And on what basis, pray tell, do you accuse me of being full of bull?
I’ve given a viable theory consistent with 30+ years in the industry. “I think you are full of bull” is hardly a counter-argument worth acknowledging.
I appologize for being rude, it is not my normal mode, and was uncalled for.
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I do not believe the document released was simply retreived from some database as presented. I am convinced it was conjured.
Some reasons.
1. There were no digital document management systems in 1961.
2. The early systems for eliminating paper copies was microfiche.
http://www.thecrowleycompany.com/scanning-equipment/faqs.html
“In 1989, Mekel Technology introduced the first microfilm scanner to the world, followed closely by its first microfiche scanner.”
3. PDF format documents began use in 1993.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Document_Format
Portable Document Format (PDF) is an open standard for document exchange. This file format created by Adobe Systems in 1993 is used for representing documents in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems.[2] Each PDF file encapsulates a complete description of a fixed-layout flat document, including the text, fonts, graphics, and other information needed to display it.
PDF was officially released as an open standard on July 1, 2008
4. I don’t know when HI Department of Health undertook to create a document image database (or if they have). A database for indexing is one thing, but a database as you described is another. In a high tech company what you described might be possible, but I do not believe that a state department could pull off what you describe. And it would be a fairly recent development. So, I am confident they still have the original documents up to some date and after that date the data is stored in an image format scanned from paper. That storage system is probably in a .pdf format, it is an open standard now.
5. Electronic document management (EDM) systems are a fairly recent technology. In the mid 1990’s they were beginning to become successful in business environments.
So without 1st hand knowledge of the system in place in HI Dept. of Health, I doubt their COLB’s are stored in a fragmented form, even today.
Sorry it is just not credible.