RAIN 070502
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories 
related to records and archives management.

Microsoft Calls E-Discovery, Records Management Inseparable Halves
CMSWire - San Francisco,CA,USA
Daley notes that proper e-discovery compliance and records management 
will become a yardstick that will ultimately make or break an 
enterprise’s public ...
<http://www.cmswire.com/cms/records-management/microsoft-calls-ediscovery
-records-management-inseparable-halves-001238.php>

Librarian of Virginia announces retirement
Daily Press - Newport News,VA,USA
Librarian of Virginia Nolan T. Yelich will retire on June 30, the state 
library said Monday. Yelich joined the library staff in 1973 and was 
appointed state ...
<http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/virginia/dp-va--brf-librarian-ret04
30apr30,0,2642353.story?coll=dp-headlines-virginia>

Google Gets a Grip on Government Data
TechNewsWorld - Sherman Oaks,CA,USA
However, McDermott is less enthused about other efforts by Google, in 
which the company offers to "digitize" government files and then 
assumes control over ...<http://www.technewsworld.com/story/57148.html>

President's Identity Theft Task Force on right track
Dallas Morning News (subscription) - TX,USA
Cut the unnecessary use of Social Security numbers by federal agencies. 
This is one of the most important recommendations in the plan. 
...<http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/columnists/pyip/stori
es/DN-moneytalk_30bus.ART.State.Edition1.3657f24.html>

Cybereye | ID theft plan: It’sa start
GCN.com - Washington,DC,USA
They would put controls on the use of Social Security numbers as 
universal identifiers and establish some standards for responding to 
breaches of sensitive 
...<http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/43587-1.html>

Having Won a Pulitzer for Exposing Data Mining, Times Now Eager to ...
Village Voice - New York,NY,USA
Harper notes that the Justice Department has been pushing since last 
spring for a "data retention" law that would require Internet service 
providers to 
...<http://www.villagevoice.com/nyclife/0718,hagey,76522,15.html>

The Women Who Drive Library Technology
Library Journal - New York,NY,USA
Hanning, now at the Oregon State Library, wasn’t easily deterred. Her 
college experience made her miserable, but she persevered. “I try to 
succeed in spite 
...<http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6435535.html>

Companies with paper records will face fines
PC Advisor - London,UK
ONStor says data storage needs to be digitised and secured by companies 
by October or they’ll be in breach of The Data Protection Act 1998 
(DPA). ...<http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=9209>

John Parkinson: Spread Data Backup Around Your Network
CIO Insight - Northbrook,IL,USA
Lost or stolen laptops present even tougher challenges-lose your laptop 
and, unless you've backed up to another drive somewhere, your data is 
gone for good. 
...<http://www.cioinsight.com/article2/0,1540,2124270,00.asp>

Dumpster discovery raises flag on ID theft
SunJournal.com (subscription) - Lewiston,ME,USA
... disposing local government records, requires that (unless otherwise 
specified by statute or rule), confidential records "may be destroyed 
by shredding, ...
<http://www.sunjournal.com/story/210197-3/MaineNews/Dumpster_discovery_ra
ises_flag_on_ID_theft/>

Shawn P. McCarthy | The big picture on metadata
GCN.com - Washington,DC,USA
There’s also the Federal Enterprise Architecture Records Management 
profile, which requires a uniform method for federal records 
management. ...<http://www.gcn.com/print/26_09/43573-1.html>

Maine Secretary of State Tackles Information Security Concerns
Government Technology - Folsom,CA,USA
... uncovered personal information, including names and Social Security 
numbers, in a dumpster near the State Archives Records Center in 
Hallowell recently. ...<http://www.govtech.net/news/news.php?id=105248>

VIDEO: Personal Data Found in Trash Outside Chase Branches
BankNet 360 - New York,NY,USA
A new video on YouTube, produced by the Service Employees International 
Union, shows the discovery of such personal information as Social 
Security numbers ...
<http://www.banknet360.com/news/NewsAbstract.do?na_id=8702&service_id=1&b
i_id=>

State fires printing firm after security breach
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA
The state has fired an Indiana printing company that mailed dozens of 
taxpayers in Brookline forms with their neighbors’ Social Security 
numbers, ...
<http://www.boston.com/news/globe/city_region/breaking_news/2007/04/state
_fires_pri.html>

State acknowledges security breach uncovered in TV investigation
Bangor Daily News - Bangor,ME,USA
... including names and Social Security numbers, to be discarded in a 
dumpster, where the records were uncovered by a television reporter. 
... <http://bangordailynews.com/news/templates/?a=149291&z=500>


Lawyer: Plea deal offered to lab archivist
KOB.com - Albuquerque,NM,USA
LOS ALAMOS, NM (AP) - A defense attorney says the US attorney’s office 
is offering a plea agreement to a former archivist for a Los Alamos 
National ...<http://kob.com/article/stories/S74323.shtml?cat=504>

Oracle asks judge to force SAP to keep records
CNET News.com - San Francisco,CA,USA
... preservation activities raises questions about whether SAP has in 
fact protected highly relevant evidence from alteration or 
destruction," Oracle said.
<http://news.com.com/Oracle+asks+judge+to+force+SAP+to+keep+records/2100-
1014_3-6180458.html>

Kent State Audio Tape Released
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA
The tape, played to a group of reporters and students at a small 
university theater, was given to Yale University for its Kent State 
archives in 1979 by an ...
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2007/05/01/national/
a140249D31.DTL>

The Washington Times, Tue, 01 May 2007 9:41 PM PDT
Fire-damaged D.C. landmarks set for comebacks
http://www.washingtontimes.com/metro/20070502-120501-5584r.htm
A sense of resolve and relief emerged yesterday from the two D.C. 
landmarks heavily damaged by separate fires.

