Various national and local governments are in the process of adopting OpenDocument. Some have already decided to make OpenDocument mandatory, others are currently evaluating it as an official standard. This page lists various OpenDocument-related government initiatives.
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• IDABC (Europe)
  "Documentation on the Promotion of Open Document Exchange Format"
  http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/document/3439/5585 
  
  
• Massachusetts / ETRM (USA)
  http://www.mass.gov/Aitd/docs/policies_standards/etrm3dot5/etrmv3dot5informationdomain.pdf
  http://www.mass.gov/Aitd/docs/policies_standards/etrm3dot5/opendocformfaqs.pdf
  
  
• Belgium
  http://presscenter.org/archive/20060623/432d0130470a88df1105dda38d1282b0/?lang=en&prLang=nl
  http://presscenter.org/archive/20060623/432d0130470a88df1105dda38d1282b0/?lang=en&prLang=fr
  http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39276978,00.htm
  
  
• General Referential for Interoperability (France)
  https://www.ateliers.adele.gouv.fr/ministeres/domaines_d_expertise/architecture_fonctio/public/rgi
  http://formats-ouverts.org/blog/2006/05/23/815
  
  
• SAGA (Germany)
  http://www.kbst.bund.de/cln_006/nn_837392/Content/Standards/Saga/Standards/White-List/
  white-list__node.html__nnn=true
  
  
• Denmark
  http://gotzespace.dk/archives/2006/05/odf_in_denmark.html
  http://gotze.eu/2006/06/openize-denmark-parliament-orders.html
  
  
• India
  http://www.ciol.com/content/search/showarticle1.asp?artid=85632