Informational Hearing

Open Source Software –

Does It Have A Place In California’s Electoral System?

February 8, 2006

9:00 a.m.

State Capitol, Room 4202

Agenda

I. Opening Statements

• Senator Debra Bowen, Chairwoman

II. Introduction to the Open Source Model

• Andrew Aitken, Founder and Managing Partner, Olliance Group

• Clark Kelso, Chief Information Officer, State of California

• Michael Evans, Vice President, Corporate Development, Red Hat

• Anthony Hill, Chief Technology Officer, Golden Gate University

III. Applying Open Source to Voting Systems: What Are The Challenges?

• Deirdre Mulligan, Director, Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic, Boalt Hall,
University of California, Berkeley

• Peter G. Neumann, Principal Scientist, Computer Science Laboratory

SRI International

• Joe Hall, PhD Student, School of Information Management and Systems (SIMS), University of California, Berkeley

IV. Perspectives From Voting System Vendors

• Election Systems and Software, Inc. (ES&S) (Invited)

• Diebold Election Systems (Declined to Attend)

• Hart InterCivic (Declined to Attend)

• Sequoia Voting Systems (Invited)

V. Public Testimony

Information Technology Association of America Election Technology Council

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