RAIN 061229
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories 
related to records and archives management.

History buff finds niche in archives
Daily Mail - Charleston - Charleston,WV,USA
... He began working seven years ago for the state, in a secluded 
section
of the Capitol archives the public rarely, if ever, gets to see. ...
<http://www.dailymail.com/story/News/+/2006122739/History+buff+finds+nich
e+in+archives>

Shipwreck exhibit on display at state archives
The Daily Advertiser - Lafayette,LA,USA
The Louisiana State Archives is now displaying a new exhibit, El Nuevo
Constante, a cooperative endeavor between the State Department of 
Culture,
Recreation ...
<http://www.theadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061227/NEWS01/
61227029>

Hoquiam’s photographer
Grays Harbor Daily World - Grays Harbor and Northern Pacific 
Counties,WA,USA
... for free. Larson is searching for an endowment to bring Lucas on 
staff.
The glass negatives vary dramatically in size. Some are ...
<http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2006/12/27/local_news/01news.txt>

Critic frustrated by BC's slow freedom of information system
CBC British Columbia - Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada
... The Crown corporation was willing to share some information with 
Reid,
but would not hand over what it considered confidential documents. ...
<http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2006/12/27/bc-foi.html>

Preserving our history
State Port Pilot - South Port,NC,USA
... Carr is willing to get things started, but said the group would need
people who know how to look up old records like deeds and other 
documents.
 <http://www.stateportpilot.com/stories/12-27PreserveHistStites.htm>

You Call That a Secret?
Reason Online - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... who will be digesting these documents for decades ... also alluded 
to
the 1971 "Pentagon Papers" case, in ... may not prevent publication of
classified material unless ...
<http://reason.com/news/show/117499.html>

Internet Research Digs Up Private Matters
Carole Levitt & Mark Rosch
Thursday, December 28, 2006
I know your mother's maiden name, your date of birth, your address and 
the price you paid for your house. I also know the name of the person 
who officiated at your wedding, the names of your children (and their 
dates of birth), the number of times you've been divorced and how much 
you inherited from your great aunt. I know the amount of your liens, 
the type of tattoo you sport (and its location on your body), your 
political persuasion and your religion. I even know if you are mentally 
ill -- and I've never met you.
<<http://www.law.com/ltn/pubArticleLTN.jsp?id=1167214008856>>

Create a Winning Strategy for Your Awareness Program
Awareness programs are the cheapest way to prevent costly problems, but 
the security message can be easy to ignore. CSOs and CISOs share their 
strategies for spreading the good word.

<<http://www.csoonline.com/read/110106/fea_awareness.html>>

Encryption a perfect response to the Year of the Breach
SC Magazine - London,UK
... Although events in 2005 all made the headlines, such as the 
ChoicePoint
identification theft that affected 163,000 records, the stolen laptop at
the University ...
<http://scmagazine.com/us/news/article/623768/encryption-perfect-response
-year-breach>

Historical society looks to digitize Town Times
TownTimesNews.com - Watertown,CT,USA
The Watertown Historical Society and Museum is in the midst of a 
membership
drive and a new project. The organization has received ...
<http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17639019&BRD=1379&PAG=461&dept
_id=162906&rfi=6>

Avoiding the Perils of Electronic Data
SHRM Magazine - Alexandria,VA,USA
... have never been more electronic documents to mine. ... graphics
presentations, voice mails and other digital files. ... privacy and
confidentiality of records, and who ...
<http://www.shrm.org/hrmagazine/articles/0107/0107roberts.asp>

Panel to discuss purged records
Louisville Courier-Journal - Louisville,KY,USA
A panel appointed to investigate the purge of misdemeanor records in
Jefferson County last month meets Thursday morning and is expected to 
hear
from Kentucky ...
<http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061228/NEWS0
1/61228004/1008>


How library came to be It started with a request made to Rep. Ford ...
Ann Arbor News - Ann Arbor,MI,USA
Michigan Congressman Gerald Ford had always seemed an approachable and
helpful politician, which gave University of Michigan archivist Bob 
Warner
an idea in ...
<http://www.mlive.com/news/aanews/index.ssf?/base/news-20/116732048532765
0.xml&coll=2>

