§ 15361. Technical Guidelines Development Committee
(a)
Establishment
There is hereby established the Technical Guidelines Development Committee (hereafter in this subpart referred to as the “Development Committee”).
(b)
Duties
(c)
Membership
(1)
In general
The Development Committee shall be composed of the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (who shall serve as its chair), together with a group of 14 other individuals appointed jointly by the Commission and the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, consisting of the following:
(d)
No compensation for service
Members of the Development Committee shall not receive any compensation for their service, but shall be paid travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for employees of agencies under subchapter
I of chapter
57 of title
5, while away from their homes or regular places of business in the performance of services for the Development Committee.
(e)
Technical support from National Institute of Standards and Technology
(1)
In general
At the request of the Development Committee, the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology shall provide the Development Committee with technical support necessary for the Development Committee to carry out its duties under this part.
(2)
Technical support
The technical support provided under paragraph (1) shall include intramural research and development in areas to support the development of the voluntary voting system guidelines under this subpart, including—
(A)
the security of computers, computer networks, and computer data storage used in voting systems, including the computerized list required under section
15483
(a) of this title;
(f)
Publication of recommendations in Federal Register
At the time the Commission adopts any voluntary voting system guideline pursuant to section
15362 of this title, the Development Committee shall cause to have published in the Federal Register the recommendations it provided under this section to the Executive Director of the Commission concerning the guideline adopted.