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Machines for disabled won't be ready for primaries: Massachusetts disabled voters won't have appropriate voting machines for primary elections in September, the state's election official said, although he expects them to be in place for the November general election, AP reports. The problem: It's a hard task to find a universal machine that accomodates all kinds of...; Tags: William Galvin; Blog posts 2006-08-15
Massachusetts open source fight becomes partisan: Is the battle over the OpenDocument format in Massachusetts becoming a partisan battle? If it is, Microsoft is allied to the Democrats. As all open source aficionados know Massachusetts has become the epicenter in the battle for open document formats. If the state mandates use of OpenDocument, starting in January,...; Tags: William Galvin, OpenDocument Format, Microsoft Corp.; Blog posts 2005-11-27

MA exposes thousands of private data - and doesn't plan to stop: In a truly incredible display of governmental disregard for personal privacy, Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin has refused to take down - or provide any access restrictions - on tens of thousands of personal data records that identify borrowers SSNs, bank account numbers, home addresses and phone numbers, The...; Tags: State &, Local Govt, Government technology, Privacy; Blog posts 2007-04-06
InfoWeek: OpenDocument tangled in MA political showdown: A story in InformationWeek is the first official news report offering some of the details behind a hearing that has been rushed onto Massachusetts' state Senate's docket regarding a recent decision by the Commonwealth's Information Technology Department ITD to standardize on the OpenDocument Format ODF for the creation, storage,...; Tags: OpenDocument Format; Blog posts 2005-10-26
Is Massachusetts' OpenDocument decision on the rocks?: Details are only sketchy at this point, but the Massachusetts Senate Post Audit Committee has apparently called for hearing to take place at 1pm on Monday October 31st in hearing room A1 at the State House in Boston. Massachusetts' recent ratification of the OpenDocument Format ODF...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format; Blog posts 2005-10-24

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