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Name :   Ian S. Piper
Organization :   Diebold Election Systems, Inc.
Post Date :   9/29/2005

Section Comments
Section :  4.2.3
Page no. :  4-4
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Comment :  The requirement "Voting system application software, including Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software, shall be designed in a modular fashion. However, COTS software is not required to be inspected for compliance with this requirement." contains a contradiction.  In the first sentence it is stated that COTS software shall be designed in a modular fashion, but in the second sentence COTS software is directly excluded from this requirement.

Proposed change:  Remove from the first sentence the following language ", including Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software,"