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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 180 (Monday, September 19, 2022)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2022-20366]


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ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION


Sunshine Act Meetings

AGENCY: U.S. Election Assistance Commission.

ACTION: Sunshine Act notice; notice of public meeting agenda.

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SUMMARY: U.S. Election Assistance Commission and National Institute of 
Standards and Technology to hold a virtual workshop on ``The Path to 
End to End (E2E) Protocols for Voting Systems.''

DATES: Thursday, October 6, 1:00-5:00 p.m. Eastern and Friday, October 
7, 2022, 1-5 p.m. Eastern.

ADDRESSES: Virtual via Webex.
    The official meeting is open to the public. Registration for the 
event is available at the following link: https://www.nccoe.nist.gov/get-involved/attend-events/path-end-end-e2e-protocols-voting-systems.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristen Muthig, Telephone: (202) 897-
9285, Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Purpose: In accordance with the Government in the Sunshine Act 
(Sunshine Act), Public Law 94-409, as amended (5 U.S.C. 552b), the U.S. 
Election Assistance Commission (EAC) will conduct a virtual workshop in 
partnership with the National Institute of Standards and Technology 
(NIST) on ``The Path to End to End (E2E) Protocols for Voting 
Systems.''
    Agenda: The EAC, in collaboration with NIST, is initiating a 
process to publicly solicit, evaluate, and approve protocols used in 
end to end (E2E) cryptographically verifiable voting systems for 
conformance to the recently revised Voluntary Voting System Guidelines, 
Version 2.0 (VVSG 2.0). During this two-day virtual workshop, multiple 
panel groups will discuss the plan and further develop the protocol 
requirements and evaluation criteria.
    Panels will include state and local election officials, 
representatives from federal agencies, staff from voting system 
manufacturers and voting system test labs, and subject matter experts. 
Topics addressed in these panels include integrity and voter 
confidence, security, accessibility and human factor considerations, 
and testing and implementation of E2E in voting systems. There will 
also be a keynote address on E2E in voting systems.
    The workshop is open to the public but registration is required so 
that webinar connection details can be shared with attendees. Questions 
about registration can be directed to [email protected].
    The full agenda will be posted in advance on the EAC website: 
https://www.eac.gov/events/2022/10/06/path-end-end-e2e-protocols-voting-systems and at https://www.nccoe.nist.gov/get-involved/attend-events/path-end-end-e2e-protocols-voting-systems.
    Following the event, a recording will be posted on the EAC's 
website: https://www.eac.gov/events/2022/10/06/path-end-end-e2e-protocols-voting-systems.
    Background: On February 10, 2021, the EAC Commissioners unanimously 
approved the most recent iteration of federal voting system standards, 
VVSG 2.0.
    Principle 9, ``Auditable,'' of VVSG 2.0 states that voting systems 
must be auditable and enable evidence-based elections. This principle 
is supported by the concept of software independence (SI), meaning that 
an undetected error or fault in the voting system's software is not 
capable of causing an undetectable change in election results. The VVSG 
2.0 requirements specify that E2E cryptographic protocols used in 
voting systems must be evaluated and approved through a public process 
established by the EAC, prior to the E2E verifiable voting system being 
submitted to the EAC's Testing and Certification Program. This workshop 
is to discuss further development of requirements and evaluation 
criteria for the public E2E protocol evaluation process.
    Status: This meeting will be open to the public.

Camden Kelliher,
Associate Counsel, U.S. Election Assistance Commission.
[FR Doc. 2022-20366 Filed 9-15-22; 4:15 pm]
BILLING CODE 6820-KF-P
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