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Name :   Matt Bishop
Organization :   University of California Davis
Post Date :   9/30/2005

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Section :  20.1.2
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Comment :  Also, the composition of the ITA is critical and has not been addressed.
If the tester is not also the end user of a system, a perverse incentive may arise: vendors may shop around for
sympathetic testers who do not rigorously test their systems [1].

The ITA must be independent of the standards writers and especially vendors, but not end-users. Thus, we recommend that the ITA include election officials on loan from their home counties for a period of time. The ITA’s task is so important that we believe such tours of duty are warranted.