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From the 80th Legislature
SB 446
State Documents in non-proprietary formats
Hinojosa
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by davidsmith on Feb 27, 2007 17:35:57
The fiscal note on this bill will kill it. People don't hate Microsoft that much to waste taxpayers money.
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Summary
Requires state agencies to creat, exchange, or maintain their documents in an open Extensible Markup Language (XML) format.Background
Citizens shouldn't have to buy propriety software to access public documents or databasesPolitical Context
MA has passed such a bill, and MN is currently considering similar language./1/,/2/ An identical bill has been filed in the Texas House, HB 1794.Links
/1/ Lombardi, Candace "OpenDocument up for adoption in Texas, Minnesota" CNET News 2/7/07/2/ Upgrove, Andy "Meanwhile, Deep Down in Texas: An Open Format Bill is Filed" ConsortiumInfo.org Standards Blog 2/6/07
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