such as a meeting or an electorate, can engage for the purpose of making a collective decision or expressing an opinion usually following discussions, debates or election campaigns. Democracies elect holde ...
equipment and technologies.


Charter and Membership

The Technical Guidelines Development Committee (TGDC) assists EAC in developing the
Voluntary Voting System Guidelines The Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG) are guidelines adopted by the United States Election Assistance Commission (EAC) for the certification of voting systems. The National Institute of Standards and Technology's Technical Guidelines Devel ...
. The chairperson of the TGDC is the director of the
National Institute of Standards and Technology The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is an agency of the United States Department of Commerce whose mission is to promote American innovation and industrial competitiveness. NIST's activities are organized into physical s ...
(NIST). The TGDC is composed of 14 other members appointed jointly by EAC and the director of NIST from various standards boards and for their technical and scientific expertise related to voting systems and equipment. NIST chairs and manages the TGDC, provides technical guidance in areas such as encryption, usability engineering and testing, and performs work to improve testing and conformity assessment programs for voting systems. As part of its development of new voting standards, NIST consults with TGDC subcommittees and holds regular subcommittee teleconferences and periodic TGDC public meetings. Teleconference audio archives, TGDC meetings, and TGDC meetings and presentations and related NIST work material are open to the public. The public may also view and submit comments and position statements to the TGDC. The TGDC Charter was renewed in 2021.


History

While the Help America Vote Act required that the
Election Assistance Commission The Election Assistance Commission (EAC) is an independent agency of the United States government created by the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA). The Commission serves as a national clearinghouse and resource of information regarding elect ...
"adopt voluntary guidance and recommdations relating to the implementation of ... voting system standards," by Jan. 1, 2004, delays in appointing commissioners and lack of funding delayed the first meeting of the TGDC until July 9, 2004.FY2003 Annual Report
U.S. Election Assistance Commission, Apr. 17, 2004.FY2004 Annual Report
U.S. Election Assistance Commission, Feb. 17, 2005.
Initial members of the committee, listed with the statutory constituencies represented, were: * Hratch Semerjian,
National Institute of Standards and Technology The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is an agency of the United States Department of Commerce whose mission is to promote American innovation and industrial competitiveness. NIST's activities are organized into physical s ...
, chair *
Donetta Davidson Donetta L. Davidson was a member of the United States Election Assistance Commission and served as Secretary of State of Colorado. She was elected Chair of the EAC for 2010. She previously served as Chair in 2007 and Vice-Chair in 2008. Her te ...
, EAC Standards Board * Alice Miller, EAC Standards Board * Sharon Turner Buie, EAC Board of Advisors * Hellen Purcell, EAC Board of Advisors * James R. Harding, Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board * James Elekes, Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board * Ann Caidas,
American National Standards Institute The American National Standards Institute (ANSI ) is a private non-profit organization that oversees the development of voluntary consensus standards for products, services, processes, systems, and personnel in the United States. The orga ...
* H. Stephen Berger,
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a 501(c)(3) professional association for electronic engineering and electrical engineering (and associated disciplines) with its corporate office in New York City and its operation ...
* Brittain Williams,
National Association of State Election Directors The National Association of State Election Directors (NASED) is a U.S. association that was formed in 1989 when a group of state election directors and administrators met in Reno, Nevada. The driving issue at that time that spurred the group to org ...
* Paul Craft,
National Association of State Election Directors The National Association of State Election Directors (NASED) is a U.S. association that was formed in 1989 when a group of state election directors and administrators met in Reno, Nevada. The driving issue at that time that spurred the group to org ...
*
Ronald Rivest Ronald Linn Rivest (; born May 6, 1947) is a cryptographer and an Institute Professor at MIT. He is a member of MIT's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) and a member of MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Int ...
, Scientific and technical expert * Daniel Schutzer, Scientific and technical expert * Patrick Gannon, Scientific and technical expert * Whitney Quesenbery, Scientific and technical expert


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Technical Guidelines Development Committee - provided by NISTTechnical Guidelines Development Committee - provided by EAC
United States Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology Electronic voting organizations