1. Overview of the IEEE-SA Process
Malia Zaman
Program Manager
Voting Equipment Electronic Data Interchange Committee
P1622 Working Group Meetings
Feb 8-9, 2011

2. A New Beginning for P1622 P1622 is important work.
We welcome the involvement of all stakeholders.
IEEE is proud to be associated with this effort.
Developing a standard to support voting systems in the U.S. is critical.
Together, IEEE, NIST, and other stakeholders must see the standard through to completion.

3. In this Presentation we will cover:
Overview of the IEEE-SA Process
Project Approval Process
Development of Draft Standard
Sponsor Balloting Process
myBallot/myProject Access/Membership Services
Standards Board Approval Process
Resources

4. IEEE—A Global Organization
IEEE is a non-profit organization for scientific and educational advancement IEEE is made up of international technical professionals living around the world who are fostering technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity

5. IEEE Standards Association
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IEEE Standards Association
Oversees development of standards within IEEE
Global Membership
Over individual members
Over 127 corporate members
Approximately participants
Broad Standards Portfolio
Approximately active standards
Approximately 400 standards in development
Governed by volunteers
An independent organization
Participants come together to develop
standards with many constituents
This is an overview of the Standards Associations

6. IEEE-SA Governance Structure
Board of Governors (BOG)
Legal & fiduciary, strategy, policy, finance,
Bus Dev, International,
Appeals, Awards
ISTO
Standards
Board (SASB)
Standards Process
SCC Oversight
Corporate Advisory
Group (CAG)
Corporate Program Strategy
Sponsor
This Slides shows the IEEE-SA Governance Structure.
Sponsors from societies are shown with dotted line: These Societies/Committees/SCC all report to the Standards Board and ultimately to the Board of Governors for purposes of the standards process in IEEE. Within the societies there is a separate organizational/governance infrastructure, and only the parts relevant to standards, and in particular P&Ps, are subject to the oversight of the SA>
Sponsors
Societies (Computer Society), Committee (EASC), Standards Coordinating Committees (SCC’s) ,CAG, etc.
Standards Working Groups/
Projects

7. IEEE Standards Development
Five principles guide standards development
Ensuring integrity and wide acceptance for IEEE standards
IEEE standards reflect the standardization principles as
stated by the WTO
IEEE follows the five principles to guide our standards development, which ensures integrity and wide acceptance for IEEE standards These 5 principles are as follows; due process, openness, consensus, balance, and right of appeal.
• Due process means developing procedures, making them publicly available, and following them. This also means that you need to know the procedures of the IEEE-Standard Association Standards Board, your society, and your technical committee.
• Openness ensures that everyone has access to the process. This is accomplished by making sure that all interested and affected parties can participate in your working group and that all actions are publicly available.
• Consensus means the majority agrees on an issue. While mostly employed during the balloting process, consensus can also be used to help resolve contentious working group issues as well.
• Balance is used during the balloting stage of a draft standard. It is achieved by composing a balloting group that includes a balance between the basic categories of producers, users, general interest, academic and government
• Appeals can be made at any time in the process—even after approval of the standard. In IEEE, appeals can be technical (which is heard at the Sponsor level) or procedural (which is heard at the Standards Board).
As you may know, these are the standardization principles that are stated by WTO (World Trade Organization).

8. Societies and Technical Sponsor Committees
IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems
Society (AES)
IEEE-SA Board of Governors (BOG)
IEEE Broadcast Technology Society (BTS)
IEEE Computer Society (C)
C/SAB Standards Activities Board
P1622 Voting Equip. Electronic Data Interchange Committee
IEEE Consumer Electronics Society (CES)
IEEE Communications Society (COM)
IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility
Society (EMC)
IEEE Industry Applications Society (IAS)
IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques
Society (MTT)
IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences
Society
IEEE Nanotechnology Council (NTC)
IEEE Power & Energy Society (PE)
IEEE Power Electronics Society (PEL)
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS)
IEEE Reliability Society (RS)
IEEE-SASB Coordinating Committees (SASB)
IEEE Vehicular Technology
Society (VT)
IEEE has 44+ societies and over 86 sponsoring committees where standards are being developed and maintained. They are listed out in the next three slides. As you can see Voting Equipment Electronic Data Interchange Committee falls under the IEEE Computer Society highlighted in dark blue. 8

