Name :   Matt Bishop Organization :   University of California Davis Post Date :   9/30/2005 Section Comments Section :   20.1.2 Page no. :   Line no.:   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.