Not Quite a Blog 2.0

(From Kim Alexander of the California Voter Foundation)

Here's an explanation of the digits in a NASED Number, the number issued when a voting system would pass qualification of federal voting system standards. These notes were taken during a presentation by Brian Hancock of the EAC entitled, "Breaking down a NASED number".

BRIAN HANCOCK

Breaking down a NASED number

software ITA has responsibility for system testing -- this is either Ciber or Systest

Example number: N-1-02-12-22-001
N= Nased
1 - ciber or systest
02 - vendor ID (1 -16)

12 - software standards version

1 - 1990
2- 2002 standards
11 -- 1990 and 1990, not tested to 2002
12 - 1990 and 2002, changes tested to 2002 standards
22 -- fully qualified to 2002

22 -- hardware /firmware standards version

001 - system version number