Washington Post, Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:26 PM PDT
More Than Books Went Up in Smoke
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/30/AR2007043001591.html
The victims were carried from the still-smoldering building, over the 
fire hoses that snaked up and down Wisconsin Avenue and across the 
water that sluiced through the gutter. Then they were laid to rest on a 
clear plastic sheet spread out on the sidewalk.

Washington Post, Mon, 30 Apr 2007 1:45 PM PDT
Fire Claims Library, and Pieces of the Past
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/30/AR2007043000671.html
For 140 years, residents of Georgetown have been compiling a rare trove 
of data on their past: oil paintings, leather-bound maps, photos and 
files on nearly every property in the neighborhood -- all kept in the 
stately, two-story library on R Street NW.

The Washington Examiner, Tue, 01 May 2007 5:16 AM PDT
Georgetown library blaze damages history
http://www.examiner.com/a-704064~Georgetown_library_blaze_damages_history.html?cid=rss-Washington_DC
Artifacts of Washington's history were damaged Monday, and some were 
destroyed, as a fire ripped through the Georgetown branch of the D.C. 
Library.

The Prague Post, Thu, 19 Apr 2007 3:14 AM PDT
Rare maps a surprising discovery
http://www.praguepost.com/articles/2007/04/18/rare-maps-a-surprising-discovery.php
Imagine you move a dusty old file and it turns out to contain a 
priceless atlas. Or that you pick up a couple of old boards in your 
shed and a set of hand-drawn maps falls into your hands.

icWales, Mon, 30 Apr 2007 1:31 AM PDT
Fears explorer's museum could be lost
http://rss1.mediafed.com/feed/amra_wales/3_1_0200wales/?link=68b6c0c4d43a33968764527a66c717b1
A MUSEUM to one of the World?s greatest explorers could be lost forever 
from his Welsh hometown, campaigners have warned.

Virginia joins with Google to open access to public records
Virginian Pilot - Norfolk,VA,USA
Even obscure state agencies are now more easily searched. To read more 
about open records issues, go to the "Open & Shut" blog at 
www.pilotonline.com.
<http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=123819&ran=205558>

CU archive gets seldom-heard Glenn Miller recordings
9NEWS.com - Denver,CO,USA
BOULDER (AP) - Recordings of seldom-heard radio broadcasts by Big Band 
legend Glenn Miller have been donated to the University of Colorado's 
Miller archive. 
...<http://www.9news.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=69156>

Archive gets recordings of seldom-heard Glenn Miller performances ...
International Herald Tribune - France
"It is a magnificent collection," said Alan Cass, founder and curator 
of the archive. "It is one of the finest personal, private collections 
in the world. ...
<http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/01/arts/NA-A-E-MUS-US-Glenn-Mille
r-Archive.php>

New York Daily News, Wed, 02 May 2007 1:15 AM PDT
Mystery man Rudy
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/05/02/2007-05-02_mystery_man_rudy.html
More than five years after Giuliani spirited his papers out of City 
Hall in his last days in office virtually all of the 2,118 boxes he 
took have been microfilmed and returned to the city, aides say.

U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News, Tue, 01 May 2007 7:00 AM PDT
On 'May Day,' PA State Archives Urges Planning to Protect Government 
Documents in a Disaster
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20070501/pl_usnw/on__may_day___pa_state_archives_urges_planning_to_protect_government_documents_in_a_disaster
Records and documents are valuable items for local governments, but a 
flood, fire, hurricane or other calamitous event doesn't discriminate 
and can leave public officials without a way to continue doing business.


Billings Gazette, Sun, 29 Apr 2007 11:32 PM PDT
Local man builds collection of historical photos
http://billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/04/30/news/local/20-photos.txt
Like a lot of amateur archivists, Doug Grieve worries about his 
information storage system.

