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From: Duff Johnson
Date: Apr 21, 2011 10:30PM

Bevi,

> Thanks, Duff and Karen.
> I think a PDF with attachments might work.
>
> But what about Word documents?

I'm going to take a page from Vlad's book and say... "well, that's a workflow matter".

Why post a Word file if you can post a good PDF file instead? :)

"Post PDFs!", after all, is going to be a lot easier sale, workflow-wise than "re-invent government so it works like small business".

Final-form electronic documents are almost by-definition PDF files - or so I'd contend. A Word file has lots of appropriate functions - being posted as a formal document on a formal (ie, government) website generally isn't one of them.

(awaits slings and arrows)

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