CIO/OFT has published the electronic documents report required by statute, "A Strategy for Openness:  Enhancing E-Records Access in New York State."

Organization of the Report

The full report consists of three parts and is available in .DOC, .PDF formats, and Open Document Format (ODF)*:

• Part I is the Executive Summary of the study, findings and major recommendations.

• Download Part I of the report. [DOC 341 KB] [PDF 441 KB] [ODF 235 KB]

• Part II is Supporting Documentation and includes comparative graphs of approaches by other governmental jurisdictions, a deeper analysis of individual issues raised in the Request for Public Comments, and specific proposals for the composition of an Electronic Records Committee.  It is approximately 138 pages in length.

• Download Part II of the report. [DOC 3.77 MB] [PDF 4.08 MB] [ODF 2.95 MB]

• Part III contains the Public Comments from a Request for Public Comments.  This part provides a detailed analysis of the recurring themes in the comments received, and verbatim copies of the comments.  It is approximately 640 pages in length.

• Download Part III-A of the report (RFPC and Analysis).	[DOC 340 KB]	[PDF 483 KB]	[ODF 226 KB]
  Download Part III-B of the report (Individual Comments).	[DOC 899 KB]	[PDF 1.24 MB]	[ODF 342 KB]
  Download Part III-C of the report (Government Comments).	[DOC 595 KB]	[PDF 814 KB]	[ODF 277 KB]
  Download Part III-D of the report (Non-Profit Comments).	[DOC 497 KB]	[PDF 733 KB]	[ODF 264 KB]
  Download Part III-E of the report (Commercial Comments).	[DOC 5.65 MB]	[PDF 5.32 MB]	[ODF 1.66 MB]

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