[CS-FSLUG] NI: Should more public agencies heed Massachusetts' OpenDoc policy?

[Fred A. Miller]

Should more public agencies heed Massachusetts' OpenDoc policy? 

 According to a state official, Massachusetts is moving to open standards not 
for economic reasons but to protect the public's right to unfettered access 
of public documents. Too bad FEMA didn't have the same foresight. As ZDNet 
blogger Paul Murphy points out, the federal agency's online registration area 
for disaster aid is only accessible, according to FEMA's Web site, by 
Internet Explorer 6. FEMA isn't alone in committing a public access faux pas. 
I wonder: Could Massachusetts end up breaking Microsoft's back? 

http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/index.php?p=1812&tag=nl.e539

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