Limestone calendar full of history
The Decatur Daily - Decatur,AL,USA
... Archivist Philip Reyer said most people buy the calendars to save as
historic souvenirs. He has about 100 calendars left from the 500 the 
group
ordered. ...
<http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/news/061228/history.shtml>

Berger’s bumbling
Canon City Daily Record - CO, United States
... went to to steal these papers: to keep ... confronted and asked 
about
missing documents, Berger denied ... Berger pleaded guilty to removing
classified material and ...
<http://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/Opinion-story.asp?ID=5738>

Archival Preservation: Keeping Your Past Intact
The Columbian - Vancouver,WA,USA
... I tell people, 'What you see as a horrible mass of boxes, once we 
put
it in archival boxes, it will be reduced to fraction of that.' ". ...
<http://www.columbian.com/lifeHome/lifeHomeNews/12282006news87912.cfm>

Apple ‘falsified’ files on Jobs’ options
By Richard Waters in San Francisco
Published: December 28 2006 00:21 | Last updated: December 28 2006 15:08
Steve Jobs, chief executive of Apple Computer, was handed 7.5m stock 
options in 2001 without the required authorisation from the company’s 
board of directors, according to people familiar with the matter.
<http://www.ft.com/cms/s/801e1b82-9605-11db-9976-0000779e2340.html>

Obscure filmmakers' historic works join registry
Washington Post - United States
... said Raye Farr, director of the Steven Spielberg Film and Video 
Archive
at the ... Dwight Swanson, an archivist working with the center, saw it 
and
pushed Ingmire ...
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/28/AR200612
2800119.html>


Our View: Area records ‘audit’ shows it’s still a human ...
Hudson Star Observer - Hudson,WI,USA
... project that tested the accessibility of various public records 
shows
most public officials have a sound knowledge of Wisconsin Open Records 
law
and readily ...
<http://www.hudsonstarobserver.com/articles/index.cfm?id=21349>

Open-records law toughened
Cincinnati Enquirer - Cincinnati,OH,USA
... Bob Taft on Wednesday signed a bill requiring public officials to be
better trained in how Ohio's open-records law works and making it 
easier to
sue officials ...
<http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061228/NEWS01/6122
80376/1056/COL02>

A request for digital backup
Dallas Morning News (subscription) - TX,USA
... free service. Digital storage has gotten cheaper in the last few 
years
with advances in technology and increased capacity. That's ...
<http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/DN-storage_28bus
.ART.State.Edition1.316eb51.html>

Virginia AG voices support for data retention, speedier interstate ...
Ars Technica - Boston,MA,USA
... comments echo those of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and FBI
Director Robert Mueller, both of which voiced support for stronger data
retention laws in ...
<http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061227-8507.html>

First Line of Defense Against Data Security Breaches: Employees
Ryan Sulkin
As headlines continue to report data security breaches at an alarming 
rate, discussion often focuses on the need for enhanced technical 
controls, such as two-factor authentication and encryption, to protect 
sensitive, personally identifiable information. The role of the company 
employee, both as the cause of, and the first line of defense against, 
security breaches is often lost in the analysis. Yet developing law is 
increasingly requiring administrative or procedural controls, 
particularly those directed at employees, as a component of a legally 
compliant security program.
<http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1167300410341>

How the anti-copyright lobby makes big business richer
Register - London,England,UK
... working where western photographers dare not go, to document the
destruction of their ... After transmitting his images for the day, he
received an email from his ...
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/29/photojournalism_and_copyright/>

State official says county worker approved records purge
Kentucky.com - Lexington,KY,USA
... investigate the purge. He said the state would not have destroyed 
the
Jefferson County records without Losavio's approval. "We told ...
<http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/state/16345658.htm>

Historic council documents were 'abandoned'
Blackburn Citizen - UK
... area of the town hall basement was visited earlier this month by the
council's inform-ation manager and a representative of the archivist's
section of the ...
<http://www.blackburncitizen.co.uk/news/newsheadlines/display.var.1095452
.0.historic_council_documents_were_abandoned.php>

