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Cocke County Online, Sun, 27 Nov 2005 12:32 PM PST
Cocke County Archives in need of items
http://www.cocke.xtn.net/index.php?template=news.view.subscriber&table=ne
ws&newsid=126131
NEWPORT??Cocke County Archives is asking for the community?s help in
acquiring some items. "We are looking for some additions to the
archives.
Anything of historical value can be donated, but we do have some
particular
requests," said County Archivist Bill Parrott.
DATA pilferage becomes law firms' nightmare
Financial Express - Bombay,India
... one of the leading corporate law firms, Titus and Co, filed an FIR
against associate lawyers alleging criminal breach of trust and theft
of electronic records. ...
<http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=109854>
COURTS work to improve record system
Youngstown Vindicator - Youngstown,OH,USA
... That court, which has its own computerization budget, was recognized
by a national organization recently for its public records access and
Web site. ...
<http://www.vindy.com/content/local_regional/297828341565293.php>
IRON Mountain and Orchestria Create a Powerhouse
Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Journal - Fairfield,NJ,USA
Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE:IRM), the world's trusted partner for
records management and data protection services, has announced a
partnership
with ...
<http://www.s-ox.com/news/detail.cfm?articleID=1332>
RECORDS get a good sorting
Great Falls Tribune - Great Falls,MT,USA
... in 1888. "We were concerned that some of the county records were in
danger," said inventory project coordinator Diane Green. Some ...
<http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051128/NEW
S01/511280307/1002>
GUATEMALAN secret police archives found
Spero News - USA
... And now Guatemalans are discovering their own buried, hidden, and
abandoned
records from the files of the repressive Guatemalan security services.
<http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?idCategory=33&idsub=135&id=22
06>
RECORDS fees jump beginning Thursday
Lufkin Daily News - Lufkin,TX,USA
... A very few have actually converted records to electronic files.".
This
means a search and certificate for a birth record will cost $23. ...
<http://www.lufkindailynews.com/news/content/news/stories/2005/11/28/2005
1128LDNfees.html>
NEW application lets you manage all media files in Web browser
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
... digital media files. Anytime you have to pack and move your digital
life, it's tedious -- even though the photos, music, videos and
documents
are transferred ...
<http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/columnists/13273540.htm>
TRUSTED Electronic Documents with GeoTrust Europe Adobe® ...
Security Park - Winkfield,UK
With CDS, people who receive certified Adobe PDF files can be
automatically
... can easily use the new CDS solutions to certify electronic documents
and conduct ...
<http://www.securitypark.co.uk/article.asp?articleid=24637&CategoryID=1>
SERVICE signs PDFs for integrity
VNUNet.com - Haarlem,Netherlands
... a service to let firms digitally sign Adobe Acrobat files, allowing
recipients ... Credential for Adobe Acrobat allows individuals to
certify
documents, while True ...
<http://www.vnunet.com/itweek/news/2146790/service-signs-pdfs-integrity>
POLAND Opens Up Secret Files of
Kommersant - Moscow,Russia
... As to the list and actual scope of disclosed documents, the public
at large ... National Remembrance Institute will be the first to study
the files, which, among ...
<http://www.kommersant.com/page.asp?idr=530&id=630165>
CALL for national data retention laws
Computerworld Australia - Australia
ASX-One Australia managing director, David Thompson, said Australia
needs
a federal approach to document retention and monitoring of electronic
documents ...
<http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1829661644;fp;16;fpid;0>
EMPLOYEES blind to perils of risky e-mail
PC World Magazine - Australia
... Document retention is not as simple as everyone hoped it would be,
says Kennedy. There is nothing inherently good or bad about keeping ...
<http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;1706384817;fp;2;fpid;1>
MAKING The Most Of Your Digital Pictures
CBS4Boston - Boston,USA
... Photo archivist Stephen Fletcher says photos stored on your computer
need to be handled with care. ... So instead, use archive grade papers
and inks. ...
<http://cbs4boston.com/specialreports/local_story_332161740.html >
EU data retention laws move closer
PC Pro - UK
The EU has taken a step closer to introducing new data retention laws
after
the European Parliament's civil liberties committee backed proposals to
store ...
