The US National Body (INCITS Executive Board) passed a motion this evening to cast a “Yes with Comments” vote on DIS29500 – the voting was:

·         16 Yes (Apple, US Department of Homeland Security, EIA, EMC, GS1 US, HP, Intel, Lexmark, Microsoft, NIST, Sony and the US Department of Defense)

·         3 No (Oracle, IBM, Farance Inc.) and

·         1 Abstain (IEEE).

 These results easily pass the needed 2/3 majority required to establish the US position on an International Ballot.

 The information is public, as you can find it at http://ballot.itic.org/itic/tallyvote.taf?function=vote&committee=INCITS&ballot_id=2341&_UserReference=96EBDF227BF339D246CE4E20. You may see all closed US Ballots at http://ballot.itic.org/itic/archive.taf, and these ballot results are the latest postings.