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Word Documents from partner organisations #44

Closed edent closed 4 years ago

edent commented 6 years ago

Raised by @BenLaurie on Twitter

I'd love to read all about it but all your docs are in Word format.

https://twitter.com/BenLaurie/status/870867721952645121

The .docx files in question are from https://www.riscs.org.uk/

RISCS is funded by NCSC, but is run by UCL.

An open question to our community - should we encourage our partners to use open standards? Should we require it? How would we enforce this?

oughnic commented 6 years ago

I have no concern with ISO/IEC 29500 as an alternative so long as ISO/IEC 26300 is offered as well. Current policy is that UK government (including GCHQ) uses open standards, including ISO/IEC 26300, and that spend-control should be the lever. This should include outsourced services such as RISCS where the standard is specified through a contract.