News: an interview with Mass. Supervisor of Records Alan Cote
Published: 2006-02-06 16:28:46 . Categories: Computer Economy/Business Open Source Political
"Over the last six months I've received email from all manner of folks from all over the world relating to ODF. In virtually all instances, the senders were ODF proponents, many asking how they can help, or offering their personal experiences or thoughts. I've also received email from, and gotten to know, many of the other journalists and bloggers following the issue, as well as the principal vendor advocates, and some of the community of the disabled that have voiced concern, as well."
"Early last week, I received an email from closer to home, with a "subject" line that read, "Maybe it's time we talk…." I was happy to get the email, because the sender was none other than Alan Cote, the Massachusetts Supervisor of Records.
Alan is one of the individuals who has been in the center of the ODF policy debate, and has testified twice in opposition to the Information Technology Division (ITD) policy that mandates use by the Executive Agencies of the OpenDocument Format (ODF) on January 1, 2007. The first time was at the October 31, 2005 hearing convened by the Senate Post Audit Committee Chairman, Senator Marc Pacheco, and the second was at the open meeting held on December 14, 2005 at the State House in Boston.
Alan's role in the ODF debate arises from the fact that he is the Supervisor of Records in the Public Records Division, which is part of the Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth (the current Secretary is William Francis Galvin, which explains in part why his name has come up so often as the debate unfolded – and why you see his face at the top of so many Webpages with addresses that end with state.ma.us). "
read the full story at www.consortiuminfo.org
Alan is one of the individuals who has been in the center of the ODF policy debate, and has testified twice in opposition to the Information Technology Division (ITD) policy that mandates use by the Executive Agencies of the OpenDocument Format (ODF) on January 1, 2007. The first time was at the October 31, 2005 hearing convened by the Senate Post Audit Committee Chairman, Senator Marc Pacheco, and the second was at the open meeting held on December 14, 2005 at the State House in Boston.
Alan's role in the ODF debate arises from the fact that he is the Supervisor of Records in the Public Records Division, which is part of the Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth (the current Secretary is William Francis Galvin, which explains in part why his name has come up so often as the debate unfolded – and why you see his face at the top of so many Webpages with addresses that end with state.ma.us). "
read the full story at www.consortiuminfo.org
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