Records center makes history
Carthage Press - Carthage,MO,USA
... In a 10-year report by County Archivist Steve Weldon presented by 
the
Jasper County Commission on Thursday, the archivist paints a grim 
picture
of the early ...
<http://www.carthagepress.com/articles/2006/12/29/news/01%20record.txt>

Home Guard donation for Archives
Shetland News - Vidlin,Shetland,UK
... in Shetland during World War II has been donated to the Shetland
Archives. ... Shetland museum archivist Brian Smith said: "I am 
delighted
to receive the cards ...
<http://www.shetland-news.co.uk/pages/news%20stories/12_2006/home_guard_d
onation_for_archives.htm>

Smith's Early Abstractions Added to National Film Registry
Animation World Network - Hollywood,CA,USA
Smith was a painter, archivist and compiler of the landmark "Anthology 
of
... program or through collaborative ventures with other archives, 
motion
picture studios ...
<http://news.awn.com/index.php?ltype=top&newsitem_no=18769>

Romanian president to inspect handover of police files
Ireland Online - Dublin,Ireland
... a warehouse today where millions of files of the former Communist
secret police, the Securitate, were being held following their handover 
to
a national archive ...
<http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=205514482&p=zx55y5y88>


Businesses Turn to Document Imaging to Reduce Operating Costs and ...
Newswire Today (press release) - London,UK
... the storage of more information in less space than traditional paper
files and file ... But in most offices, documents can be stored 
digitally
and be of more use ...
<http://www.newswiretoday.com/news/12143/>

Lawmakers press for Nazi documents
Kansas.com - KS,USA
... of the International Tracing Service to permit Holocaust survivors
access to the documents. ... members are given complete access to the
entirety of the files.".
<http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/16346072.htm>

Details of Apple Options Probe
Wall Street Journal (subscription) - New York,NY,USA
... but not limited to, electronic and physical documents, document
metadata, and ... 3,892 new hire grants and grants for promotion and
retention purposes ("promotion ...
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB116739350363662405.html?mod=googlenews_w
sj>

Tauranga archivist books QSM for service
MyTown Bay of Plenty - Bay of Plenty,New Zealand
... for history secured her the position of archivist in the local 
history
section of the library. As her job expanded and the importance of the
archive grew for ...
<http://www.bayofplentytimes.co.nz/localnews/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=371
5792&thesection=localnews&thesubsection=&thesecondsubsection=>

Clerk approved records purge, official says
Louisville Courier-Journal - Louisville,KY,USA
Interim Jefferson Circuit Court Clerk Michael Losavio gave the state
permission to seize and destroy misdemeanor microfilm and electronic
records, a Kentucky ...
<http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061229/NEWS0
1/612290392/1008>

Order of Canada up for the highest bidder
Globe and Mail - Canada
... Montreal, Oxford in England and the Sorbonne in Paris, he went to 
work
in 1912 for the Public Archives of Canada, today known as the National
Archives of Canada ...
<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20061229.webay1229/BN
Story/National/home>


Google does no evil, still can’t win
ZDNet - USA
... So in its efforts to avoid being labeled as evil by privacy 
advocates,
Gmail's data retention policy has ended up harming user's interests by
giving them no ...
<http://blogs.zdnet.com/SAAS/?p=261>

Can Google organize ‘world’s information’?
ZDNet - USA
... inconsistencies between Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s recent public
statements regarding user data “portability” and Google’s user data
retention policies: ...
<http://blogs.zdnet.com/micro-markets/?p=819>

Ex-curator's husband to stand trial for Hermitage thefts
CBC British Columbia - Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada
... Just days later, the country's cultural reputation slipped further 
when
a state archive in Moscow announced that scores of architectural 
drawings
had been ...
<http://www.cbc.ca/story/arts/national/2006/12/28/hermitage-theft-trial.h
tml>

Archive Expansion On Schedule
KFYR-TV - Bismarck,ND,USA
... Construction is on schedule and the new 30,000 square foot, three 
story
tall state archive building is estimated to be about 25% complete. ...
<http://www.kfyrtv.com/News_Stories.asp?news=4303>




Peter Kurilecz
Richmond Va
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