Meanwhile, Back in Minnesota: Your Chance to Help on Open Formats

Posted by Andy_Updegrove on Oct 10, 2007 4:01 PM EDT
ConsortiumInfo.org Standards Blog; By Andy Updegrove
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As you may, "open format" bills were introduced in multiple legislatures in the US earlier this year in states such as California, Connecticut, Oregon, New York and Texas. All of those efforts failed to accomplish their original objectives, with every piece of legislation being defeated, except for the ones introduced in Minnesota and New York, where greatly weakened bills passed that called for the "study" of open formats.

Now, true to the legislature's instruction, the Minnesota IT department is indeed studying the issue, and will be reporting back its conclusions to the state legislature by January 15 of next year. As part of that process, the public (that means you) has been invited to submit comments on line. The details are follow.

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