<http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/80863/eu-data-retention-laws-move-closer.htm
l>
ENTERTAINMENT Industry wants to abuse European data retention laws
Afterdawn.com - USA
The music industry is trying to abuse legislation that was introduced to
help protect European citizens from terrorism, to fight against Internet
pirates. ...
<http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/7061.cfm>
MEPS propose one-year data retention for police
ComputerWeekly.com - UK
The European Parliament's civil liberties committee has tabled a series
of compromise proposals for the retention of communications data to
fight
terrorism and ...
<http://www.computerweekly.com
/Articles/2005/11/28/213168/MEPsproposeone-yeardataretentionforpolice.htm
>
AKRON man at helm of historical society
Akron Beacon Journal - Akron,OH,USA
By Paula Schleis. The Western Reserve Historical Society, based in
Cleveland,
is a $6 million operation with eight museums sprinkled throughout
Northeast
Ohio. ...
<http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/13273314.htm>
NEW law to require document shredding
News 14 Charlotte - Charlotte,NC,USA
RALEIGH, NC -- North Carolina celebrated a new law going into effect
this
week that will require companies to shred people's personal documents
in an effort ...
<http://www.news14charlotte.com/content/local_news/?AC=&ArID=107743&SecID
=2>
Cumberland Times-News, Mon, 28 Nov 2005 6:07 AM PST
Vintage copy of Cresap's will missing from county courthouse
http://www.times-news.com/articles/2005/11/28/sections/top_stories/top02.
txt
CUMBERLAND - Everyone agrees that it was there at one time. But when
Karen Cresap went looking for the vintage copy of her ancestor's will
at the
Allegany County Courthouse more than a year ago, it was nowhere to be
found.
RedNova, Mon, 28 Nov 2005 2:31 AM PST
The Electronic Life Has Its Rewards
http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/314946/the_electronic_life_has_its_re
wards/index.html?source=r_health
By Quinn, William T Most doctors are still on the sidelines about
digitizing their records, but that may be starting to change THERE ARE
PLENTY of
scolds out there urging physicians to toss those mounds of paper
medical records
in the nearest dumpster.
MAKE your pictures last forever
Robertson County Times - TN,USA
... locations, says Amber Barfield, documents conservator for the state
library and archives. ... The biggest thing, says Metro archivist Ken
Fieth, is to not put all ...
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http://www.rctimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051128/FEATURES01/511
280353/1004/MTCN0303>
HOLOGRAPHIC Challenge for DVDs
Red Herring - CA,USA
... Holographic data storage has existed for 40 years, but is just
coming
to the ... storage goes beyond recording the surface of the disc and
records
through the full ...
<http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=14643&hed=Holographic+Challenge
+for+DVDs§or=Industries&subsector=EntertainmentAndMedia>
EX-PROQUEST execs turn new page on written-off units
Ann Arbor News - Ann Arbor,MI,USA
... With the backing of still-unspecified investors, the four executives
created National Archive Publishing Co. and bought three business units
from ProQuest: ...
<http://www.mlive.com/business/aanews/index.ssf?/base/business-4/11331870
02150620.xml&coll=2>
POLAND reveals Warsaw Pact war plans
ISN - Zurich,Switzerland
... Among the documents to be released are files on the 1968 invasion of
Czechoslovakia, dubbed "Operation Danube", as well as records of the
Communist
regime ...
<http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=13653>
NEW Law Takes Major Steps to Fight ID Theft
abc11tv.com - Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville,NC,USA
... Boxes and boxes of business documents, pay stubs and ... customers
destroy or shred those records, so that ... t retrieve information from
discarded files that have ...
<http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=troubleshooter&id=3675084>
INTERNET Archive Launches Personalized Archive-it Service
URLwire - Knoxville,TN,USA
... through a web interface. The service as been developed, in
particular,
for memory institutions and state archives. IA has been testing ...
<http://www.urlwire.com/news/112805.html>
Washington Post
A Place in the Desert for New Mexico's Most Exclusive Circles
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601065_pf.html>>
WatchingAmerica.com
Americans 'Plunder' French Archives
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Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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