it was neither mr mcguinness nor his advisers who asked for the change. the speaker of the northern ireland assembly, william hay, ordered the change and the capital d was dropped from hansard references. the office of the first and deputy first minister still uses both versions of mr mcguinness' title on their website, and their archive of press releases has been changed, but the capital d still appears in some places, and a spokesman confirmed on 20 march 2008 that the office has "no plans" to change the ofmdfm logo. however, the assembly committee that looks at their work is now listed as the "committee for the office of the first minister and deputy first minister". it was decided that mr mcguinness should be the deputy first minister, unless all the other letters in the title are in capitals. confusion is not completely resolved however; if mr mcguinness writes to the assembly committee, his note will have a letterhead that comes from the office of the first minister and "deputy" first minister, but he'll get a reply back from the committee for the office of the first minister and "deputy" first minister.