RAIN (Records/Archives In the News) is a daily compilation of news stories from around the world.

DEL. Public Archives Director Appointed to National Commission
WBOC TV 16 - Salisbury,MD,USA
... The NHPRC is the grant-making arm of the National Archives, which was
established by Congress in 1934. The Archivist of the United States chairs
the commission ...
<http://www.wboc.com/Global/story.asp?S=2898113&nav=MXEFVx0O>


BOTSWANA reclaims archives
Republic of Botswana - Gaberones,Botswana
... up process of reclaiming Botswana's archives and records from the former
colonial powers and neighbouring countries. Principal archivist Spando
Molatedi said ...
<http://www.gov.bw/cgi-bin/news.cgi?d=20050203&i=Botswana_reclaims_archives>


VALUABLE footage of early Anchorage found in California garage ...
Anchorage Daily News (subscription) - Anchorage,AK,USA
... Image Preservation Association -- a nonprofit that rescues, salvages
and archives film, video ... Kevin Tripp, senior archivist at AMIPA, tells
the group about a ...
<http://www.adn.com/life/story/6116070p-5999002c.html>


NORFOLK Registry expands online research
Medfield Press - Needham,MA,USA
... The Registry of Deeds, located at 649 High St., Dedham, is the principal
... The registry receives and records hundreds of thousands of documents
each year and is ...
<http://www2.townonline.com/medfield/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=177074>


MANY support electronic filing in Wise County
Coalfield Progress - Norton,VA,USA
... to the utilization of electronically filed civil litigation documents
such (as ... and experienced in land record electronic filing of deeds,
certificates of ...
<http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1283&dept_id=158551&newsid=13880460&PAG=461&rfi=9>


PROFESSORS assist in murder case through digital detective work
Purdue Exponent - USA
... fingerprints, experts in inforensics, short for information forensics,
sift through computer files. ... way would be taking out your hard drive,
shredding it to ...
<http://www.purdueexponent.org/interface/bebop/showstory.php?date=2005/02/03&section=campus&storyid=Inforensics>


FILE electronic health-care records under 'overdue'
Globe and Mail - Toronto,ON,Canada
... There is a plan, agreed to by Ottawa and the provinces, to create electronic
records for half of all Canadians by 2010, and 100-per-cent coverage by
2020. ...
<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20050203/HPICARD03/TPHealth/>

WHEATLAND to build presidential library
Lancaster Newspapers - Lancaster,PA,USA
By Jack Brubaker. LANCASTER COUNTY, PA - Lancaster soon will become the
only Pennsylvania city with a presidential library. An experienced ...
<http://www.lancasteronline.com/pages/news/local/4/11656>

HIPAA has restricted public access to some records
WKYT - Lexington,KY,USA
... electronic age, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Act of 1996, known as HIPAA, has lessened the public's access to public
records across the ...
<http://www.wkyt.com/Global/story.asp?S=2898565>


STATE worker acquitted of hacking government computer
Dateline Alabama - Birmingham,AL,USA
... After he left DSS for a job with the Department of Health and Hospitals,
Social Services personnel lowered Mata's access to their computer records.
...
<http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050203/APN/502030742&cachetime=3&template=dateline>


YOU can ask for records by e-mail, but you may be disappointed
WKYT - Lexington,KY,USA
... Some cities may have an open records request form online or have their
rules and regulations for obtaining public records online, but state law
does not ...
<http://www.wkyt.com/Global/story.asp?S=2898558>

OUT of Sight
Moscow Times (subscription) - Moscow,Russia
... Last week, in a fascinating coup for Cold War buffs, historic documents
from the institute were handed over to the Russian State Archive, giving
researchers ...
<http://context.themoscowtimes.com/story/139794/>

A Storage Management Perspective on Sarbanes Oxley
SYS-CON Media - Montvale,NJ,USA
... could potentially be incorporated into a solution to a data retention
problem. ... At a minimum, storage groups must identify and document processes
and establish ...
<http://sys-con.com/story/?storyid=48053&DE=1>


BRITAIN'S 10 best-kept secrets
BBC News - London,England,UK
... files, closed by the Home Office for 100 years, have been disclosed
in advance at the National Archives, following the use of the new Freedom
of Information Act ...
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4230733.stm>


MISSING records may have been intentionally erased in Boy Scout ...
KTVB - Boise,ID,USA
... the documents may have been erased more completely than could have
been caused by the glitch. Court officials say the removal of the records
from public files ...
<http://www.ktvb.com/news/localnews/stories/ktvbn-feb0305-boy_scout_records.70f2afcd.html>


MOD'S alien files are out of this world
Financial Times - UK
The X-Files have been opened: in a victory for ufo ... function of the
UN." The MoD admitted the documents are a fraction of the thousands of
records of alleged ...
< http://news.ft.com/cms/s/02ee9662-7589-11d9-9608-00000e2511c8.html>

OPEN records survey finds helpfulness, hostility and ignorance
WKYT - Lexington,KY,USA
... survey to determine whether public offices are allowing citizens to
view government documents showed most offices are obeying the state's
Open Records Act, but ...
<http://www.wkyt.com/Global/story.asp?S=2898458>


IU Archives of Traditional Music awarded NEH grant to digitally ...
Indiana University (press release) - Bloomington,IN,USA
... Most sound archivists believe that old analog-based preservation methods
are no longer viable and that new strategies must be developed in the
digital domain. ...
<http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/1854.html>

HUNGARY'S ex-insiders want spy files opened
Kansas City Star (subscription) - Kansas City,MO,USA
... At issue are stacks of other files at the state archives off Andrassy
Avenue, from three security branches, that contain the names of collaborators
from across ...
<http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/world/10806102.htm>


THE Debate Over Keeping Historical Documents Secret Indefinitely
Inter Press Service (subscription) - World
... of Caxias containing harsh criticism of the army, which were kept under
reserve for some time but are now available in the national archives,
Moniz Bandeira ...
<http://www.ipsnews.net/africa/interna.asp?idnews=27309>

The Scotsman, Wed, 02 Feb 2005 6:25 PM PST
Wyman's detects a new kind of satisfaction http://news.scotsman.com/entertainment.cfm?id=127692005
BILL Wyman has been a legend for so long his early work is studied by the pop-culture equivalent of historians - but his own passion for the past is perhaps less well known.





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Richmond, Va
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