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Originally Posted by j.p.s
I know the gov't is under no requirement to do the following, but it seems like a no-brainer to me.
I assume it was written in ms word.
1. Open with one of the *Office apps (libre, open, star, whatever)
2. slap on a load of disclaimers
3. Export to EPUB
4. Make available parallel to the *official* PDF
It'll be a lot smaller and save on bandwidth and be a lot friendlier for phones, small tablets, and (gasp) e-readers.
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Except the redactions are made to the PDF (either using Acrobat Redact tool, which removes the text from the document, or by highlighting redacted text with Black and exporting as images or both). Word processors are not equipped to ‘redact’ as the formats are inherently editable. PDFs can include various schemes that make them ‘tamper proof’ and suitable for being ‘documents of record.’
EPub will never be a document of record.
It does seem to me that the government may be required to release documents that are ‘accessible’ per ADA requirements. But I don’t know if release has to be simultaneous when it is a case as sensitive as this.