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                        •  Concerned Citizensí Movement

                        •  Association of Public Administrators in the Philippines (ASPAP)

                        •  Transparency International Philippines





                        The STAR CARD

                        AES Watch has adopted a 20-point System Transparency,

               Accountability and Readiness Scorecard or STAR Card to focus
               attention on what it considers the key milestones that must be achieved
               by COMELEC to signal 100 percent readiness for the automated elections.

               The following table presents the scorecard elements:



                                            MILESTONES

                1. System         Various hardware and software components (e.g. PCOS
                component         and CCS machines, servers, etc.) have to be developed,

                delivery          customized, manufactured, delivered, configured
                                  and/ or tested to have a fully functioning automated
                                  election system.



                                  Action point: Request for an updated time table
                                  showing realistically that all needed components of the
                                  AES will be in place in time for the elections.

                2. Machine        To ensure that the machines to be delivered to COMELEC
                production        are of the highest quality, quality assurance engineers
                quality           with knowledge and skills on computer hardware should
                assurance         be deployed to the manufacturing facility.
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