actually, the point of capitalizing ‘officially’ is to reenforce the fact that he has never submitted the birth record he has famously flaunted ... anywhere.
if he did, it would be a crime... as the forgery is obvious, even without the original for comparison.
and yes, he has the ‘authority’ to submit his birth certificate into record. to say otherwise it absurd.
US District Court Judge Henry T. Wingate in Jackson, Mississippi (a Reagan Appointee) currently has as an exhibit from the defense a copy of Obama’s long form birth certificate along with a Letter of Verification from Hawaii’s registrar, Alvin T. Onaka, Ph.D. that was submitted by Obama’s attorneys, Tepper and Begley for Orly Taitz’s Mississippi eligibility lawsuit, Taitz, et. al. v Mississippi Democratic Party Executive Committee, Obama, et. al.
The birth certificate copy is on page 11 and the Letter of Verification for it is on page 12:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/96289285/Mississippi-Democratic-Party-Motion-v-Taitz