Terms starting with “A”

Cities in Wisconsin having a population exceeding 7500 may be divided into "aldermanic districts" composed of one or more WARDS. Wisc. Stat. §8.17(10(b).

A notification that a specific attack has been detected or directed at an organization's information systems.

The "amount of time the equipment will wait for detectible voter activity after issuing an alert before going into an inactive state requiring intervention." VVSG. POLL WORKER 2007

Source: FIPS PUB 140-2 (adapted)

(opscan) A printed mark, normally at the edge of a BALLOT, which is used to identify the vertical position of a FIELD. VVSG. VOTE RESPONSE 2007

Intelligence products and/or organizations and activities that incorporate all sources of information, most frequently human resources intelligence, imagery intelligence, measureme...

A nation allied with the U.S. in a current defense effort and with which the U.S. has certain treaties. For an authoritative list of allied nations, contact the Office of the Assis...

The process an organization employs to determine whether security controls are defined as system-specific, hybrid, or common. The process an organization employs to assign security...

An allowlist (formerly whitelist) is a cybersecurity strategy that explicitly permits specific, trusted entities--such as applications, IP addresses, or websites--to access a syste...

The primary alternate COMSEC Account Manager is an individual designated by proper authority to perform the duties of the COMSEC Account Manager during the temporary authorized abs...

Individual designated by proper authority to perform the duties of the COMSEC custodian during the temporary absence of the COMSEC custodian. (CNSSI-4009) (NICCS)

Individual designated by proper authority to perform the duties of the COMSEC custodian during the temporary absence of the COMSEC custodian. Source: NSA/CSS Manual Number 3-16 (CO...

A ballot format other than in written English normally displayed to non-disabled English- literate voters. The format of an BALLOT. ALTERNATIVE

A "site outside the office of the county clerk, established by the county clerk, where a voter may cast an absentee ballot." N.M. Admin. Code §1.10.12.7(D).

A species of voting system that does not employ a BALLOT. Any "voting system DOCUMENT that does not use paper ballots and includes a direct recording election machine (DRE) but doe...

Governmentwide, national program allowing federal employees to work at home or at geographically convenient satellite offices for part of the work week (e.g., telecommuting). (CNSS...

A form of ROTATION. used in Minnesota, which involves "changing the order of the BALLOT names on an electronic voting system in the various precincts so that each name appears on t...

A ballot to be used by a disabled or elderly voter in lieu of voting at a polling place. The VAA requires that if a polling place is not then an "alternative means" of voting for A...

A presented :in a representation other than the standard ballot language and format. BALLOT Examples include, but are not limited to languages other than English, Braille, ASCII te...

The requirement that voting materials be provided in the languages of minority groups. HAVA 42 U.S.C. §15481(a)(4).

A capable of displaying a in a language other than English. VOTING STATION BALLOT 2005 Abbreviated ALVS. VVSG V.1, APPENDIX A.

A candidate-centred preferential plurality/majority system used in single-member districts in which voters use numbers to mark their preferences on the ballot paper. A candidate wh...

VOTING. INSTANT RUNOFF

STATION. ALTERNATIVE LANGUAGE VOTING