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The UK government adopted use of the Open Document Format in 2014. While there are still some barriers to using that open standard, a lot of progress has been made.
The Open Standards team was asked 4 years ago by the Open Standards Board to help government publish documents in a more open, transparent and accessible way. We've since made progress in achieving these objectives but we still have more work to do.
This blog focuses on how far we've come in our mission to make Open Document Format (ODF) the default standard for editable documents. ODF is not intended to replace read-only documents like PDFs, so we have not included PDF usage in our statistics below.
[...] We cannot have important documents published in formats which do not meet open standards. Government documents are for everyone. Whether you're using Windows, Mac, GNU/Linux, Chrome OS, iOS, Android, or any other system - you have the right to read what we have written and we will continue on our journey to make documents open and accessible.
From Technology at GDS : Open Document Format in government: an update
(Score: 2) by Dr Spin on Monday April 30 2018, @06:54AM
in another decade or so they'll have moved on or retired,
It should not be hard to "do some research" that shows "using MS proprietry formats is associated with a shorter lifespan".
You and I know correlation does not imply causation, but headline writers in the tabloids don't.
Warning: Opening your mouth may invalidate your brain!