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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and
Technology
Voting Equipment Evaluations
National Institute of Standards
and Technology, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
1 In comments made on the interim final sunset
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insufficient. This requirement was retained in the
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provided in 19 CFR 351.302(b), however, the
Department will consider individual requests for
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the
provisions of the Help America Vote Act
(HAVA), the National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST) will
be conducting research on voting
equipment used in the 2004 elections.
The NIST research is designed to: (1)
Determine the realistic usability
benchmarks for current voting system
technology to support usability
performance standards in next
generation voluntary voting systems
standards, and (2) develop usability test
protocols for conformance testing of
such standards. NIST may also examine
relevant instructions, documentation
and error messages, without doing any
direct usability studies thereon.
Manufacturers interested in
participating in this research will be
asked to execute a Letter of
Understanding. Interested parties are
invited to contact NIST for information
regarding participation, Letters of
Understanding and shipping.
DATES: Manufacturers who wish to
participate in the program must submit
a request and an executed Letter of
Understanding by May 2, 2005, 5 p.m.
Eastern Standard Time.
ADDRESSES: Letters of Understanding
may be obtained from and should be
submitted to Allan C. Eustis, National
Institute of Standards and Technology,
Information Technology Laboratory
Office, Technology Building 225, Room
B257, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop
8901, Gaithersburg, MD 20899–8901.
Letters of Understanding may be faxed
to: Allan C. Eustis at (301) 840–1357.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
shipping and further information, you
may telephone Allan C. Eustis at (301)
975–5099, or e-mail:
allan.eustis@nist.gov.
In
accordance with the provisions of the
Help America Vote Act (Public Law
107–252), the National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST) will
be conducting research on voting
equipment used in the 2004 elections.
The NIST research is in support of
Technical Guidelines Development
Committee Resolution 5–05 Human
Performance-Based Standards and
Usability Testing, and are designed to:
(1) Determine the realistic usability
benchmarks for current voting system
technology to support usability
performance standards in next
generation voluntary voting systems
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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standards, and (2) develop usability test
protocols for conformance testing of
such standards. NIST may also examine
relevant instructions, documentation
and error messages, without doing any
direct usability studies thereon.
Interested manufacturers should
contact NIST at the address given above.
NIST will supply a Letter of
Understanding, which the manufacturer
must execute and send back to NIST.
NIST will then provide the
manufacturer with shipping instructions
for the manufacturer’s equipment.
The equipment provided will be
returned to the manufacturer after the
NIST experiments, approximately one
year from commencement of the
experiments. Manufacturers should be
aware that some of the testing could
damage or destroy the equipment,
although NIST expects only normal
wear and tear associated with
approximately 100 to 1,000 votes cast
on the equipment by simulated voters.
At the conclusion of the experiments,
the equipment will be returned to the
manufacturer in its post-testing
condition. Neither NIST, nor the
Election Assistance Commission, nor
the Technical Guidelines Development
Committee, will be responsible for the
condition of the equipment when
returned to the manufacturer. As a
condition for participating in this
program, each manufacturer must agree
in advance to hold harmless all of these
parties for the condition of the
equipment.
Information acquired during the tests
regarding potential usability problems
will be reported to the respective
manufacturer. Results for identifiable
vendor equipment will not be released.
Comparative information may be
released in a blind manner. Performance
standards benchmarks and conformance
test procedures will be made publicly
available.
Participating manufacturers should
include or provide a technical tutorial
on the setup and deployment of the
equipment. NIST will pay all shipping
costs, and there is no cost to the
manufacturer for the testing. No
modification to the equipment is
permitted during the testing process.
Voting equipment used in the 2004
elections that will be accepted for the
experiments includes Direct Recording
Electronic, and Optical Scan systems
used to cast and count votes as well as
software used for ballot design and
creation.
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Hratch G. Semerjian,
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National Institute of Standards and
Technology
Notice of Government Owned
Inventions Available for Licensing
National Institute of Standards
and Technology, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Government owned
inventions available for licensing.
AGENCY:
The inventions listed below
are owned in whole or in part by the
U.S. Government, as represented by the
Department of Commerce. The
inventions are available for licensing in
accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 and 37
CFR part 404 to achieve expeditious
commercialization of results of federally
funded research and development.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Technical and licensing information on
these inventions may be obtained by
writing to: National Institute of
Standards and Technology, Office of
Technology Partnerships, Attn: Mary
Clague, Building 820, Room 213,
Gaithersburg, MD 20899. Information is
also available via telephone: 301–975–
4188, fax 301–869–2751, or e-mail:
mary.clague@nist.gov. Any request for
information should include the NIST
Docket number and title for the
invention as indicated below.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NIST may
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SUMMARY:
[NIST Docket Number: 01–022US]
Title: Miniature Frequency Standard
Based nn All-Optical Excitation and a
Micromachined Containment Vessel.
Abstract: This invention is jointly
owned by NIST and the University of
Colorado. A microwave frequency
standard is provided which allows for
miniaturization down to length scales of
order one micron, comprising a
modulated light field originating from a
laser that illuminates a collection of
quantum absorbers contained in a
micro-machined cell. The frequency
standard of the present invention can be
based on all-optical excitation
techniques such as coherent population
trapping (CPT) and stimulated Raman
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scattering or on conventional
microwave-excited designs. In a CPTbased embodiment, a photodetector
detects a change in transmitted power
through the cell and that is used to
stabilize an external oscillator to
correspond to the absorber’s transition
frequency by locking the laser
modulation frequency to the transition
frequency. In a stimulated Raman
scattering (SRS) embodiment, a highspeed photodetector detects a laser field
transmitted through the cell beating
with a second field originating in the
cell. Both the locked laser modulation
frequency and the beat frequency are
very stable as they are referenced
directly to the atomic transition.
