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Government Accountability Office (GAO)

11/14/08 -- EAC Response to GAO 08-814 Federal Certification Report Findings

11/03/08 -- EAC Response to GAO 08-770 Federal Laboratories Accreditation Findings 

07/16/08 -- EAC Response to GAO Testing and Certification Report

 

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07/21/08 -- NIST Letter to EAC

07/10/08 -- EAC letter to NIST's National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) 

 

General Correspondence

03/21/12 -- EAC memo to Manufacturers and VSTL's supporting the use of Automated Source Code Analysis Tools

06/27/11 -- EAC reminds manufacturers that VSTL testing should not be used to replace rigorous internal pre-production and beta testing by voting system manufacturers

04/01/10 -- EAC reminds manufacturers of testing and certification program requirements

05/02/08 -- An update for election officials on the state of the EAC's Testing and Certification Program

03/04/08 -- EAC general notice to accredited voting system test laboratories

12/06/07 -- EAC and Election Technology Council (ETC) Correspondence

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