EAC held a meeting with Election Officials, Voting System Vendors, Computer Experts, and Commercial Product manufacturers to discuss the impact of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) products on voting systems.

Topics included an update on COTS from EAC's testing and certification program.

The EAC Standards Board Virtual Public Meeting will be webcast live from the U.S. Election Assistance Commission; 1225 New York Ave, N.W., Suite 150; Washington, D.C. 20005. Members of the Executive Board of the Standards Board will meet in person at EAC. To view the webcast, viewers should visit EAC at www.eac.gov and click the link to the Standards Board Virtual Public Meeting.

Commission reviewed Clearinghouse Policy, UOCAVA Pilot Program Testing and Certification Manual, and UOCAVA Pilot Voting Program and Requirements Document.

Comment period on the Voting System Pilot Program Testing & Certification Manual

The Commissioners were briefed on Wyle Lab's re-accreditation and the Election Operations Assessment.

The Commission was briefed on the Memorandum of Understanding with OAS, Maintenance of Effort Update, Advisory Opinion Request AOR-09-016 and Annual Grants Report.

EAC Standards Board Virtual Meeting Room at www.eac.gov. The virtual meeting room remained open from Wednesday, September 9, 2009 to Friday, September 18, 2009. The site was available 24 hours per day during that 9-day period. The Standards Board neither took votes nor proposed resolutions during the 9-day forum of September 9 – September 18, 2009. Members posted comments about the five draft chapters of the Election Management Guidelines.

The Commission held a public meeting to consider administrative matters, receive an update about UOCAVA activities, and hear panelists discuss the July 19, 2009 NASS Resolution on Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA) Grant and Payment Distinction.

Topics: VVSG Next Iteration, NIST's Role in Reseach and Standards, Resolutions