9. IEEE Sponsors – Role of the Sponsor
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IEEE Sponsors – Role of the Sponsor
Organization within IEEE that assumes responsibility for a particular standards idea
Takes responsibility for the technical content of the document and provides oversight
Responsible for determining the scope and nature of the technical content
Not a financial sponsorship
IEEE already has a large number of Sponsors
There are the various societies within the IEEE
Within those societies, there are often many committees that are active in standards development
The sponsor’s role is finding a home for a project within IEEE.
The committee structure of each standards sponsor can be different. For instance the Power Engineering Society has Technical Committees governing standards work, while the Computer Society which Voting Equipment Electronic Data Interchange Committee falls under has a Standards Committees under the auspices of its Standards Activities Board or C/SAB as it is also referred to as.

10. IEEE Standards Development: Process Flow
Idea!
Maximum of 4 years
Project Approval Process
Develop Draft Standard
IEEE-SA Standards Board Approval Process
Sponsor
Ballot
Publish Standard
So let’s get started.
This chart illustrates the whole standards process in simplified form.
Idea: The idea for a standard is usually developed by a group of people, and the responsibility for the idea is assumed by the sponsor. The sponsor is usually a society or an existing standards committee.
Project Approval Process: This idea is then transferred onto a form called the Project Authorization Request (PAR) and submitted to the New Standards Committee (NesCom) for recommendation for an approval to the IEEE-SA Standards Board (SASB). Once the PAR is approved the project can officially begin. The approved PAR has the life of 4 years to complete the project.
Develop draft standard: The draft is then developed and revised by the working group. This is where the Committee currently resides in this process, in the Development of Standard stage.
Ballot draft: The Next step after the draft work is finalized is for the the working group chair or sponsor to form the balloting group and ballots the standard.
Standards Board Approval: After your ballot has achieved consensus, the draft then goes to the Review Committee or (RevCom) and then to the Standards Board for approval. The amount of time from PAR to Board approval is 4 years (an extension can be made if absolutely necessary).
Publish Standard: The draft is then edited and formatted by an IEEE Project Editor and published.
It is not indicated in this flow chart, but the standard is valid for 5 years before it must be reaffirmed, revised, or withdrawn. 10

11. IEEE Standards Development: Project Authorization
Idea!
Maximum of 4 years
Project Approval Process
IEEE-SA Standards Board Approval Process
Develop Draft Standard
Sponsor
Ballot
Publish Standard
A potential working group or study group gathers to work on the Project Authorization Request (PAR), up to six months before a PAR needs to be submitted.
With the support of the sponsor, submit a PAR to IEEE-SA Standards Board (SASB) for an approval to start the project.
PAR is reviewed by New Standards Committee (NesCom) and based on its recommendation, IEEE-SA Standards Board (SASB) approves/disapproves the project
With the support of the Sponsor, a Project Authorization Request or what is referred as a PAR is submitted to get an authorization to work on the standard project in the IEEE-SA.
A PAR is an official document, which is approved by the IEEE Standards Board based on a review and recommendation from the New Standards Committee, which we recognize as NesCom. This committee has been delegated the responsibility of considering all PAR requests and providing recommendations to the IEEE-SA Standards Board. NesCom is also responsible for any changes to the PAR that may occur during the standards development process.
The approval of a PAR means that the work is authorized by the IEEE-SA Standards Board and this also means that IEEE extends the umbrella of indemnification (or protection) to its standards developers working under this PAR.
P1622 ‘s PAR was approved on: 17-Jun and Expires on:3 1 Dec-2014 11

12. IEEE Standards Development: Draft Development
Idea!
Maximum of 4 years
Develop Draft Standard
Project Approval Process
IEEE-SA Standards Board Approval Process
Sponsor
Ballot
Publish Standard
Working group (WG) is created/maintained under policies and procedures (P&P) of the sponsoring committee
WG officers are designated to start the development of the standard
Write the draft of the standard
Submit finalized draft for Mandatory Editorial Coordination (MEC) to ensure conformance with IEEE requirements.
This is where we are currently: The draft standard is under development in a working group, which consists of both members and non-members of IEEE or IEEE-SA.
These volunteers consist of developers interested in creating the standard.
This means, it is open to anyone to participate in the development of a standard, which is consistent with the principle of openness.
The working group is created and maintained under the policies and procedures (P&P) set forth by the sponsoring committee, which the working group follows including the WG P&Ps
The draft standard gets refined in working group through multiple iterations and reviews until it is ready for a Sponsor Ballot.
When the draft standard is ready to be reviewed by a ballot group, the working group chair submits it for Mandatory Editorial Coordination (MEC).
A MEC is submitted for a review by IEEE editorial staff to ensure the conformance with IEEE requirements. 12

