The German Federal Government Co-ordination and Advisory Agency (KBSt) has released a new version of its Standards and Architecture for e-Government Applications, SAGA 4.0. The document describes standards, technologies and methods for the use of information technology in federal agencies and makes recommendations, in particular the development and maintenance of e-government services in public administration. SAGA is valid for five years.

The SAGA 4.0 document itself states that the Open Document Format (ODF) version 1.0 is a "Recommended" standard. Microsoft OOXML was stated as a standard "Under Observation"...and it continues with stating PDF 1.4 as a mandatory standard (PDF 1.5 is a recommended standard, PDF 1.6 is a standard under observation).

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