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Massachusetts moves ahead sans Microsoft

September 23, 2005 State finalizes policy calling for desktop applications supporting OpenDocument standard format. Microsoft Office is excluded. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, Massachusetts, state, policy, Microsoft Office, decision, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp.

Preparing for the open-standards onslaught

October 17, 2005 CCIA President Ed Black explains why he thinks Massachusetts has set an example other governments will follow. TAGS: Massachusetts, OpenDocument Format, interoperability, citizen, state, government, decision

Mass. holding tight to OpenDocument

July 5, 2006 State is sticking to its plan to standardize on OpenDocument, says the incoming CIO, describing the move as irreversible. TAGS: Louis Gutierrez, OpenDocument Format, CIO, Massachusetts, Stephen O'Grady, open standard, state, decision, information technology, IBM Corp., open source, Microsoft Corp.

Telecommuters beware the tax man

November 9, 2005 Attorney Eric J. Sinrod says telecommuters are increasingly liable to pay income taxes to states where they don't live. TAGS: telecommuting, appellate court, New York, income tax, employer, income, tax, state, decision

Mass. warms to Microsoft Office standard

November 28, 2005 After picking OpenDocument as a standard, commonwealth is "optimistic" that standardized Office formats will pass muster. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, procurement, Massachusetts, Mitt Romney, state, Office 12, XML, standards, Microsoft Office, standard, Governor, agency, format, decision, Microsoft Corp., information technology

FCC unplugs states' rules on 'naked' DSL

March 25, 2005 New Chairman Martin's first big task is to take a hard look at selling digital subscriber lines without other services. TAGS: BellSouth Corp., DSL, phone line, VoIP, DSL service, broadband service, broadband, VoIP company, state, commission, decision, AT&T Corp., U.S.

Minnesota backs down on VoIP rules--for now

December 1, 2004 Utility regulators suspend attempt to impose their old fashioned telephone rules on Internet phone service Vonage. TAGS: Minnesota, Vonage Holdings Corp., Internet phone, Internet telephone service provider, U.S. District Court Judge, VoIP, commission, VoIP company, state, decision, call, service provider

FCC further deregulates Net calls

November 10, 2004 States are now barred from imposing telecommunications regulations on Net phone providers. TAGS: Vonage Holdings Corp., FCC Commissioner, commission, Internet phone, VoIP, Internet phone company, telecommunications, decision, BellSouth Corp., AT&T Corp., Democrat, state, rule, cable company, IP

Supreme Court clears way for online wine sales

May 16, 2005 State governments may not prohibit residents from ordering directly from out-of-state wineries, court rules. TAGS: winery, wine, shipment, state, Michigan, court, law, decision, tax

The Spy Act that loved me?

April 19, 2007 Policy analyst Bartlett Cleland warns that a patchwork of state spyware laws will end up having the opposite effect desired by proponents. TAGS: antispyware company, provision, regulation, law, cookie, decision, state, protection, spyware, Internet Service Provider, anti-spyware

Internet taxes? It's just a matter of time

July 8, 2005 CNET News.com's Charles Cooper explains why the push to collect sales taxes for goods offered online is gathering steam. TAGS: mail-order, North Dakota, tax, decision, state, retailer

Source: FCC to dress 'naked' DSL

March 21, 2005 Agency is expected to up-end rules that force BellSouth to unbundle its DSL service from its phone service, a source tells News.com. TAGS: BellSouth Corp., DSL, commission, phone service, broadband, Verizon Communications, rule, decision, state, AT&T Corp., U.S.

Massachusetts says it's open to multiple formats

December 14, 2005 State senators air the issues around its decision to use OpenDocument as the default desktop application format. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, Massachusetts, standards, OASIS, productivity-application, senator, standard, IBM Corp., Microsoft Office, information technology, vice president, XML, decision, state, forum, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Report blasts Mass. OpenDocument policy

June 29, 2006 An oversight committee criticizes standard-setting process as closed, unlawful and insensitive to people with disabilities. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, disability, information technology, open standard, Microsoft Office 2007, senator, policy, Boston, decision, state, chairman, Microsoft Office, document, Microsoft Corp.

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