[NIST Docket Number: 02–002US]
Title: Low Cost Portable Refreshable
Tactile Graphic Display.
Abstract: Pressure-based refreshable
scanning tactile graphic display
apparatus and methods are disclosed for
localized sensory stimulation. The
apparatus include a display array
having stimulus points embedded in a
matrix, an energy source applied at the
stimulus points through a modulator, a
control unit, and a position sensing and
feedback unit or units (such as a mousetype device or data glove, for example).
The energy source is preferably stored
and pressurized fluid with application
to selected stimulus points (pins, for
example) preferably directed at a
microvalve array under the control of a
computer-based control unit.
[NIST Docket Number: 03–006US]
Title: Optical Probes for Chemical and
Biochemical Detection in Liquids.
Abstract: A class of optical sensors is
provided for chemical and biochemical
detection in liquids in which the
sensing element is a low-loss optical
resonator that requires or benefits from
precision optical contacting in the
fabrication process. Novel resonator
designs can be created by contacting
multiple components to form integral
sensing elements with low-loss
mechanically strong bonds between
components. Stigmatic, weakly
stigmatic and astigmatic Gaussian mode
resonators and whispering gallery mode
resonators are described which can be
immersed in a liquid to detect chemical
species through a change in optical
properties. High-reflectivity coated
surfaces are used to permit direct
excitation of resonator modes by a
propagating optical beam, while total
internal reflection surfaces provide an
evanescent wave for sampling the
optical properties of the ambient
medium. Resonators are described with
vicinal input and output ports, which
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
[Docket No.: 050309067-5067-01]
Voting Equipment Evaluations
AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the provisions of the Help America Vote Act
(HAVA), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will
be conducting research on voting equipment used in the 2004 elections.
The NIST research is designed to: (1) Determine the realistic usability
benchmarks for current voting system technology to support usability
performance standards in next generation voluntary voting systems
standards, and (2) develop usability test protocols for conformance
testing of such standards. NIST may also examine relevant instructions,
documentation and error messages, without doing any direct usability
studies thereon. Manufacturers interested in participating in this
research will be asked to execute a Letter of Understanding. Interested
parties are invited to contact NIST for information regarding
participation, Letters of Understanding and shipping.
DATES: Manufacturers who wish to participate in the program must submit
a request and an executed Letter of Understanding by May 2, 2005, 5
p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
ADDRESSES: Letters of Understanding may be obtained from and should be
submitted to Allan C. Eustis, National Institute of Standards and
Technology, Information Technology Laboratory Office, Technology
Building 225, Room B257, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 8901,
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8901. Letters of Understanding may be faxed to:
Allan C. Eustis at (301) 840-1357.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For shipping and further information,
you may telephone Allan C. Eustis at (301) 975-5099, or e-mail:
allan.eustis@nist.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the provisions of the
Help America Vote Act (Public Law 107-252), the National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST) will be conducting research on voting
equipment used in the 2004 elections. The NIST research is in support
of Technical Guidelines Development Committee Resolution 5-05 Human
Performance-Based Standards and Usability Testing, and are designed to:
(1) Determine the realistic usability benchmarks for current voting
system technology to support usability performance standards in next
generation voluntary voting systems
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standards, and (2) develop usability test protocols for conformance
testing of such standards. NIST may also examine relevant instructions,
documentation and error messages, without doing any direct usability
studies thereon.
Interested manufacturers should contact NIST at the address given
above. NIST will supply a Letter of Understanding, which the
manufacturer must execute and send back to NIST. NIST will then provide
the manufacturer with shipping instructions for the manufacturer's
equipment.
The equipment provided will be returned to the manufacturer after
the NIST experiments, approximately one year from commencement of the
experiments. Manufacturers should be aware that some of the testing
could damage or destroy the equipment, although NIST expects only
normal wear and tear associated with approximately 100 to 1,000 votes
cast on the equipment by simulated voters. At the conclusion of the
experiments, the equipment will be returned to the manufacturer in its
post-testing condition. Neither NIST, nor the Election Assistance
Commission, nor the Technical Guidelines Development Committee, will be
responsible for the condition of the equipment when returned to the
manufacturer. As a condition for participating in this program, each
manufacturer must agree in advance to hold harmless all of these
parties for the condition of the equipment.
Information acquired during the tests regarding potential usability
problems will be reported to the respective manufacturer. Results for
identifiable vendor equipment will not be released. Comparative
information may be released in a blind manner. Performance standards
benchmarks and conformance test procedures will be made publicly
available.
Participating manufacturers should include or provide a technical
tutorial on the setup and deployment of the equipment. NIST will pay
all shipping costs, and there is no cost to the manufacturer for the
testing. No modification to the equipment is permitted during the
testing process.
Voting equipment used in the 2004 elections that will be accepted
for the experiments includes Direct Recording Electronic, and Optical
Scan systems used to cast and count votes as well as software used for
ballot design and creation.
Dated: March 24, 2005.
Hratch G. Semerjian,
Acting Director.
[FR Doc. 05-6479 Filed 3-31-05; 8:45 am]
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