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Voting And Registration Technology Issues: Lessons From 2008, S. Candice Hoke, David Jefferson Jan 2009

Voting And Registration Technology Issues: Lessons From 2008, S. Candice Hoke, David Jefferson

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This chapter reviews the 2008 field performance and the scientific assessments of both voting systems and the statewide voter-registration databases. The federal Help America Vote Act (HAVA) mandated each of these technologies. Despite definitive scientific studies that documented grave security deficiencies that can cause voting systems to produce inaccurate vote tallies and “winners” who actually had fewer votes, these systems continue to be deployed. The Chapter traces the regrettable decisions on election technologies to a poorly designed regulatory structure and staffing, which continue to underweight and misunderstand security issues in election technologies.


Bigelow Aerospace's Commodity Jurisdiction Request Under Itar And Its Impact On The Future Of Private Spaceflight, Mark J. Sundahl Jan 2009

Bigelow Aerospace's Commodity Jurisdiction Request Under Itar And Its Impact On The Future Of Private Spaceflight, Mark J. Sundahl

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On April 22, 2009, Bigelow Aerospace announced that the United States Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) had responded favorably to Bigelow's commodity jurisdiction request to ease its regulatory burden under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). Prior to this decision by the DDTC, the presence of foreign nationals on a Bigelow space station would have been treated as an "export" of space technology under IT AR - thus requiring a license from the DDTC in addition to other burdens. Bigelow Aerospace's successful commodity jurisdiction request has removed these obstacles and, as a result, has breathed new life into …