RAIN (Records/Archives In the News) is a daily compilation of news from
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FREEDOM of Information and Blogging: A Potentially Dangerous Mix
Mondaq News Alerts - World
... the case of the qualified exemptions to disclosure, the public interest
in retention is trumped ... Posting a PDF copy of an obtained document
to a blog may be the ...
<http://www.mondaq.com/i_article.asp_Q_articleid_E_30475>
ARMA International and the Information Storage Industry Center ...
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
... The agreement comes at a time when the goals of records management
professionals increasingly involves proper management of digital information
storage, given ...
<http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050119/cgw052_1.html>
LAFUENTE appoints Records Advisory Committee
Mid-Hudson News - Newburgh,NY,USA
Dutchess County Clerk Colette Lafuente yesterday created a Records Advisory
committee aimed at modernizing its records management. ...
<http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/DC_RecAdvCom-19Jan05.htm>
COUNTY could charge for records
Maryville Daily Times - Maryville,TN,USA
A $2 fee on filing permanent records could raise $60,000 a year for the
Blount County Records Management office, Records Manager Jackie Glenn
told three county ...
<http://www.thedailytimes.com/sited/story/html/183673>
GSA deletes outdated interagency reports program
GCN.com - USA
... The 30-year-old directive "no longer serve[s] a useful purpose, in
the view of the evolution of federal records management practices affecting
records ...
<http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/34830-1.html>
TOWER to IPO and retain Aussie identity
IDM.net.au - Strawberry Hills,NSW,Australia
... Its TRIM Context software is a records management solution that is
used in governments and enterprises around the world, including Europe
and North America. ...
<http://www.idm.net.au/story.asp?id=6065>
COURT records reduced to computer discs
Herald Zeitung - New Braunfels,TX,USA
... will be kept in three places so the files can be ... What is remarkable
is how many documents are involved ... the attic of the courthouse annex,
a records storage room ...
<http://web.herald-zeitung.com/story.lasso?wcd=11671>
DELL documents released same day lawsuit filed
Shelby Star - Shelby,NC,USA
... to force the NC Commerce Department to release documents related to
... to North Carolina, a commerce spokesman said those records are now
... The files are available ...
<http://www.shelbystar.com/portal/ASP/article.asp?ID=13428>
RECORDS: Dell Sought No Plant Taxes For 20 Years
WXii 12.com - Winston-Salem,NC,USA
... in North Carolina, according to documents released Tuesday ... 4,000
pages released Tuesday in files almost 2 feet thick in response to
public-records
requests from ...
<http://www.wxii12.com/money/4106661/detail.html>
WEB photo storage market hots up
BBC News - London,England,UK
... But some historians and archivists are concerned that the need for
perfect pictures will mean that those poor quality prints which offered
a tantilising ...
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4183947.stm>
All university archivists need to read the following story from the Chronicle
of Higher Education.
FOR Keep's Sake: a Chairman's Files
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) - USA
... things. We're only separated by one degree from the librarians and
archivists and museum curators on whom we depend for our research. ...
<http://chronicle.com/free/v51/i20/20b00501.htm>
WNA gives Gundrum open records award
Duluth News Tribune - Duluth,MN,USA
- The Wisconsin Newspaper Association will give state Rep. Mark Gundrum
its 2004 Badger Award for his work in clarifying the state's open records
law. ...
<http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/news/politics/10682392.htm>
JUDGE orders case struck from record, other records missing
First Amendment Center - Nashville,TN,USA
... Roy Atwood, the University of Idaho professor who wrote the standard
open records guide for the state of Idaho, said Idaho's open-records laws
are notorious ...
<http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/news.aspx?id=14705>
PROPOSED FOIA Changes Have Merit
Fort Smith Times Record - Fort Smith,AR,USA
The Arkansas Supreme Court just last year ruled that Fort Smith violated
the FOIA when the city administrator polled his board of directors to
get approval to ...
<http://www.swtimes.com/archive/2005/January/19/opinion/moseley.html>
ARCHIVAL storage trends and challenges
BIOS - Milton Keynes,Buckinghamshire,UK
Businesses and government organisations are now beginning to recognise
the importance of a secure long-term archival storage strategy for their
valuable ...
<http://www.biosmagazine.co.uk/op.php?id=209>
SC unravels history at its museum Nyaya
Delhi Newsline - Delhi,India
... A fledgling institution it may well be, but the museum is still a
treasure-house
of archival material with original records of landmark judgements and
...
<http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=114447>
REAGAN Papers Now Available at Presidential Library
Library Journal - New York,NY,USA
Some 25,000 pages of personal papers from former President Ronald Reagan
have been made available at his presidential library. "My ...
<http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA496244?display=NewsNews&industry=News
&industryid=1986&verticalid=151>
IDC: E-mail Archiving Coming to a Data Center Near You
ENT News - USA
As requirements demanding companies be able to find, retrieve and protect
e-mail and other electronic records become coded into our legal and regulatory
...
<http://www.entmag.com/news/article.asp?EditorialsID=6526>
HITLER'S mentally ill relative was gassed, archives reveal
The Scotsman - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
... Mr Ryback, an American who now lives in Salzburg, said details of the
woman's death surfaced when archivist Florian Beierl gained access to
her medical file ...
<http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=65912005>
NEW system could bring records back online
Rock Hill Herald - Rock Hill,SC,USA
... The site had been free and available to anyone with a computer, but
some of the documents, including mortgages, deeds and divorce records,
had county residents ...
<http://www.heraldonline.com/local/story/4467883p-4207107c.html>
BPM software helps council meet FOI Act
VNUNet.com - London,England,UK
Portsmouth City Council is using business process management (BPM) software
to to adhere to the Freedom of Information Act. The ...
<http://www.vnunet.com/news/1160637>
FBI Drops Carnivore E-mail Snooper
TechWeb - USA
... its controversial e-mail surveillance system, out to pasture, say reports
submitted to Congress and recently made public under the Freedom of
Information
Act. ...
<http://www.techweb.com/wire/security/57702259>
ARCHIVES Set to Move to Blair Road
580 CFRA Radio - Ottawa,Ontario,Canada
The City of Ottawa's archives are set to move to a fire station on Blair
Road. Before the 1.5 million dollar move, City Staff will ...
<http://www.cfra.com/headlines/index.asp?cat=1&nid=23795>
NARA, Dell open up the Public Vaults
GCN.com - USA
... thousands of historic federal records in the Public Vaults, a
9,000-square-foot
interactive exhibit that opened recently at the National Archives and
Records ...
<http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/34844-1.html>
CRM Today, Wed, 19 Jan 2005 6:24 AM PST
FileNet Delivers Email Management Solution
http://www.crm2day.com/news/crm/EEpyEkAVEkmaJvIIoL.php
FileNet Corporation, a provider of Enterprise Content and Business Process
Management solutions, announced the general availability of FileNet Email
Manager, a new FileNet P8-based suite that helps organizations easily capture,
organize, monitor, retrieve, retain and share email content for improved decision
making processes and adherence to regulatory compliance requirements.
The Union, Wed, 19 Jan 2005 5:14 AM PST
New technology for NID Computer program gives instant access to records, maps
http://www.theunion.com/article/20050119/NEWS/101190077
The Nevada Irrigation District now has access to a computer program that
could bring modern speed and clarity to the water agency's records and maps system.
eWeek, Wed, 19 Jan 2005 1:50 PM PST
StorageTek Takes Wraps Off E-Mail Archiving Solution
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1752636,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594
StorageTek's Lifecycle Fixed Content Manager 100 appliance protects e-mails
and IMs from deletion until the expiration date established by the content
application.
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