Notice2026-04539

Technical Guidelines Development Committee (TGDC) Notice of Vacancy

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Published
March 9, 2026

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Election Assistance Commission

Abstract

Pursuant to the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) and the Charter of the EAC Technical Guidelines Development Committee (TGDC), the EAC is posting this notice of vacancy for two vacancies for individuals with technical and scientific expertise relating to voting systems and voting equipment. The vacancies shall be filled jointly by the EAC and the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 45 (Monday, March 9, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11294-11295]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-04539]


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ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION


Technical Guidelines Development Committee (TGDC) Notice of 
Vacancy

AGENCY: Election Assistance Commission.

ACTION: Notice of vacancy.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) and the Charter 
of the EAC Technical Guidelines Development Committee (TGDC), the EAC 
is posting this notice of vacancy for two vacancies for individuals 
with technical and scientific expertise relating to voting systems and 
voting equipment. The vacancies shall be filled jointly by the EAC and 
the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology 
(NIST).

ADDRESSES: Pursuant to the TGDC Charter, the EAC will post the notice 
on the EAC website: <a href="https://www.eac.gov/about/technical_guidelines_development_committee">https://www.eac.gov/about/technical_guidelines_development_committee</a>. Interested persons should 
contact the Alternate Designated Federal Official for the TGDC Monica 
Childers by email, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a1ccc2c9c8cdc5c4d3d2e1c4c0c28fc6ced7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="dbb6b8b3b2b7bfbea9a89bbebab8f5bcb4ad">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Technical Guidelines Development 
Committee (TGDC) is a non-discretionary Federal Advisory Committee 
established by the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA), Public Law 
107-252, 116 Stat. 1666 (2002). The TGDC assists the EAC in developing 
the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG). The chairperson of the 
TGDC is the director of the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology (NIST). The TGDC is composed of 14 other members appointed 
jointly by EAC and the director of NIST.
    HAVA mandates that the 14 other members appointed jointly by the 
EAC and NIST shall include individuals with technical and scientific 
expertise relating to voting systems and voting equipment. The TGDC 
Charter requires that notice of vacancies on the Committee for those 
individuals jointly appointed by EAC and NIST be published in the 
Federal Register as well as on the Commission's website.
    Pursuant to HAVA and the TGDC charter, the EAC is publishing this 
notice of vacancy on the TGDC.

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Vacancies shall be filled through a joint appointment by the EAC and 
NIST.

Camden Kelliher,
General Counsel, U.S. Election Assistance Commission.
[FR Doc. 2026-04539 Filed 3-6-26; 8:45 am]
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