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ASTM
International Joins IEEE Effort to Create an Advanced Voting Equipment
Standard
Contact:
Karen McCabe +1 732 562 3824, k.mccabe@ieee.org
Edward Rashba +1 732 465 6449, e.rashba@ieee.org
PISCATAWAY,
N.J., 10 September 2002 – ASTM International has joined
the initiative to create a technical standard for the next generation
of voting equipment underway at the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers Standards Association (IEEE-SA). ASTM International,
as a global standards organization, contributes a large population
of engineers and broad expertise in materials and testing to this
effort.
The IEEE P1583
(TM) Voting Equipment Standard aims to make the voting process
more reliable, secure and accessible, and help guide states and
others in replacing existing voting equipment. It will encompass
the latest engineering, quality, usability, accessibility, information
and security technologies.
"ASTM
International is pleased to offer organizational assistance in
the development of consensus standards for voting equipment and
systems," says Pat Picarielo, Director of Corporate Development
at ASTM International. "The collective expertise of ASTM's
technical constituency, the body of work they developed, and our
state-of-the-art approach to standards development, when integrated
into the standardization team currently in place, should be important
in accomplishing this critical electoral task."
Stephen Berger,
who chairs the IEEE P1583 Working Group, says, "ASTM International
brings us a deep well of crucial experience. Its knowledge base
will help us build in continuity from basic materials to in-use
testing, so the standard is balanced and well documented. They
also bring us immediate knowledge of the ASTM standards we will
reference in voting equipment specifications."
The IEEE P1583
initiative continues to gain momentum. ASTM joins more than 150
manufacturers, local, state and federal bodies, and other volunteers
helping to generate the new standard. This Working Group is also
collaborating with many other organizations, such as the:
·
Federal Election Commission,
· National Association of State Election Directors,
· National Institute of Science and Technology,
· National Association of Radio and Telecommunications
Engineers,
· Association of Access Engineering Specialists,
· International Committee on Systems Engineering,
· Information Systems Security Association, and the
· U.S. Transportation and Architectural Barriers Compliance
Board.
Any individual
or organization with specialized technical expertise related to
the development of the voting equipment standard is invited to
join the IEEE P1583 Working Group. For further information on
the IEEE P1583 Standards Committee see: http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/scc38/1583/.
About ASTM
International
Founded in 1898, ASTM International (formerly the American Society
for Testing and Materials) is a not-for-profit organization that
provides a global forum for developing and publishing voluntary,
consensus standards on materials, products, systems and services.
It has over 30,000 individual members in 100 nations from the
producer, user, consumer and academic communities, as well as
from all levels of government. ASTM standards apply to over 130
industry areas and serve as the basis for research and development,
manufacturing, product testing, quality systems, procurement,
regulatory and other activities worldwide For further information
on ASTM International, see: http://www.astm.org/.
About the
IEEE Standards Association
The IEEE Standards Association
(IEEE-SA), a global standards-setting body, develops consensus
standards through an open process that brings diverse parts of
an industry together. It has a portfolio of more than 870 completed
standards and more than 400 in development. Nearly 20,000 individuals
worldwide voluntarily participate in IEEE standards activities.
IEEE-SA promotes the engineering process by creating, developing,
integrating, sharing and applying knowledge about electro- and
information technologies and sciences for the benefit of humanity
and the profession. The IEEE-SA is the only ANSI-accredited standards
body developing voting
equipment standards.
About the
IEEE
The IEEE has more than 375,000 members in approximately 150 countries.
Through its members, the organization is a leading authority on
areas ranging from aerospace, computers and telecommunications
to biomedicine, electric power and consumer electronics, and more.
The IEEE produces nearly 30 percent of the world's literature
in the electrical and electronics engineering, computing and control
technology fields. The nonprofit organization also sponsors or
cosponsors more than 300 technical conferences each year. Additional
information about the IEEE can be found
at http://www.ieee.org.
P1583 is a
trademark of the IEEE. All other names or product names are the
trademarks, service marks or registered trademarks of their respective
holders.
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