13. IEEE Standards Development: Sponsor Balloting
Idea!
Maximum of 4 years
Sponsor
Ballot
Project Approval Process
IEEE-SA Standards Board Approval Process
Develop Draft Standard
Publish Standard
A ballot group is formed using an electronic balloting system called myProject/myBallot™ .
Composition of that balloting group cannot change when the ballot is initiated.
A sponsor ballot is initiated with the draft, to be reviewed, commented, and voted by the ballot group.
Needs 75% return response rate from the ballot group, and needs75% affirmative(approved) votes
WG reviews all the approved and disapproved votes with comments submitted by the ballot group.
Make a reasonable attempt to resolve all negative votes
Add or revise materials as suggested
Submit responses to the comments
Recirculate the revised draft standard and comments out to the ballot group .
The next step after the draft is ready is the Sponsor ballot .
A project or draft standard is ready for a Sponsor Ballot when it has completed its working group development and a balance ballot group is formed.
Sponsor balloting activities will go through the electronic balloting system called myProject/MyBallot™.
To form the ballot group an invitation/announcement is sent out to the interested parties of the project (both members and non-members) to join the ballot group electronically.
Those who sign up during the invitation period constitute the ballot group and the composition of the group cannot change once the ballot begins.
During sponsor ballot period, the ballot group is able to review the document, submit comments, and cast a vote.
The sponsor ballot process is the means by which consensus is achieved on the proposed IEEE Standard.
The goal of a ballot is to have 75% return response rate on a ballot. Otherwise the ballot fails. Once a 75% return response is achieved, WG needs to examine the approval rate, where it needs to have 75% affirmative votes. 13

14. Creating a Web Account and MyBallot/myProject Access/Membership Services
Accessing the myProject system requires an IEEE Web Account:
MyBallot /MyProject Link:
Membership Services:
Please note that just because you are part of the working group does not mean it will automatically make you part of the sponsor ballot, You will have to join the Sponsor ballot group. In order to access myProject/myBallot you will need to have a web account.
These are the links to help create a web account in order to get access to the myBallot/myProject site. In addition I have added the link to Membership Services as well. In order to Ballot on the Sponsor ballot one must at least be a IEEE-SA Member.

15. IEEE Standards Development: Approval Process to Publication
Idea!
Maximum of 4 years
IEEE-SA Standards Board Approval Process
Project Approval Process
Develop Draft Standard
Sponsor
Ballot
Publish Standard
Submit the final draft standard to Standard Review Committee (RevCom).
RevCom reviews the submitted documents and materials, and makes a recommendation to IEEE-SA Standards Board for an approval of the draft standard.
IEEE-SA Standards Board reviews the recommendation and approve the draft standard.
Publish Standard
Complimentary copies sent to the WG.
The approval of the IEEE draft standard is achieved by submitting the document and supporting materials to Standard Review Committee (RevCom).
RevCom determines whether or not the principles of consensus, due process, openness, and balance is maintained throughout the project development and makes recommendation to IEEE-SA Standards Board for an approval.
When your standard has been approved, the last step is to go though the final editing for publication.
After the publication of the standard, a complimentary copy is sent out to the working group members.
Complimentary copies are then issued to the working group and awards are given to the Chair of the working group in recognition of the work done.
This concludes our overview of the standards development process. 15

16. Additional Information:
Resource Links
Additional Information:
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17. Comments/Questions:
We hope the information presented to you this afternoon has helped you to understand IEEE-SA’s general standard process. If you have any questions or comments, please let us know.

18. For more information… Contact: Malia Zaman
Program Manager Technical Program Development Phone:
We thank you for joining us this morning. We hope the materials presented this evening was insightful, and resourceful. If you have any additional comments or questions, please do contact us.