Can New York Make the Case for ODF?

"The New York state politician backing a bill that would order the state to examine a switch to open document formats for official business said Friday that she is optimistic her bill will escape the fate of similar bills in five other states.

"On Wednesday, RoAnn Destito, a longtime Democratic assemblywoman from the upstate city of Utica, introduced Assembly Bill A08961 into the Committee on Governmental Operations, which Destito chairs..."

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