Terms starting with “D”

Repository of account registration. Source: CNSSI No. 4005 (COMSEC)

List of words that have been pre-defined as being unacceptable for transmission and may be used in conjunction with a clean word list to avoid false negatives (e.g., secret within...

With respect to an individual: (1) a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of such individual; (2) a record of such an im...

The "period of time starting twenty days before an election until one day before the election," during which voting may take place at a LOCATION. Rev. Code DISABILITY ACCESS VOTING...

An accessory for Hart InterCivic eSlate DRE terminals adding support for disabled and literacy-challenged voters. Abbreviated DAU.

A "location designated by the county auditor for the conduct of IN-PERSON DISABILITY ACCESS VOTING." Rev. Code Wash. §29A.46.010.

An individual with a disability is defined by the ADA as a person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, a person who...

Any "registered voter who qualifies for special parking privileges ..., or who is defined as blind ..., or who qualifies to require assistance with voting .... Rev. Code Wash. §29A...

Voters that may require assistance during the election process to interact with systems not designed using universal design.

The process of re-establishing polling places and recovering votes or ballots, if necessary, after a disaster, whether natural or otherwise. Abbreviated DR.

1. Management policy and procedures used to guide an enterprise response to a major loss of enterprise capability or damage to its facilities. The DRP is the second plan needed by...

An "unselected ballot which a voter discards prior to voting in a primary or special primary election." Hawaii Admin. Regs. §2-51-1.

In some states, an employee cannot be fired for running for public office. "Discharging an employee because of nomination for or election to office consists of any employer dischar...

A statement that identifies the person(s) who paid for a communication and whether the communication was authorized by one or more candidates.

An umbrella term that includes all software where the source code is free for anyone to inspect. This includes software that is not free for anyone to use, and software that is not...

"Any person who, within the election enclosure, discloses to any other person how he voted shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor." 26 Okla. Stat. §16-115. "If a voter shows or di...

The termination of an interconnection between two or more IT systems. A disconnection may be planned (e.g., due to changed business needs) or unplanned (i.e., due to an attack or o...

The basis of this kind of security is that an individual user, or program operating on the user's behalf, is allowed to specify explicitly the types of access other users (or progr...

An access control policy that is enforced over all subjects and objects in an information system where the policy specifies that a subject that has been granted access to informati...

Unequal treatment.

To deprive someone of the right to vote.

False information deliberately spread to deceive.

One who propagates disinformation

Generating a bit-for-bit copy of the original media, including free space and slack space. (SP 800-86) (NISTIR) Disruption Definition: An event which causes unplanned interruption...