[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 108 (Wednesday, June 4, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 31856]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-12365]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RM07-16-000]


Filing Via the Internet; Notice of Discontinuation of Text 
Version of Commission Issuances

May 28, 2008.
    Pursuant to Commission Order No. 703, issued November 15, 2007,\1\ 
and effective December 24, 2007, the Commission will discontinue 
creating Text files (.TXT file extension) for new Commission 
issuances.\2\ The Commission proposed in this proceeding to eliminate 
the Text versions of issuances and received no comments.
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    \1\ Filing Via the Internet, Order No. 703, 72 FR 65,659 
(November 23, 2007), FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 61,171] 31,259 (2007) 
(Order No. 703).
    \2\ The Text versions of previous Commission issuances will 
remain available through the eLibrary system.
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    The Commission will continue to make issuances available in the 
native format--primarily Microsoft Word for issuances--and will 
continue to create a PDF (Portable Document Format) version.\3\
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    \3\ The PDF version is created from the native file on a `best 
efforts' basis for Commission issuances and submittals to the 
agency.
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    The Commission began creating Text versions of its issuances nearly 
20 years ago when the public accessed documents through either paper 
copies or an electronic bulletin board using a dial-up connection. Text 
files made agency issuances accessible to the public in an open format 
without the need to purchase proprietary software. With today's 
Internet access and the availability of viewers for various file 
formats, the utility of the Text version is greatly diminished. In 
addition, other agencies generally do not create Text versions of 
issuances.
    This implementation action is effective immediately.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E8-12365 Filed 6-3-08; 8:45 am]
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