BUSINESS / MEDIA & ADVERTISING   | May 1, 2007
Magazine Learns to Heed Its Own Advice
By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA
Business 2.0 failed to heed its own advice about backing up computer 
files when its editorial system crashed and the backup server failed to 
back up.
<<http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/01/business/media/01mag.html?ex=11786832
00&en=09153bf64c12a4df&ei=5070&emc=eta1>>

Archive room holds keys to the past
Amarillo.com (subscription) - Amarillo,TX,USA
"Goodness gracious, we have so many things," said Betty Bustos, who has 
worked as the museum's assistant archivist for 16 years. ... 
<http://www.amarillo.com/stories/050107/new_7359554.shtml>

DC Library's Georgetown Branch, Home of Archives, Hit by Fire
Library Journal - New York,NY,USA
Archivist and librarian Gerry McCoy told the Post that photos, address 
listings, and oil paintings of the neighborhood were jeopardized, as 
well as old ...<http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6438095.html>

ESI Searches: Getting to the Drive
Law.com (subscription) - San Francisco,CA,USA
Trade secrets, customer data, salary schedules, passwords abound. So 
how does a court afford access to the non-privileged evidence without 
inviting abuse or 
...<http://www.law.com/jsp/legaltechnology/pubArticleLT.jsp?id=1178010282
323>

Security's Biggest Train Wrecks
Dark Reading - New York,NY,USA
For sheer temerity, it's tough to beat Gary Min, the Del. chemist who 
in February pleaded guilty to stealing some $400 million worth of 
DuPont trade secrets ...
<http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=123021&WT.svl=news1_1>

Sensitive documents found in bank garbage; posted on YouTube
Secure Computing - Australia
Companies must do a better job at information lifecycle management, 
ensuring data is protected from creation to destruction, Jared Pfost, 
vice product of ...
<http://www.securecomputing.net.au/news/51048,sensitive-documents-found-i
n-bank-garbage-posted-on-youtube.aspx>


Eweek
Report: E-Mail Archiving Becoming a Must
<< 
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2123982,00.asp?kc=EWSTREMNL050107EOAD>>

Document Management and Compliance
Living IT - Basingstoke,Hampshire,UK
... just because you are not incorporated in the US or a plc here, that 
you don’t need to pay attention to the issue of document retention and 
compliance. ...<http://www.living-it.co.uk/pages.asp?id=267>

Iron Mountain Opens M&A 'Pipeline'
Byteandswitch.com - New York,NY,USA
Iron Mountain, which announced its Q1 results this morning, is 
continuing on its M&A tear, buying records management vendor 
ArchivesOne for an undisclosed ...
<http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=123123&WT.svl=news1_1>

Audit finds problems at DA office
KTEN - Denison,TX,USA
He says the deleted files include nearly 87-hundred which are not 
recoverable because shredding program was attached. McMahan says it 
appears the shredding 
...<http://www.kten.com/Global/story.asp?S=6459762>

NAID ANNUAL CONFERENCE: Pondering a Paperless Future
Scure Destruction Business - Cleveland,OH,USA
“The timing of the prediction has been off,” he noted, adding that 
offices are still staffed by people who print out their e-mails and 
attached files. ...<http://www.sdbmagazine.com/news/news.asp?ID=8060>

Confidential bank documents found in trash
abc13.com - Houston,TX,USA
Some have names and social security numbers. Others have names and bank 
account numbers. They were all found by Sandra Sanchez, who suspected 
something 
...<http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=local&id=5267282>

HALLOWELL DUMPSTER State boosts security after data discovered in ...
Kennebec Journal - Augusta,ME,USA
They also have informed all state agencies to no longer use full Social 
Security numbers on request forms, but to use only the last four 
digits. 
...<http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/news/local/3866008.html>

Museum opens new addition to house library, archive
Business Gazette - Gaithersburg,MD,USA
The state-of-the-art, 4000-square-foot library and archive will house 
and preserve the museum’s collection of artifacts, photographs and 
documents relating 
...<http://www.gazette.net/stories/050207/olnenew232203_32326.shtml>

Library launches email archive
Channel 4 News - London,UK
Computer giant Microsoft is joining forces with the library to collect 
a million entries for the "email Britain" archive. Emails have become 
the main form ...
<http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/science_technology/library+launche
s+email+archive/492442>

Archive at old studio
Calcutta Telegraph - Calcutta,India
Built by the information and cultural affairs department at a cost of 
Rs 3.21 crore, the three-storeyed Tollygunge address now houses an 
archive that 
...<http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070503/asp/calcutta/story_7726990.asp>


Historic library archives remains largely intact after fire «
Examiner.com - USA
Chief Librarian Ginnie Cooper said she was pleased to see the Peabody 
room archives "was not badly burned - just very wet and unbelievably 
messy. ...
<http://www.examiner.com/a-707244~Historic_library_archives_remains_large
ly_intact_after_fire.html>

Archives belong to Waterford: citizens
Brantford Expositor - Brantford,Canada
That was the message from six different speakers at Tuesday's Norfolk 
council meeting, who criticized a plan to move the town's historical 
archives to ...
<http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=
510511&catname=Local%20News&classif=News%20-%20Local>

State now shredding sensitive documents
MaineToday.com - Portland,ME,USA
AUGUSTA - The state is taking steps to avoid repeating a security 
breach that occurred last week when confidential documents were 
retrieved from a trash bin 
...<http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/news/state/070502documents.html>

Recorded History
TheStranger.com - Seattle,WA,USA
She goes to these lengths with one goal in mind—when she dies, her 
entire collection will be given to the British Library National Sound 
Archive in London. ... 
<http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=213724>




Peter Kurilecz
Richmond Va
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