An Interview with MA Records Supervisor Alan Cote

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Author: Andy Updegrove

Andy Updegrove writes “Alan N. Cotes is the Supervisor of Records in Secretary of the Commonwealth William Francis Galvin’s office. He’s been tapped to testify twice in opposition to the Commonwealth’s new OpenDocument Format (ODF) policy, and is still unconvinced that it’s the wave of the future. Last week, Alan got in touch with me to let me know his side of the story, and here’s what he had to say.”