GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. – July 29, 2008 – CIBER, Inc. (NYSE: CBR), today announced its lengthy process to receive accreditation for specific test methods for hardware and software of election voting systems has been accomplished.
CIBER has been granted accreditation from the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) for voting system independent verification and validation testing. The award of this accreditation signifies that CIBER has met the requirements necessary to be invited to participate in the EAC Testing and Certification program as directed by the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002 for certifying and testing voting systems.
In July 2006 the HAVA introduced EAC governance and the Voluntary Voting Systems Guidelines (VVSG) 2005 program for voting system certification. NIST, a part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, was appointed by HAVA to create and conduct the NVLAP accreditation program. The purpose of this program structure was to ensure a higher level of consistent compliance for laboratories and manufacturers in the development and testing for certifying voting systems. CIBER is now one of five laboratories to be accredited under this HAVA program since July 2006.
“We are very proud of Kelly Rohacek, Practice Director, and her team. The process of obtaining accreditation migrated from older standards by another authority to current standards by NIST. While we believe we have been able to meet the revised testing of older standards since 2006, the new testers had moved on to the newer standards and have been busy with other certifications and other work,” said Mac Slingerlend, CIBER’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “This is a rigorous process and we are now one of just a few accredited companies, and likely one of the largest.”
About CIBER, Inc.
CIBER, Inc. (NYSE: CBR) is a pure-play international system integration consultancy with superior value-priced services and reliable delivery for both private and government sector clients. CIBER’s services are offered globally on a project- or strategic-staffing basis, in both custom and enterprise resource planning (ERP) package environments, and across all technology platforms, operating systems and infrastructures. Founded in 1974 and headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colo., CIBER now serves client businesses from over 60 U.S. offices, 25 European offices and seven offices in Asia/Pacific. Operating in 18 countries, with more than 8,500 employees and annual revenue approximately $1.2 billion, CIBER and its IT specialists continuously build and upgrade clients’ systems to “competitive advantage status.” CIBER is included in the Russell 2000 Index and the S&P Small Cap 600 Index. CIBER, the Reliable Global IT Services Partner.
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